After several months of promising that we will get down to the nitty gritty of detailed route planning, we have finally started work on it. The eight maps and route profiles included in the slideshow below give you an idea of our chosen marathon routes for the north. What with three munros, the Yorkshire 3 Peaks, the Coniston marathon and a tour of Snowdon and the Cheviot to contend with, there will be plenty to keep us suitability challenged and amused!

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