The historic streets of York are to set the scene for a brand-new marathon in October this year.The Plusnet Yorkshire marathon is set to be the biggest sporting event to hit the region. Today marks the countdown to the race and will see famous faces

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below zero for some of it and with the wind chill factor it felt like -5 at times. Throw in the Yorkshire hills, some icy patches on the road, a few playful headwinds and it all added up to a tough first day.After a rousing send-off from supporters

, the fog. At times, up in the rolling Yorkshire hills, you couldn’t see 100 feet ahead of you. Since we were all strung out along the road it was a good job we were wearing our bright orange gilets with flashing LEDs so we could see each other vaguely up