Endurance athlete Russ Cook completed an epic 10,000-mile run across the entirety of Africa, overcoming injuries, illnesses, logistical nightmares, and even getting lost in the jungle.
Have you ever dreamed of running the length of Africa? How about summiting Mount Everest three times in less than two weeks? Endurance athletes often seem like they have “a whole different wiring system,” Outside magazine columnist and ultrarunner Brendan Leonard tells CNN Sport. “A lot of us go through life being afraid to fail at things, especially as we get older. We don’t want to fail, and we don’t want to be bad at something.
Lael Wilcox, fastest woman to cycle around the world In September, American Lael Wilcox broke the world record for the fastest woman to cycle around the world, traversing 21 countries and 18,125 miles in three-and-a-half months. Arriving back in Chicago – 108 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes after she set off – Wilcox beat the previous best time of 124 days and 11 hours set by Scottish cyclist Jenny Graham in 2018.
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