An extreme marathon runner from the U.K. finished his near-year-long goal of running the entire length of Africa on Sunday. On the final leg of his 352-day run, 27-year-old Russ Cook was joined by dozens of supporters to celebrate the end of a more than 16,000-kilometre trek across 16 countries.
When he reached the Tunisian city Ras Angela on Sunday, he was met by a number of his supporters and members of the press to celebrate the achievement. Several of Cook’s admirers even opted to run the last stretch alongside him.He celebrated with a dip into the ocean, then told Sky News the nearly year-long run was “good,” but joked he is “
“The scariest moment was in the Congo, when I was on the back of a motorbike, thinking I was about to die, getting driven into the jungle. That was pretty nuts,” he recalled.The running took a progressive toll on Cook’s body until Day 200, when he was forced to lessen his daily mileage amid intense back pain. Cook said he saw a doctor in Nigeria who completed tests and prescribed painkillers so he could keep running.
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