SHORTLISTED 2025

Sports Performance Book of the Year | Shortlisted

Hardest Geezer

by Russ Cook

Hardest Geezer, Russ Cook, is the first person to ever run the entire length of Africa. Navigating the Sahara Desert, rainforests and mountain ranges as well as attempted kidnappings and being robbed at gunpoint, Russ never once contemplated giving up. This is an inspirational story full of sheer grit and incredible determination.

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