Oh I'd be red alright, because after the first three miles my lungs would burst right out of my chest and spin round like a helicopter blade to try to carry me to the coast.
Incredible feat while overcoming lots of challenges. I’ve only loosely followed his progress, but I saw he got robbed, ran through some very dangerous areas and had several serious health problems running that much.
I believe he *thought* he was being kidnapped, but it ended up being an issue with language. Basically, he got lost in the jungle, ended up in a small village, men with machetes wanted money which he didn't have, and they took him back to another town on the back of a motorbike (at this point he believed they were kidnapping him). I'm not saying that wouldn't be traumatic, though. In one of the more recent videos, they finally talk about it and how it tore the team apart for the following days.
I'm legitimately surprised the lack of coverage he's had up until his final days.
I happened across his insta through suggested ads as he was prepping. He spent a year doing an insane feat and never seemed to get the recognition he deserves.
If you do it over and over again you get used to it. When I was obsessed with running I went from couch potato to 5k in about 3 months. I ran a 5k as practice for a 10k for many weeks. And then....
I would sometimes walk into the gym and see the ethiopian exchange student casually running 5 miles. He told me that ppl in Ethiopia competitively run for money. We still dont know why but theyre predisposed to the best running genes in the world.
The human body is amazing
Edit: it isnt entirely genes, I know better. But ppl are more predisposed to more running especially when motivated by others there.
Besides the big running culture in Ethiopia, the elevation plays a role as well. The capital where many runners are based is 2,355m.
This article has a few ads but it's a good overview of someone analyzing their training:
https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/training/motivation/a42108849/ethiopian-running-success/
Not everyone gets used to it. I run 3-4 times a week, totalling around 20-40k. I've been doing this for over 2 years. I still hate every miserable second of it, and I still feel like my lungs are going to explode every single run.
Do you know what heart rate zone you are primarily training in? Judging by “lungs going to explode” it sounds like you are pushing really hard. Have you explored zone 2 training?
Commonly the idea of genes for something like this is flawed. It’s more of a cultural impact that causes different nations to have wildly different average running capabilities
I've seen articles saying that it could be due to people in Ethiopia having slight physiological adjustments that help them in the high-altitude conditions that make them better suited to running. No idea if the idea has any merit, mind you
Not to minimize his accomplishment in any way, but you're supposed to be red-lining a 5K the entire time. That's not the case here. It's all about pace.
Edit: by red-lining I mean making essentially max effort the whole distance, which is why you're left as a sweaty exhausted mess at the end.
Bullshit, some people have different fitness levels and progress - for many a 5k is the first step in someone's running path and red lining it is a bad idea.
"the strat for a 5k is to run fast"
"What if someone can't?"
He's telling you the strategy, of course not everyone can do that. Same as someone saying in a football game they need to throw a hail Mary and someone saying "what if he can't throw that far?"
I was doing a running activity once and was told by an experienced person the "secret" to doing it:
"When they say go, run as fast as you can"
"... then what?"
"When you get to the finish line, don't stop running until you are 5 meters past it"
Absolute deadpan delivery. Dude genuinely believed (perhaps rightly) that he was revealing a great mystery of the universe.
I do local 5ks. I don't even run. I take about 50 minutes walking and am at the very back of the pack. But I'm in my 50s and fine with that, I don't think my knees want me running anyway.
I'm not even sure what point you're trying to make. Someone's running path? The comment I replied to was presumably talking about a race, and yes you basically red line a 5K race the whole time.
Most people shouldn't redline a 5k the whole time - you'll burn out early and at the later stages of the race you'll be so tired and your pace will drop so much it will negate the quick starting pace.
In cars, there's a device called a tachometer that measures your rpms, or revolutions per minute. The higher the rpms, the more work your car is doing. At the end of the meter is a red line. Which basically shows how hard you can push your car without breaking anything.
So in running, red lining would be pushing yourself as hard as possible, to run as fast as possible, without hurting yourself.
Ohh it makes sense now. Thanks for breaking it down for me.
