The 'Hardest Geezer' On Finding Direction When You're Lost | Russ Cook (E418)

This episode of High Performance is brought to you by Bulldog Skincare. In their mission to support everyday skin endurance, Bulldog Skincare are proud to be the official men's skincare partner of Iron Man Europe. And our guest today here on High Performance is a true high performer, Russ Cook, or maybe Harless Geezer, as you might know him. Russ, of course, shot to public fame after completing a number of incredibly impressive feats of endurance, most notably his run across Africa in 2024, which saw him become the first person to run the length of Africa.

Over 352 days, Russ covered more than 10,000 miles along the way, inspiring so many people as he documented his journey and raised close to a million pounds for charity. However, he didn't stop there. He's gone on to complete a number of other serious challenges and as he sits down and talks to me, he's currently training for the leads Iron Man triathlon. Yeah, baby.

Now look, I haven't competed in an Iron Man, um, but Bulldog Skincare have challenged our guest today to do exactly that, and I'm excited for him. However, in this episode, what I really want to dive into is the mindset around what it actually takes to prepare for something like an Ironman. What is driving Russ and can he pull it off? How's the training going? Um Well, I had a baby four weeks ago, so

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