Russ Cook, who calls himself 'Hardest Geezer' on social media, has run from the tip of South Africa to Tunisia, clocking up more than 16,000km over 350 days.
A British man running the length of Africa has set off on his final day of the gruelling challenge in Tunisia. Russ Cook, who calls himself 'Hardest Geezer' on social media, has been running for more than 350 days and completed the equivalent of 385 marathons. The 26-year-old, from Worthing, West Sussex, is now running the final 40km of the 16,000km challenge and has been joined by hundreds of supporters.
He is fundraising for The Running Charity, which supports the mental health of young people with complex needs or who are homeless, and Sandblast which educates people about Sahrawi culture. But his journey hasn't always been smooth. In Angola, he and his team were robbed at gunpoint. They had cameras, phones and passports stolen. Then in August, Mr Cook went missing. He was separated from his supporters for days in the jungle in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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