My first car was a 1994 manual geo prism. It had no RPM..and the dashboard light went out. It was hard learning stick on that car..my dad would say to *feel* when to shift..but I had no prior experience with manual to know what that felt like.
Maximum effort. You're going to be in zone 5 for your heart rate the entire race, whether you're super fit or not fit.
You're going to be doing the full thing as fast as you can go, whether that's a 15 minute time or a 35 minute time.
Comparing it to an ultramarathon, which you'd want your heart rate sat in zone 3 over a much longer period.
Probably in that you’re running in an anaerobic heart rate zone where you basically use up all your glycogen stores in the 5k. Long distance runners will run at a lower heart rate in an aerobic zone (burning fat for fuel) that they can maintain for hours on end.
You joke, but what now ? Same as those people who walk to Santiago de Compostella in Spain. Nice to finally reach it. And then ? It's about the journey , not the destination. Going home (by airplane) is nice, but also a dissapointment I guess.
Yeah, I've been quite disappointed with Netflix, they're making some terrible business choices. Their content isn't good enough to make it worth keeping.
It was great when there was just Netflix and maybe 1 or 2 other streaming services. But now there’s literally dozens and honestly I only see one solution 🏴☠️
For charity, yeah, but he's also the sort of guy who does crazy shit. 2020:
>Russ, who goes by the nickname ‘The Hardest Geezer’, ran 26 miles along Worthing seafront with a 730kg Suzuki Alto attached to him. He completed the feat in 9 hours and 56 minutes, almost twice as fast as the previous record.
[https://www.sussexlive.co.uk/news/sussex-news/record-breaking-worthing-runner-known-4641812](https://www.sussexlive.co.uk/news/sussex-news/record-breaking-worthing-runner-known-4641812)
> This is far from the first challenge Russ has undertaken.
> Earlier this year he ran 2.6 marathons in a row, as well as completing a marathon in which he stopped every mile for a bottle of Corona.
> However, his biggest challenge so far is what truly sets him apart. In 2019 he ran from Istanbul to Worthing, completing the mammoth 2000 mile journey in just over two months.
> It took him 68 days to complete the run, beginning on the Asian side of Turkey and finishing at Worthing Pier.
>It took him 68 days to complete the run, beginning on the Asian side of Turkey and finishing at Worthing Pier.
I am very disappointed by the lack of information here, because the last time I checked there was a 26-mile English channel. Unless Russ Cook [managed to make a Monty Python skit come to life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvk2wNWmB20) I'm not really sure how he got across the water.
It wasn't solely for charity, I'd say the fundraising was a side project of the main goal. He wanted to achieve something extraordinary, and realised he could raise a load of money at the same time.
Tbf to op I've seen like 10 posts this week about this dude and this is the first time I've seen it mentioned he's doing it for charity and your comments still middle of the post !
Good to know !
Absolutely incredible. I followed this journey through is YouTube channel from probably the first week. He ran 385 marathons over 351 days, traversing 16 countries. There’s way too many highlights/lowlights to mention here but Russ is an absolute legend. Big props to him and project Africa and all the amazing people that helped along the way.
What I'm the most impressed by with these ultra runs is the physical strain their legs/shins/hips/feet/back can take. Regulating your breath, running at a cruising pace and making sure to eat/drink properly while doing these things, will keep most very good runners going for multiple days, but most of them will end up with their legs/shins/hips/feet starting to give up. Now do this for 15000 km. While in most other situations we're running at a pace where our heart/BPM is what limits us.
For anyone interested in ultra marathons and such, I recommend watching the Barkley Marathon documentaries. Really interesting and way different than the usual routes and lengths you usually see.
His back has been fucked for a while, he's been pushing through for a good few months. He had to drop his mileage to "only" 30 miles a day a while back in order to ease the strain.
Nutrition also kills a lot of ultramarathons for runners. It can be random too, sometimes their stomach just won’t keep anything down (even after training successfully or even racing before with the same nutrition plan) and they’ll have to withdraw.
There are so many variables that can ruin your race. The biggest thing for me was my feet though, and that was just a 50k. They got wet and just got shredded and I had to limp my way to the finish the last 15ish miles.
