‘Hardest Geezer’ Russ Cook enjoys a day off running after epic Africa journey

Endurance athlete from Worthing says he is just trying to soak it all in' after completing 352-day, 9,940-mile run

After sinking a strawberry daiquiri and a few beers and enjoying a reunion with his girlfriend after more than a year apart, Russ Cook, AKA the Hardest Geezer", who completed his 9,940-mile (16,000km) run along the entire length of Africa on Sunday, woke up feeling a little bit frosty, a little bit tired".

And for once, the 27-year-old endurance athlete from Worthing, West Sussex, who raised more than 700,000 for charity on his epic journey, was not pulling on his running shoes. It was all quite, quite overwhelming", he said.