By Christmas, young Briton Russell Cook is preparing to complete the daunting task of covering the longitudinal distance of the African continent, from the southernmost point in South Africa to the northernmost point in Tunisia. His journey is the equivalent of running 360 marathons in 240 days.

On his journey, Cook will pass through 16 countries, accompanied by a small support team of his friends, in a marathon journey that is physically arduous, mentally exhausting and logistically complex, while raising money for the charity Run. Water aid.

“Cook” has already begun his journey, and he said in his interview with “CNNDuring day 13 of his trip: “Honestly, I don’t feel daunted by any challenge related to the trip. There is no point in worrying about it until I face it. We can plan and try to mitigate challenges as much as we can along the way, but none of these things keep me up.” At night, I deal with the moment I’m in, and when I wake up, I deal with tomorrow.”

Cook is running across the continent of Africa

Cook runs 50 kilos a day

In the first two weeks of his journey, Cook ran more than 50 kilometers a day through South Africa and has now crossed into Namibia, where he will face the tiring Namib desert. From Istanbul to London and completing a marathon while driving a car.

Cook’s small team faced problems at every stage of the planning, including visa problems and transporting the support vehicle across half the world. The journey was supposed to start in reverse, but Cook was happy to adapt and finally arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, at the end of April. And he was excited to get started.

From there, Cook entered the formidable challenge day after day, overcoming any problems he encountered along the way. He said he “convinced two men not to rob him while he was running alone in South Africa.” While Cook said he was not worried about some obstacles, such as Congo Jungle and Sahara Desert, along the way, but he admits he worries about financing his challenge.

Cook team

The young Briton says he is currently working below the minimum in this segment, using the money he got from a friend who made his fortune in the world of cryptocurrency..

Hoping for further care and support, Cook and his team are documenting his journey on social media. His online presence has seen rapid growth; His most recent weekly video has racked up more than 50,000 views on YouTube so far.

“Of course you get used to it. It’s like anything, if you practice it enough it will only get better,” he says. “I can spend whole days just thinking. It’s part of the growth journey for me to become a very calm person on the inside.”

Cook documents his journey

With this journey taking more than seven months, accompanied by some of the most difficult challenges he has yet to face, Cook does not think about the end point. The first week of the trip.

He says that the opportunity to travel to the other half of the world and run several kilometers with a guy can give you such a boost at the end of the day. “We are from completely different worlds, but at that moment, we were just two guys running together.”