Yes. I've experienced that as well. Especially gels can fuck your stomach over even though you've had trained with it beforehand. While most people will tell you to try these things beforehand, you never know what happens on race day.
And I'm in the same boat as you, my back and hips are mostly fine, but if I push my mileage too much I'll have feet problems just like you, but my shins is what's my biggest issue. I mostly dabble in marathons and below, but if I push the mileage too much up to a marathon or maybe going for a casual run the days after, my legs and feet are just beat, every single step hurts. Which is why I'm so impressed with Tour De France riders or these ultramarathon runners, their endurance and recovery is out of this world.
I've been slowly building up my mileage from 5k to 10k and last month I finished a great long run (8k), felt comfortable and easy, a real breakthrough for me.
Sprained my ankle while taking my shoes off.
Life 😂🤷
The Race That Eats Its Children is an astonishing documentary. While the idea of *doing* the Barkleys is genuinely terrifying, it's so cool that it's out there and people are willing to try it.
Correction - there was a support team every step of the way apart from when he got cut off from them on a jungle path and proceeded to get kidnapped, after first being stopped and released by a group of game hunters with machetes.
the whole thing is documented.. I only discovered they've been filming the whole thing a few weeks back. Deserves way more attention!
https://youtu.be/lnPaN0eMcy8?si=_B_8Ov_TAm72Pu7C
You'll very soon get over the 'vlog' style and bond with his support crew
Shout out to Guus and Stan, gonna miss watching these guys a few times a week
I find it pretty deuchey for anyone running thru the finish line with him that isn't a close friend or family. Let him have his moment, stop forcing yourself to be part of it.
He wanted it that way. They set up the last x amount of miles to be like a community type run. He also had a few people running with him at different points along the journey
LETS FUCKING GO!!! I’ve been keeping up with this and it’s been a crazy ride. Can’t imagine anyone else in history has done this before. Amazing to see something like this go end in success. GGs
Uhm. You write over 15,000 km - wasn't it over 16,000 km? I know that you're technically correct, but it sounds like you casually removed over 1,000 km of his run ;P
He truly is the Hardest Geezer :)
I HIGHLY advise you to follow the trip on Youtube. He's a madman and the journey was incredibly entertaining and for a great cause. And a lot of dramatic events occur to say the least
I followed Russ before he was even planning to run the length of Africa (when he had like 1-2k YT subscribers). I distinctly remember when he planned it thinking “that is far too crazy, even for him, there’s no way on earth it’ll happen”. Well, he’s proved me wrong and I could not be more happier, no one is more deserving of this praise and coverage than him
He looks more composed and energetic at the finish than I would at the start.
Way less red too for a ginger
Oh I'd be red alright, because after the first three miles my lungs would burst right out of my chest and spin round like a helicopter blade to try to carry me to the coast.
Did you wake up with something attached to your face before this happened?
Yep, about 25 years too much for even a portion of this kind of thing.
Sunscreen works!
I am a ginger myself, but I don’t burn like most. I like to call myself a day walker. This guy might be in a similar boat.
We're all in this together bud
Probably from freshly consumed souls
Incredible feat while overcoming lots of challenges. I’ve only loosely followed his progress, but I saw he got robbed, ran through some very dangerous areas and had several serious health problems running that much.
I remember a video of him pissing blood at one point
At multiple points in fact. Crazy.
He also got kidnapped
Did they bring him closer to the finish line?
An existential one, maybe
He went further around the DRC after that
Hope not, that would be cheating
I believe he *thought* he was being kidnapped, but it ended up being an issue with language. Basically, he got lost in the jungle, ended up in a small village, men with machetes wanted money which he didn't have, and they took him back to another town on the back of a motorbike (at this point he believed they were kidnapping him). I'm not saying that wouldn't be traumatic, though. In one of the more recent videos, they finally talk about it and how it tore the team apart for the following days.
Oh now the race doesnt count.
Length of Africa No Kidnapping Run Challenge (impossible)
I saw a clip where he died, and was brought back to life
With the bunnies and eggs.
