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Britain’s Russ Prepare dinner turns into the primary individual to run all the size of Africa – Tunisia – April 7, 2024. (Reuters)
Russ Prepare dinner completes epic Africa run in Tunisia after 16 international locations, 352 days. Endurance feat consists of theft and meals poisoning
British marathon runner Russ Prepare dinner accomplished his run throughout all the size of Africa in Tunisia on Sunday after travelling by means of 16 international locations, with the 352-day odyssey together with being robbed at gunpoint and struggling meals poisoning.
Prepare dinner began his journey final April at Africa’s most southerly level, the South African village of L’Agulhas, and proceeded up the continent’s west coast, working a complete of over 16,000 kilometres. “The primary individual ever to run all the size of Africa. Mission full,” Prepare dinner posted on social media platform X.
‘Hardest Geezer’
The 27-year-old handed by means of Namibia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, and Algeria, earlier than arriving at Ras Angela on Sunday night. The endurance athlete, who calls himself the “Hardest Geezer”, has additionally raised greater than half a tens of millions kilos for charity alongside the best way.
“The primary purpose is to problem your self and do one thing unimaginable which is what ‘Hardest Geezer’ is all about,” Simon Klima of Givestar charity platform instructed Reuters. “Concurrently elevate some huge cash for some actually vital causes, that’s taking place on the Givestar platform, so we’re very privileged to have that occuring there. “To date practically 600,000 kilos has been raised for 2 charities, Sandblast and the Working charity. Hopefully, going to hit 1,000,000 kilos, Russ will hit 1,000,000 kilos along with his fundraiser, that’s the goal.”
(With company inputs)
