Run Russ, run!

Russ Cook completed a mammoth quest to run the length of Africa, overcoming health scares, visa troubles and even an armed robbery.

The Briton arrived late Sunday afternoon at Cape Angela in Tunisia, where a sculpture marks the "northernmost point of the African continent."

Cook believes he is the first to run the entire length of the continent. The 27-year-old set off from South Africa's most southerly point on April 22 last year.

Over the run he had taken more than 19 million steps in 16 countries, running the equivalent of 385 marathons in 351 days.

Cook's efforts have raised over 550,000 (HK$5.44 million) for the Running Charity and for Sandblast, which raises awareness for indigenous Sahrawis.

In Angola, he and his team were robbed at gunpoint, while Cook almost didn't get a visa for Algeria. In Nigeria, doctors told him to cut back because of pains he was suffering.

"I'm a totally normal bloke, so if I can do this, hopefully people can apply this to their own lives," he said.