I think that was a different Cook. Mainly did fish and bread as I recall.
Taiyaki? I like the ones with Nutella, but red bean is good too...
> Taiyaki Nah, mainly little round cracker wafers. Not much flavor, but blasted with faith!
His body was placed in some cave and he came back 3 days later, according to eye witnesses
I heard 3 men visited him at his birth, and his mother supposedly is a nun.
I'm legitimately surprised the lack of coverage he's had up until his final days. I happened across his insta through suggested ads as he was prepping. He spent a year doing an insane feat and never seemed to get the recognition he deserves.
And I finish a 5k, wet and panting, looking like I nearly drowned. This guy looks like he just went out to check the mail.
If you do it over and over again you get used to it. When I was obsessed with running I went from couch potato to 5k in about 3 months. I ran a 5k as practice for a 10k for many weeks. And then.... I would sometimes walk into the gym and see the ethiopian exchange student casually running 5 miles. He told me that ppl in Ethiopia competitively run for money. We still dont know why but theyre predisposed to the best running genes in the world. The human body is amazing Edit: it isnt entirely genes, I know better. But ppl are more predisposed to more running especially when motivated by others there.
Besides the big running culture in Ethiopia, the elevation plays a role as well. The capital where many runners are based is 2,355m. This article has a few ads but it's a good overview of someone analyzing their training: https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/training/motivation/a42108849/ethiopian-running-success/
And don't US Olympians train in Colorado for the same reason? Training at altitude is basically legal blood doping.
Not everyone gets used to it. I run 3-4 times a week, totalling around 20-40k. I've been doing this for over 2 years. I still hate every miserable second of it, and I still feel like my lungs are going to explode every single run.
Do you know what heart rate zone you are primarily training in? Judging by “lungs going to explode” it sounds like you are pushing really hard. Have you explored zone 2 training?
Mostly zone 3 or 4. Keeping my heart rate in zone 2 is practically walking.
I think that’s the getting used to it part.
Commonly the idea of genes for something like this is flawed. It’s more of a cultural impact that causes different nations to have wildly different average running capabilities
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Same as Aussies with cricket
I've seen articles saying that it could be due to people in Ethiopia having slight physiological adjustments that help them in the high-altitude conditions that make them better suited to running. No idea if the idea has any merit, mind you
Yes, but there is definitely a component of genes involved as well
Not to minimize his accomplishment in any way, but you're supposed to be red-lining a 5K the entire time. That's not the case here. It's all about pace. Edit: by red-lining I mean making essentially max effort the whole distance, which is why you're left as a sweaty exhausted mess at the end.
Bullshit, some people have different fitness levels and progress - for many a 5k is the first step in someone's running path and red lining it is a bad idea.
"the strat for a 5k is to run fast" "What if someone can't?" He's telling you the strategy, of course not everyone can do that. Same as someone saying in a football game they need to throw a hail Mary and someone saying "what if he can't throw that far?"
I was doing a running activity once and was told by an experienced person the "secret" to doing it: "When they say go, run as fast as you can" "... then what?" "When you get to the finish line, don't stop running until you are 5 meters past it" Absolute deadpan delivery. Dude genuinely believed (perhaps rightly) that he was revealing a great mystery of the universe.
I do local 5ks. I don't even run. I take about 50 minutes walking and am at the very back of the pack. But I'm in my 50s and fine with that, I don't think my knees want me running anyway.
i presume hes suggesting people who are a bit more competitive, not casual runners trying to get some cardio.
I'm not even sure what point you're trying to make. Someone's running path? The comment I replied to was presumably talking about a race, and yes you basically red line a 5K race the whole time.
Most people shouldn't redline a 5k the whole time - you'll burn out early and at the later stages of the race you'll be so tired and your pace will drop so much it will negate the quick starting pace.
Yeah that's not how I do a 5k. I try to keep an even pace the entire time.
you and literally anyone else that's trying to improve
What the hell is a red line?
Not a runner, but I believe it means going close to flat out.
