Briton Turns into First Individual To Run Size Of Africa

Excessive marathon runner Russ Cook dinner accomplished his run throughout all the size of Africa in Tunisia on Sunday after travelling by way of 16 nations, with the 352-day odyssey together with being robbed at gunpoint and struggling meals poisoning.

Cook dinner began his journey final April at Africa’s most southerly level, the South African village of L’Agulhas, and proceeded up the continent’s west coast, working a complete of over 16,000 kilometres.

“The primary individual ever to run all the size of Africa. Mission full,” Cook dinner posted on social media platform X.

The 27-year-old handed by way of Namibia, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania and Algeria, earlier than arriving at Ras Angela on Sunday night.

The endurance athlete, who calls himself the “Hardest Geezer”, has additionally raised greater than half a hundreds of thousands kilos for charity alongside the best way.

“The principle objective is to problem your self and do one thing unbelievable which is what ‘Hardest Geezer’ is all about,” Simon Klima of Givestar charity platform informed Reuters.

“Concurrently elevate some huge cash for some actually vital causes, that’s taking place on the Givestar platform, so we’re very privileged to have that taking place there.

“Up to now practically 600,000 kilos ($758,160.00) has been raised for 2 charities, Sandblast and the Working charity. Hopefully, going to hit 1,000,000 kilos, Russ will hit 1,000,000 kilos along with his fundraiser, that’s the goal.”

Cook dinner was accompanied by supporters on the ultimate leg of his journey, lots of whom had flown out particularly to be there.

“I noticed the put up on Instagram the place he invited everybody out. I used to be laying on my sofa, it was a Sunday afternoon, I noticed it and he stated all people can come,” Warren Blake from the U.S. informed Reuters.

“I simply couldn’t miss a loopy historic alternative like this.”

Cook dinner, carrying an England soccer jersey, arrived on the end to chants of “Geezer, geezer”, telling reporters: “I’m fairly drained”, earlier than having fun with a well-earned strawberry daiquiri.

($1 = 0.7914 kilos)

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