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Mind over Miles
- Narrator
- Russ Cook
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 24 October 2024
- Run Time
- 5 hours 37 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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10,000 miles. 16 countries. 352 days.
Hardest Geezer, Russ Cook, is the first person to run the entire length of Africa. From his starting point in Cape Agulhas, South Africa, through sandstorms in the Sahara Desert, rainforests, mountain ranges and long empty roads stretched out for miles in front of him, Russ ran the equivalent of 386 marathons finally crossing the finish line in Tunisia 50 weeks later.
Attempted kidnaps, being held at gunpoint in an armed robbery and the whole challenge left hanging in the balance when he was denied the right to cross Algeria, Russ never once contemplated giving up. When he crossed the finish line in Ras Angela, he did so with the eyes of the world on him.
Africa may have been his most physical challenge yet but it certainly wasn’t his first: he’s broken the record for the fastest car-pulling marathon and been buried alive for a week with nothing but water and a camera to record the experience.
In Hardest Geezer: Running Africa, Russ Cook shares how he turned his life around to face these challenges and shares his motivations and tales of incredible determination, sheer grit and endurance.
‘You get one chance at life. Go and have a stab at it.’
© Russ Cook 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024
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Details
- Author
- Russ Cook aka Hardest Geezer
- Narrator
- Russ Cook
- Duration
- 5 hours 37 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 October 2024
- ISBN
- 9781529948226
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Genre
- Memoirs, Autobiography: sport, Marathon and cross-country running, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.10,000 miles. 16 countries. 352 days.Hardest Geezer, Russ Cook, is the first person to run the entire length of Africa. From his starting point in Cape Agulhas, South Africa, through sandstorms in the Sahara Desert, rainforests, mountain ranges and long empty roads stretched out for miles in front of him, Russ ran the equivalent of 386 marathons finally crossing the finish line in Tunisia 50 weeks later.Attempted kidnaps, being held at gunpoint in an armed robbery and the whole challenge left hanging in the balance when he was denied the right to cross Algeria, Russ never once contemplated giving up. When he crossed the finish line in Ras Angela, he did so with the eyes of the world on him.Africa may have been his most physical challenge yet but it certainly wasn’t his first: he’s broken the record for the fastest car-pulling marathon and been buried alive for a week with nothing but water and a camera to record the experience.In Hardest Geezer: Running Africa, Russ Cook shares how he turned his life around to face these challenges and shares his motivations and tales of incredible determination, sheer grit and endurance.‘You get one chance at life. Go and have a stab at it.’© Russ Cook 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024
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