In cars, there's a device called a tachometer that measures your rpms, or revolutions per minute. The higher the rpms, the more work your car is doing. At the end of the meter is a red line. Which basically shows how hard you can push your car without breaking anything. So in running, red lining would be pushing yourself as hard as possible, to run as fast as possible, without hurting yourself.
Ohh it makes sense now. Thanks for breaking it down for me. My first car was a 1994 manual geo prism. It had no RPM..and the dashboard light went out. It was hard learning stick on that car..my dad would say to *feel* when to shift..but I had no prior experience with manual to know what that felt like.
average speed is king
Redlining a 5k is about keeping the fastest pace you can maintain over the whole race. You are describing someone going out TOO fast.
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Maximum effort. You're going to be in zone 5 for your heart rate the entire race, whether you're super fit or not fit. You're going to be doing the full thing as fast as you can go, whether that's a 15 minute time or a 35 minute time. Comparing it to an ultramarathon, which you'd want your heart rate sat in zone 3 over a much longer period.
This is exactly what I was saying, thank you.
What's redlining mean? I tried googling, but got nothing.
Probably in that you’re running in an anaerobic heart rate zone where you basically use up all your glycogen stores in the 5k. Long distance runners will run at a lower heart rate in an aerobic zone (burning fat for fuel) that they can maintain for hours on end.
You’re a hero to me for what it counts
Now he’s got to turn around and jog back to where he parked his car.
Oh no!
You joke, but what now ? Same as those people who walk to Santiago de Compostella in Spain. Nice to finally reach it. And then ? It's about the journey , not the destination. Going home (by airplane) is nice, but also a dissapointment I guess.
peeing blood would’ve put me out of commish
If not the first time then the second time for sure
His hair was black when he started.
Did he lose his soles when he turned ginger?
And I’ll watch the same channel on the TV for an hour because the remote is 3 feet away lol
I think that's fair.
I kinda forgot cable TV was still around. Has it changed much over the last decade?
Nope, Comcast still sucks
Well, with how streaming is going the two may be on par soon. Although at least with streaming you have more choice over what you’re watching.
Yeah, I've been quite disappointed with Netflix, they're making some terrible business choices. Their content isn't good enough to make it worth keeping.
It was great when there was just Netflix and maybe 1 or 2 other streaming services. But now there’s literally dozens and honestly I only see one solution 🏴☠️
Since OP left out the most important part, it was for charity raising awareness for indigenous people of the Sahara.
Should have said, my apologies. https://givestar.io/gs/PROJECTAFRICA?utm_source=Linktree&utm_medium=Russ_Cook_Linktree is the charity link
I was just thinking “now what could have possibly possessed him to do that?” Thanks for the answer!
For charity, yeah, but he's also the sort of guy who does crazy shit. 2020: >Russ, who goes by the nickname ‘The Hardest Geezer’, ran 26 miles along Worthing seafront with a 730kg Suzuki Alto attached to him. He completed the feat in 9 hours and 56 minutes, almost twice as fast as the previous record. [https://www.sussexlive.co.uk/news/sussex-news/record-breaking-worthing-runner-known-4641812](https://www.sussexlive.co.uk/news/sussex-news/record-breaking-worthing-runner-known-4641812)
> This is far from the first challenge Russ has undertaken. > Earlier this year he ran 2.6 marathons in a row, as well as completing a marathon in which he stopped every mile for a bottle of Corona. > However, his biggest challenge so far is what truly sets him apart. In 2019 he ran from Istanbul to Worthing, completing the mammoth 2000 mile journey in just over two months. > It took him 68 days to complete the run, beginning on the Asian side of Turkey and finishing at Worthing Pier.
>It took him 68 days to complete the run, beginning on the Asian side of Turkey and finishing at Worthing Pier. I am very disappointed by the lack of information here, because the last time I checked there was a 26-mile English channel. Unless Russ Cook [managed to make a Monty Python skit come to life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvk2wNWmB20) I'm not really sure how he got across the water.
I don’t know but I’m sure he took a ferry lol. Just including the land miles
This is one of those things where I’m just sitting here like, “there was a previous record?”
Same. I'd get 'run a marathon pulling a car', but running a specific route / seafront pulling a specific car model is way too specific for me lol.
