Russ Cook

May 23, 2025

‘Hardest Geezer’ runs complete length of New Zealand despite ‘a few dings on the way’

Endurance athlete Russ Cook has completed his latest mammoth adventure after running more than 2,500 kilometres across New Zealand.

Apr 22, 2025

‘Hardest Geezer’ lives up to nickname with 100km PB run amid gruelling endurance challenge

Russ Cook, who describes himself as “an unhinged ginger bloke with a personal vendetta against the global tarmac network”, is running the 3,000km Te Araroa trail.

Feb 6, 2025

‘We’re looking at 10 Mt Everests in 10 weeks’ – Hardest Geezer reveals his next challenge

The man who rewrote the record books by running the entire length of Africa over 352 days in 2023 and 2024 is now planning to clock up 3,000km in New Zealand.