British man Russ Cook runs entire length of Africa

British man Russ Cook has finished running the length of Africa. It took him nearly a year, and he covered the same distance as almost 390 marathons.
The "Hardest Geezer" began his remarkable journey at Cape Agulhas in South Africa - the southernmost point of the African continent - in April 2024.
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[@scottyenglish1567]

A ginger, fair skin, spending over a year running through Hot Africa and still white and no tan. Very impressive.

[@yokai1874]

Huh ? africa is hella cold trust me or go watch some of his videos

[@beewa8840]

I thought running in the heat was a bit risky for a ginger. But remaining so white without signs of sunburn indicates he must have took skin safety precautions. Or maybe he was moving too fast? Is that a thing? Perhaps scientists can look into it. 😂

[@scottyenglish1567]

@@beewa8840 😅 or maybe things are not as they seem.

[@scottyenglish1567]

@@yokai1874 Africa cold really 😅

[@tw2414]

@@yokai1874what?

[@funkydurgan]

Man’s been out there a year and just now he gets coverage.

[@jujutrini8412]

He’s been on Good Morning Britain lots of times during this feat.

[@Kx0195]

The bullshit media always jumping on the bandwagon when it's convenient.

[@BORN-to-Run]

He's been covering himself via his own KZbin channel.

[@mateosebastian8555]

Kind of hard to cover a whole year of news. Makes sense to cover the end

[@ADBProductions_]

This guy’s mental strength is insane

[@blob2092]

I went 8 years without the masturbation, this guy has nothing on me

[@baltic_balaclava]

@@blob2092 Im 14 yrs and still going mate

[@NelsonVanDweller]

​@@baltic_balaclava this is impressive. How is it?

[@baltic_balaclava]

@@NelsonVanDweller because I'm only 14 years old. But I'm ngl every1 ik does it so I challenge myself not to eva

[@hellifiknow1315]

Well , i think I'll go home now

[@TheBuriedLedeR]

Exacte. Forest Gump redux.

[@charaznable8072]

Time for him to swim the Atlantic.

[@ThatGuy-xg7eb]

Forrest has some competition

[@kirkthejerk7258]

Congrats to Russ, Guus, Stan, and Jamie for making it to the end!

[@hasbulla2012]

Imagine how much more he could have raised if he was given proper coverage during the whole process

[@tbounds4812]

i can't believe i only discovered him like a week or 2 before he finished the run

[@thewr0ngchild]

Why didn't I know about this remarkable man until yesterday?!. Here is a guy that instead of wasting his life drinking and doing drugs or crime, he has obviously mastered his body and mind and done something very few people of his age can boast about. I also imagine he has inspired a generation of young people, both in the UK and in Africa, to try and do better, to achieve their personal best. He damn well deserves a place in the history books. Well done Russ!.

[@nicksmith326]

The crazy thing is, he's only 28 or 29 and he's already ran from Asia to London.

[@R_W103]

He documented it all on his channel

[@tomedward8652]

Great effort, but he is not the first person to run the length of Africa - it has been done before.

[@MoreThanRuan]

Main goal of mainstream media is to divide people.

[@Thatbasedbrit]

@@tomedward8652the person that did it before ran from South Africa to egypt, not Tunisia

[@Karibiane]

Great achievement for Russ. Shame Sky News can't link a youtube channel. Come on guys..

[@gdup1728]

Don’t let David Goggins see this.

[@Down2Clown636]

😂😂😂

[@deano1878yt]

i just felt like running

[@user-nc2td8lq4r]

What an achievement the guy is a Warrior well done Russ much love from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@virgilashruf718]

Russ, Stan, Guus, and Jamie ftw!!! And Nellie!!!!

[@Thatbasedbrit]

And we have to credit harry, jarred and nessy who dipped in and out of the mission

[@Justiceincorporated.]

Congratulations, amazing effort.🎉

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

Absolutely immense 🇬🇧

[@fitamir7617]

It was the best Ramadan show ever made in Algeria by him loved every second of his videos tell the end marked and inspired me much thx Russ and the team 🇩🇿❤️.

[@jujutrini8412]

Oh that is so nice that people in Africa were paying attention. There are so many negative things going on in the world right now so it is good to see that human beings can be inspirational and do good things. Peace. ✌️

[@randylahey4709]

Behave

[@hearmenow909]

Most people, including myself would struggle with 1 marathon, let alone 390! The man is a machine. Respect.

[@MrLegendra]

He is a great dude doing this for a good cause!

[@notagiantseaslug5523]

Unreal. So cool to see him make it!!!!

[@dominicdunn8385]

He is him

[@MrFirefox]

People dont know how big Africa is. This is amazing

[@elijah_qw]

​@HeavenlyGeneral africa is bigger than north and south america? Its the 2nd biggest continent in the world

[@troybaxter]

​@@elijah_qw individually yes, but it would take a lot longer to run from tip to tip in the Americas.

[@davidweaver421]

Stunning and Brave.

[@andrewharris1837]

Mad but extraordinary achievement😊

[@ricciread1184]

He finally done it ❤❤❤ amazing work

[@jessicarobinson4563]

Congratulations

[@DeeSportsGaming]

GO ON GEEZA THIS IS WHAT HE DOES BOYS AND GIRLS

[@kaxar6954]

Amazing what people can do. I can barely run out my door to catch a bus.

[@daveh322]

Lose some weight, fatty.

[@SlaterGator]

Good on him!

[@starboy7483]

What a legend , lets goooooo

[@zuzannanowicka6348]

Good luck for him!!!!! ❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@ahrenek]

Legend!

[@youknow6968]

Wow dude, very well done.