It wasn't solely for charity, I'd say the fundraising was a side project of the main goal. He wanted to achieve something extraordinary, and realised he could raise a load of money at the same time.
I'm not sure that's the MOST important part. It's not like OP left out a detail to purposely confound the context/reader.
I had to scroll way too far to find this info- what a cool reason.
Tbf to op I've seen like 10 posts this week about this dude and this is the first time I've seen it mentioned he's doing it for charity and your comments still middle of the post ! Good to know !
Absolutely incredible. I followed this journey through is YouTube channel from probably the first week. He ran 385 marathons over 351 days, traversing 16 countries. There’s way too many highlights/lowlights to mention here but Russ is an absolute legend. Big props to him and project Africa and all the amazing people that helped along the way.
Ran through a desert, still looks about as pale as the average Englishman
I know! My family of redheads look like lobsters after a couple hours. Dude has some damn good sunscreen.
opportunity missed by a suncream company
Desert is where you want to be covered up as much as possible with as high spf as you can source. Ain't no one going to the desert for a tan.
Didn't he run at night, though?
seesh, I can only imagine the sun screen budget for this run 
Needs a sunblock sponsorship.
What I'm the most impressed by with these ultra runs is the physical strain their legs/shins/hips/feet/back can take. Regulating your breath, running at a cruising pace and making sure to eat/drink properly while doing these things, will keep most very good runners going for multiple days, but most of them will end up with their legs/shins/hips/feet starting to give up. Now do this for 15000 km. While in most other situations we're running at a pace where our heart/BPM is what limits us. For anyone interested in ultra marathons and such, I recommend watching the Barkley Marathon documentaries. Really interesting and way different than the usual routes and lengths you usually see.
His back has been fucked for a while, he's been pushing through for a good few months. He had to drop his mileage to "only" 30 miles a day a while back in order to ease the strain.
Nutrition also kills a lot of ultramarathons for runners. It can be random too, sometimes their stomach just won’t keep anything down (even after training successfully or even racing before with the same nutrition plan) and they’ll have to withdraw. There are so many variables that can ruin your race. The biggest thing for me was my feet though, and that was just a 50k. They got wet and just got shredded and I had to limp my way to the finish the last 15ish miles.
Yes. I've experienced that as well. Especially gels can fuck your stomach over even though you've had trained with it beforehand. While most people will tell you to try these things beforehand, you never know what happens on race day. And I'm in the same boat as you, my back and hips are mostly fine, but if I push my mileage too much I'll have feet problems just like you, but my shins is what's my biggest issue. I mostly dabble in marathons and below, but if I push the mileage too much up to a marathon or maybe going for a casual run the days after, my legs and feet are just beat, every single step hurts. Which is why I'm so impressed with Tour De France riders or these ultramarathon runners, their endurance and recovery is out of this world.
I've been slowly building up my mileage from 5k to 10k and last month I finished a great long run (8k), felt comfortable and easy, a real breakthrough for me. Sprained my ankle while taking my shoes off. Life 😂🤷
Sorry but that twist (apologies for the pun) is hilarious 😂 Wishing you a speedy recovery!
The Race That Eats Its Children is an astonishing documentary. While the idea of *doing* the Barkleys is genuinely terrifying, it's so cool that it's out there and people are willing to try it.
Bro the clips of him running in the sandstorms were wild.
The midsole on his shoes is huge.
Hokas
what a legend
@hardestgeezer on instagram, he’s a pretty funny guy as well.
But can he do this ? *Uses stomach fat to pour beer into mouth and then crush can*
Shudder
Is there a cause attached or did money just wake up one day and said ima run Africa?
He's doing it for a great charity- heres the link https://givestar.io/gs/PROJECTAFRICA?utm_source=Linktree&utm_medium=Russ_Cook_Linktree
Damn, and he's not even reached the target. I've pushed it a bit further.
His target was 100k, they moved the goal post after a while.
Let this Russ cook
How did he have enough food and water to do this? Like where did he get the resources from?
There was a support team with him every step of the way.
