Get the latest gossip
'Hardest Geezer' reveals BIZARRE moment he began running as he shares how the sport changed his life after completing the London Marathon two weeks after his 10,000-mile challenge across Africa
'Hardest Geezer' Russ Cook completed the London Marathon on Sunday - just two weeks after he finished his epic 10,000-mile run across the entire length of Africa.
Russ pictured crossing the finish line at Ras Angela, Tunisia's most northerly point, after completing the equivalent of running 385 marathons in 352 days He decided to take part in the race across the capital after only completing his near year-long challenge - that saw him start in the continent's most southern point, Cape Agulhas in South Africa before crossing the finish line in Ras Angela, Tunisia- on April 7. The epic trek in which he was robbed at gunpoint, held hostage and almost forced to stop the challenge after he was left visaless at the Mauritanian border, took him 352 days to finish and was the equivalent of running 385 marathons.
Or read this on Daily Mail