Brit, 26, dubbed 'Worthing's Hardest Geezer' is set to finish his run across ... trends now

A British man is set to finish his run across the entire length of Africa tomorrow in what has been a grueling 9,500 mile journey.

Russ Cook, 26 from Worthing, West Sussex dubbed 'Worthing's Hardest Geezer' started the challenge 350 days ago, and is expected to cross the finish line at the most northern point in Tunisia, Ras Angela on Sunday.

So far his efforts have raised £568,000 for charity, with a massive £217,000 of that having been donated over the last seven days as his loyal following spur him on to the finish line.

But not only has the journey been a testament of mental and physical strength, Mr Cook has also been robbed at gunpoint, held hostage and almost forced to stop the challenge after he was left visaless at the Mauritanian border. 

His route has taken him from Cape Agulhas in South Africa, up through Central Africa, West Africa to skirt around the Sahara Desert and finally into North Africa to end in Tunisia.

Originally he had hoped to achieve the mega distance in 240 days, but different obstacles have delayed his finish by around 100 days. 

When he was travelling through Angola at around 1800miles into his run, he was set upon by armed thugs.

Cook claimed his support van was raided by 'desperate blokes with guns' and that the armed men stole his team's cameras, mobile phones and some passports, as well as wads of cash. 

He added that nobody on his crew was hurt in the armed hold-up.

Then in August he was 'kidnapped' by a gang of men armed with machetes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

He documented the ordeal on social media: 'In an attempt to find the boys at a village on the plan B route, I stumbled into a rural settlement where the chief told me I must give him money. I had none,' the runner wrote on day 107.

He added: 'So that went down well. Pretty soon I found myself surrounded by lots of game blokes with machetes. Was escorted out the village into the bush.

'Emptied my bag to show I had nothing but a half eaten biscuit. Gave it to them, and ran. Spent the next few hours bushwhacking through overgrown jungle paths. Trying to stay off any tracks until I was far away.