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'Hardest Geezer' Russ Cook completed the London Marathon on Sunday - just two weeks after he finished his epic 10,000-mile run across the entire length of Africa.
And now the runner, 27, has opened up about where it all started as he revealed the bizarre moment he decided to take up the sport.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain on Monday with hosts Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid, Russ admitted it all started in a night club toilet.
The world record breaker began marathon running in his twenties after he made the decision to turn his life around while struggling with a gambling addiction.
Richard explained: 'It just happened, you were in a night club one night, you were a bit overweight, a bit hammered and you just looked at yourself in the toilet mirror and thought "This has got to stop."
'Hardest Geezer' has revealed the BIZARRE moment he began running as he shared how the sport changed his life during an appearance on Good Morning Britain on Monday
The runner, 27, completed the London Marathon in 4 hours, 25 minutes and 40 seconds on Sunday - just two weeks after his 10,000-mile challenge across Africa
'And you ran home from the club, 11 miles at three in the morning.'
'Pretty much exactly that,' confirmed Russ as he joked: 'Yeah, lack of taxis that night or something.'
He then explained: 'But yeah ran home, had a pretty difficult time of it, took a few breaks and had a sleep on the pavement but after that my mate said to me "Come on do this half marathon get into it." I had nothing else to go for so I just thought I would give it a go.'
And the sport has changed Russ' life completely as he confessed he struggled with gambling
