Russ Cook Praised By ‘The Real Toughest Geezer’ Who Ran Across Africa 30 Years Ago!

The first person to run the entire length of Africa nearly 30 years ago, a Briton, has commented on Russ Cook breaking his world record.

Nicholas Bourne, the businessman and former model who ran 7,499 miles from South Africa to Egypt in 1998, congratulated Cook after he completed a 10,000-mile run to Tunisia.

Cook's accomplishment has caused controversy in endurance running circles, as it was discovered that similar feats had been done before, including by a Danish ultrarunner 14 years ago, who feels overlooked by Cook's achievement.

Jeremy Kyle and Nicola Thorp speak with the original ‘toughest geezer’ Nicholas Bourne.

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[talktv]

What's the longest run you have done?

[motttta]

Sorry, you ran ALMOST the entire lenght of Africa. That was your fault for not going from tip to tip.

[abderrezaksafi]

But the hardest geezer has certainly become the first person to run from southernmost point of Africa to northernmost point africa

[bridgetedwardslivelifefully]

Good grief, seriously!? When journalists don't have a clue about the geography of Africa they distort facts, and the truth as is the case here.

Russ Cook has been perfectly clear about being the first person to run the *ENTIRE* length of Africa, from the southern most tip at Cape Agulhas in South Africa to the northern most tip at Ras Ben Sakka in Tunisia. That also meant he had to run a much longer route through several West African countries to achieve his objective.

The guy they interviewed here ran a much shorter route on the eastern side of Africa. Meaning there's no comparison whatsoever.

While attempting to diminish Russ Cook's accomplishments, these journalists are making fools of themselves. 😅

[joestaples]

Why are people questioning the hardest geezers achievement, he’s clearly ran from the very bottom to the very top and had to take a massive detour round the west coast on the way!

[damiantosd]

Seems like a nice guy. Amazing accomplishment. Russ just pushed it that bit further and deserves the title

[keeksputels]

South africa to cairo ain't technically the length of africa! 😂
Russ is the first to go from southernmost point northernmost point. He wins, you lose.

Russ talked about this in one of the episodes, that south africa to eygpt had been done already. But that is not running across africa, to run africa is to go from tip to tip north south. It is very nearly, and just as impressive of course. But Russ is the first to run across africa properly

[abjeh]

Talk TV is so awful it's hard to comprehend.

[sanidadeelogica]

When I measure how tall I am I stop at my shoulder

[InNominePraxis]

A one hour convo beteen Nick and Russ would be gold to watch, it sounds like Nick would be up for it.

[_Super_Hans_]

By his definition I could run around a track in Scunthorpe and run "the length of Africa".

Russ ran Africa from point to point. He's the first one.

[GarthGrimble]

A little late to comment on how dumb this interview is as I was busy running the length of the UK - Luton to Manchester 🤡

[Josh-puxh]

This makes you and him look awful by the way. This guy did like 7.49k miles in the 90s or whatever. Russ has video evidence, recorded by GPS etc of him going thousands of miles more and the ACTUAL LENGTH. Not the SHORTEST LENGTH. This guy has no balls and is trying to steal thunder from a much greater achievement. WASHED.

[evanjames]

This is a stinker. Russ Cook is the first to run southern most to northernly most.

[Richeytherich]

I swear these journalists are tied up to a Script for every word that comes out of their mouth. Also got this facts completely wrong as always

[gerdanobbs]

Sad that Bourne does not know the entire length of Africa"s meaning. Maybe they did not had full scale maps back then for him to know the difference. Cape to Cairo is not the entire length. Basic geography. Ask anyone in Africa. Bourne ran through Africa. To state that Russ did not know about his attempt in his sarcastic tone is a wild assumption. Everyone can Google. And what do we find when we do....is that he and Jensen ran from Cairo to Cape Town. This is not the entire length of Africa. The word "entire" has meaning. It is "entire" not "satire." When you eat, most of the pizza carries a different meaning than eating the entire pizza. Basic math, basic geopgraphy. Sad that Bourne thought all these years he ran the entire length of Africa. Must be a shock to only now find out he did not. Maybe he needs some updates on Google Maps.

[robertcreighton]

I've flown over africa much quicker than running that's for sure

[grantgolding]

These journalists dont seem to grasp the word "ENTIRE" length of Africa.

[sweeneytod]

Nothing hard about running. He is the the God of all nerds.

[luke-tifu]

Love that people are pointing out the misinformation these weasels are spreading