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While the world’s press focused on the incredible cross-continent efforts of Russ ‘Hardest Geezer’ Cook [who recently ran the length of Africa from the southernmost to northernmost points], another exceptional runner – 57-year-old Keith Boyd – found himself negotiating his way out of a hostage situation while on a mission to break a different but not dissimilar world record.
Travelling from Cape Town to Cairo on foot, along the treacherous Eastern coast of Africa, Boyd aimed to surpass the 26-year-old record of 318 days. Despite grappling with a heart condition and asthma, Boyd dedicated a mere four months to training for what would become one of the toughest and most perilous footraces in the world.
On May 22,