Russ Cook, from Worthing, West Sussex, finished his gruelling 352-day run from South Africa to Tunisia on Sunday. But claims he is the first to run the length of Africa have been contested by the World Runners Association.
Russ Cook crossed 16 countries over the equivalent of 385 marathons – more than 16,300 kilometres – surviving machete-wielding villagers, desert sandstorms and crippling bouts of food poisoning.
Russ Cook, nicknamed the Hardest Geezer, ran 10,100 miles completing his incredible run along the length of Africa, as a group of ultrarunners shared doubts he was the first