[Misc] Russ “Hardest Geezer” Cook

[Whitechapel]

There isn’t a thread for this chap but f*ck me he deserves one. Russ is an endurance athlete from Worthing. Some of his achievements including being the first person to run from Asia to London and the record for the fastest marathon whilst pulling a car.

A few months ago he went to start his biggest challenge ever; running from the most northern point of Africa to the most southern point. Unfortunately his Algerian visa was turned down… so he’s transported all his stuff to South Africa and is now running the reverse route instead.



Legend. Less than 8000 Twitter followers and less than 12,000 YouTube subscribers. Definitely worth keeping an eye out for the mental bastard - legend.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Have known him and his family for a number of years, a real character and I hope the TV documentary currently being made gets him the recognition he deserves.

 

[Whitechapel]

Little update and a bounce.



Russ has reached the South Africa/Namibia border. Unfortunately his teams van has a smashed windscreen which meant they couldn’t cross until it’s fixed. So as it’s just a barren desert with no phone signal he’s waiting to nightfall to walk as far as possible rather than take a full day off.

He’s gone from 6k Twitter followers when he started to 71k now. If you’re not on board then now’s the time.

 

[Rookie]

And get on his Strava, the maps are impressive

 

[Whitechapel]

And get on his Strava, the maps are impressive

I know a lad who has met Russ a few times in Worthing on nights out etc and doesn’t get on with him. At one point when I was singing his praises on Twitter he messaged me to claim he wasn’t even really in Africa.

Safe to say his Strava paints a slightly different picture and that theory was put to bed quite quickly.

The bloke is an absolute lunatic but fair play, even if it’s only little changes he’s definitely had an impact on my outlook on life when I can’t be bothered to reach 10k steps or whatever target I’ve set myself. Anyone else in the world and there isn’t a chance I think the complete the challenge. HardestGeezer? Unless he dies he’s making it.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Known him since he was a kid, he once asked to borrow a coffin off me so he could be buried alive for another challenge (but we talked him out of it on that occasion ), he’s a lovely lad and a real character, I hope his achievements get him the recognition he deserves

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Now following. That's some effort and some list of achievements already!

 

[Lenny Rider]

Now following. That's some effort and some list of achievements already!

Somewhere there’s a video of him inviting people to punch him in the face.


I bet Ant and Dec have never had that on BGT?

 

[Guinness Boy]

 

[HHGull]

And get on his Strava, the maps are impressive

He’s only run 195 miles this week. I’m out

 

[Guinness Boy]

He’s only run 195 miles this week. I’m out

I used to think I’d done well to make 40 miles a week when I was at peak fitness and training for ONE marathon. I didn’t even piss my own blood.

 

[Sheebo]

 

[Sheebo]

The Nigel’s as classy as ever

Assume he’s BHA then

 

[Lenny Rider]

The Nigel’s as classy as ever

Assume he’s BHA then

Worthing born and bred, as I’ve previously said lovely lad a tad eccentric but his hearts in the right place.

Did you expect anything else from the Nigel’s?

 

[Sheebo]

Worthing born and bred, as I’ve previously said lovely lad a tad eccentric but his hearts in the right place.

Did you expect anything else from the Nigel’s?

And an Albion fan yeh?!

 

[Lenny Rider]

And an Albion fan yeh?!

 

[HHGull]

A bit of a hiccup this weekend:

Worthing man running length of Africa robbed at gunpoint

Russell Cook says cameras, phones, cash and passports have been stolen in Angola.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[The Clamp]

Worthing born and bred, as I’ve previously said lovely lad a tad eccentric but his hearts in the right place.

Did you expect anything else from the Nigel’s?

I guess you’d have to see the world from a slightly different perspective to achieve some of the stuff he’s done/doing.

But yeah, awesome. Good luck to the man.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

A bit of a hiccup this weekend:

Worthing man running length of Africa robbed at gunpoint

Russell Cook says cameras, phones, cash and passports have been stolen in Angola.

www.bbc.co.uk

Bastards! Mind you, like he said, just lucky to make it out alive, I guess...

 

[Lenny Rider]

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Thanks

Harty