[@Ess_Bee56]

Amazing! What a geezer! I hope he raises the £1 million he wants for charities. 💪🏼✨✨✨

[@Kosmo999]

Congratulations dude well done

[@FocusWLN]

What an inspiration

[@sdhf34]

Amazing achievement 👏

[@simonsparkes5481]

Well done mate full respect absolutely legend and 1 true hero 😁 🏆 🏆 👏👏👏

[@paddy3126]

the absolute legends, been watching the whole time and i must say its been an amazing journey, big ups to Russ and the crew

[@eoindruid7814]

Epic. Well played Sir

[@Zapata85]

I cannot name a human physical achievement greater than this, at least in terms of endurance. He - and the team - belong in the history books. A really admirable and inspiring achievement. Well bloody done, lads!

[@minemilx2702]

It is very impressive. Some of the top marathon runners do however run even more weekly kilometers and at a higher pace than him for training. Of course they run on better tracks though, with better diet and not through the Sahara. So yeah, this Africa run is mad impressive.

[@Queiden]

@@minemilx2702 They simply dont.... try to look up some of their training regimes and tell me any of them who run 320km EVERY week? Please dont spread nonsense.

[@maxpoppe]

@@Queiden kelvin kiptum did

[@minemilx2702]

@@Queiden Oh geez, he did 320 km a week? I thought he did like 250 which is the same as marathoners. Then I retract my statement:). And also the one guy saying kelvin kiptum was right. Very sad he's dead now.

[@robbiescheers9643]

Ross edgley swam around the UK without touching land in 150+ days, I think thats a fair bit sicker. Nevertheless great achievement of both lads

[@ChokyoDK]

Absolute legend

[@GaminHasard]

Legend

[@BobbiPhantom]

KZbin brought me here, Well done Russ!

[@Yarmox]

Incredible

[@ninjajvs769]

Amazing!

[@Jack_Gibby]

I am sure there will be a lot of publicity on his next adventure

[@MrTraveller.]

That’s incredible

[@mariuspranskunas3097]

Respect

[@TheBuriedLedeR]

“…Run, Forrest, Run!…” 🏃🏃🏃‍♂🏃‍♂🏃‍♀🏃‍♀

[@richardturner1063]

nice one Sir ,well done

[@JH-ck1nr]

A fantastic achievement.

[@mivapusa]

What a lad

[@keneadibe4866]

Incredible stuff

[@Indiekid-1976]

I just felt like running…

[@richardfife8192]

Class

[@Sidecontrol1234]

Why am I only hearing about this now?!

[@M_SC]

Insane

[@jujutrini8412]

Mad lad.

[@masterwatch]

good guy.

[@SuperFuzzyDunlop]

Running is the best honestly

[@andreandsuzan]

Wow! More than 10,000 miles!

[@BoostedMike2]

could of linked his youtube channel (russ cook) its an amazing watch

[@ExpressEdits99]

It’s crazy how nobody cared when he was doing it but now everyone is obsessed him once he finished.

[@khaled-xo4lv]

تحية للتوانسا الرجالة لي رفدو علام العزة ❤❤

[@usibistro]

هذا شرف لينا الكل ❤

[@tholoanam2336]

What am i going to watch now😢

[@jayboydakid8299]

This man been running for the whole year straight and just now the world learns about it 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@-es2bf]

hoka getting into ultra running

[@JohnCouzens-hd9vs]

Amazing feat & he raise alot of money for good causes - well done

[@amang1001]

Soild stuff 🎉🎉🎉

[@aztecrex8612]

Not one bloody African guy celebrating with him! I am more impressed by the number of brits who did fly over to run this final leg.

[@SpicyTrifongo]

Gotta love the knobs with pali flags

[@Osvaldo4885]

Epic !!!

[@aliabdelaziz905]

Crazy part is people like him go into a dark place when this is over, it’s like what’s next? They’re just wired that way

[@BritishReaction]

What an unbelievable achievement, should get a knighthood or something for that

[@robertspence402]

Top guy

[@jacul3697]

Well done mate

[@ntshade8806]

Inspiring

[@matthewadams4097]

1:08 mans talking about his work from home/office split 😂

[@karlrickysteve7163]

King

[@morkmon]

maximum legend

[@nro337]

LETS GO RUSSSSSS

[@rickym1883]

I just felt like running

[@paulvelte]

Does anyone have a map of the route he took ?

[@mikielpro1075]

"Just don't tell Russ to swim home", nah bro would lowkey do it 💀

[@MN-vw3rp]

I spoiled the end for myself

[@Davedosa]

hope he connected his strava...

[@douglasbey2852]

“I’m tired, I think I’ll go home”

[@TG-ts3xn]

Amazing! 🇬🇧

[@34547]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@CallumMcDonald77]

@@34547🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@usibistro]

🇵🇸

[@CallumMcDonald77]

@@usibistro wtf has Palestine got to do with it

[@LEVI-8]

A guy from Denmark did it first so 🇩🇰

[@MGPL_]

spoilers! Gotta see it for myself on Russ's channel :)

[@john_smith_john]

from Cape to Cairo, one might say

[@FrissYT]

That's how my parents used to get to school everyday

[@keithcrane469]

The modern day Forest Gump. Top bloke 👍

[@djhupa]

Run Forrest Run!

[@ThatGuy-xg7eb]

Forrest has some competition

[@_Triple-B]

what a fking madlad. Massive respect

[@reconteam91]

Run Forrest run! Jokes aside, kudos across the board!

[@dunck98]

British still dominating Africa

[@vg___]

Real-life Forrest Gump record.

[@Rolly2234]

Now he should run from south America up to canada

[@maximuseuropa1355]

💪🏼🇬🇧

[@34547]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@DougieL]

At one point in time Algeria was the worlds largest producer of wine! Go Russ!!