Large crowds cheer on Russ Cook, who calls himself 'Hardest Geezer', as he completes his mammoth run across the length of Africa.
A British man who has been running the length of Africa in a mammoth challenge which has seen him cross 16 countries and survive a gunpoint robbery and a kidnapping has crossed the finish line in Tunisia .
He then walked down to the sea and cooled off by taking a dip. 'I'm a bit tired. I'm a little bit tired,' he admitted as he stood topless in the water. As one man joked 'let's get you a strawberry daiquiri, Cook replied: 'Yeah, let's f*** off'. He is pictured making his way to Ras Angela in Tunisia as he attempts to become the first person to run the length of AfricaCook describes himself as 'Worthing's Hardest Geezer' and has battled through many challenges
Cook has raised £685,000 for charity so far, with more than £250,000 donated over the last seven days as his loyal following spur him on. Originally he had hoped to achieve the mega distance in 240 days, but different obstacles have delayed his finish by around 100 days. He added: 'So that went down well. Pretty soon I found myself surrounded by lots of game blokes with machetes. Was escorted out the village into the bush.
Originally he had hoped to achieve the mega distance in 240 days, but different obstacles have delayed his finish by around 100 days 'Made it to the village on the plan B route to find the road was also impassable for the support van again. Exhausted and dehydrated, I started heading back to the last known place with passable roads when two blokes pulled up on a bike.
After some back and forth negotiations, he was able to contact his team who spent the next few days formulating a rescue plan. The athlete, who is a self-described former 'fat lad' with alcohol and gambling issues, was introduced to long distance running when he entered a half marathon aged 21 'But right now all of that is totally hanging on whether we can get permission from Algeria to let us cross in through this border with Mauritania,' he said.
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