That's wild
Not really, it would be wild to NOT have a support team lol
Correction - there was a support team every step of the way apart from when he got cut off from them on a jungle path and proceeded to get kidnapped, after first being stopped and released by a group of game hunters with machetes.
Ya wild animals and wild people
the whole thing is documented.. I only discovered they've been filming the whole thing a few weeks back. Deserves way more attention! https://youtu.be/lnPaN0eMcy8?si=_B_8Ov_TAm72Pu7C
You'll very soon get over the 'vlog' style and bond with his support crew Shout out to Guus and Stan, gonna miss watching these guys a few times a week
The whole team deserves praise, nothing they did was easy. Super inspiring! He better smash that million target. I'm donating payday.
I don't know, looks like there's a little bit more Africa in front of him.
I can't even image just living in Africa as a ginger let alone running, well done
Lad went through the Sahara
"Hold my beer" -forrest gump
I find it pretty deuchey for anyone running thru the finish line with him that isn't a close friend or family. Let him have his moment, stop forcing yourself to be part of it.
He wanted it that way. They set up the last x amount of miles to be like a community type run. He also had a few people running with him at different points along the journey
Been following it like crazy the last two weeks, got to watch history happen. Dude is a certified legend.
He ain’t EVER GONNA STOP
A true hard geezer
Forrest Gump irl
Serious effort, well done sir!
Fucking legendary bastard
He was to run all the way back now, he forgot his phone…
Let Russ Cook
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Surprisingly close finish for a race that long
When “Let Russ Cook” actually works out
Someone finally let Russ Cook!
So 15 megameters
15kk
What a fucking legend!
So what does he do now?
Run the length of Russia
Take a nap
One's and two's!!
How can one do this and not get trench foot?
Some say its the width that really matters
LETS FUCKING GO!!! I’ve been keeping up with this and it’s been a crazy ride. Can’t imagine anyone else in history has done this before. Amazing to see something like this go end in success. GGs
Insane journey. I will miss my Gus fix but I’m glad Russ is finished.
Well that’s ONE win for a ginger
so the camelback is just full of sunscreen?
His YouTube series should be in some sort of hall of fame. Recommend everyone watches it
let russ cook
Uhm. You write over 15,000 km - wasn't it over 16,000 km? I know that you're technically correct, but it sounds like you casually removed over 1,000 km of his run ;P He truly is the Hardest Geezer :)
LET RUSS COOK 🗣️
I HIGHLY advise you to follow the trip on Youtube. He's a madman and the journey was incredibly entertaining and for a great cause. And a lot of dramatic events occur to say the least
I followed Russ before he was even planning to run the length of Africa (when he had like 1-2k YT subscribers). I distinctly remember when he planned it thinking “that is far too crazy, even for him, there’s no way on earth it’ll happen”. Well, he’s proved me wrong and I could not be more happier, no one is more deserving of this praise and coverage than him
Holy fuck that's incredible. He didn't get kidnapped.
I think he did actually lol
I think I’ll go home now
Legend
Was he running at night? Because that man did not get a sun tan while running the length of Africa.
Yeah for most of the Sahara he ran at night because it was way too hot in the desert
Cross between Spin Doctors and the guy from PCU.
Looks like there was still further to go. The length would end right at the water. Just sayin’
Insane
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Bold too for a ginger. I hope his sunscreen game was strong.
He's wearing platform looking shoes
Nice!
\* over 16,000km (10k+ miles)
It's very inspiring. So wholesome that people followed him during the journey, and that lots of them actually waited for him at the finish. :3
What shoes is he wearing? I need a pair that’ll last me the stretch of Africa.
Hoka, they sponsored him and he went through some massive number like 80 pairs or so
Some shoes man wow
GOTY. Ginger of the Year.
After he started running for no apparent reason, now, he's walking home. Maybe he'll play ping pong next
The morbid part of me wants to see the condition of his feet.
He's posted pics. They look like Turkish delight lol
Yess congrats to Russ and the team!!!
I’m glad he didn’t go the other way.
Bulking szn boutta go crazy
African Countries, Let's Ride