Day4 - Keswick to Carlise

A leisurely start for our 28m run gradually changed to a hard day as we got no closer than 14m from Carlisle for over 8 long hot extra miles.

The scenery remained breath taking despite the cool morning giving way to a sweaty 21C

After 24m we reached a sign saying Carlisle 12m!! Our head dropped a little and we started to walk. Word come that there was a massive reception awaiting us, so we engineered a rapid lift to 2m outside the city.

We arrived to a huge crowd and dancing girls!!

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Day 3 Whitehaven to Keswick

A massive breakfast to kick us off, then Eastward bound. My first marathon run started and then finished with a long hard climb. The final Winlatter pass was a constant 3 mile hill followed by an equally thigh shredding 2mile decline - a few beers were very much needed to cool us down :)

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Day2 -arriving into Whitehaven

150miles counting a 10mile wrong turn. Sore legs but big smiles :) the old dis-used railway line created the prefect guide, off road and away from traffic. A hard 2nd day now we turn tail

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Keswick bound

100miles done & everyone's feeling the legs burn. Fortunately the amount on down hill now outweighs the up.

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Over the top

5miles climb to the summit - Penrith next stop

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End of Day1

Who needs socks? Glorious sunshine on departure quickly gave way to full on rain! Despite that, some extremely challenging hill climbs everyone's still smiling - 65miles done

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TV cameras & everything at the start

Tynemouth Day 1
275 miles to go
Sunshine & smiles

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My feet pre challenge

1 day & counting before 275miles of pain !

Here comes the biggest single physical challenge of my life - so I thought I'd remind myself what they looked like before I tear them to pieces over the Pennines

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