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Hats off to you for getting round! If I didn't get lost working out the route I'd probably injure myself on the way down. Can't run downhill for toffee.
...That being said, I tried out my new Inov-8 XTalon 190 yesterday and they're very confidence-inspiring. They'll serve a very niche purpose of being my cross-country shoes when the course is too stony for spikes, but I also trialed a training session that I'm now intending to repeat a few times for marathon training. Measured out a 5k hilly/undulating off-road loop close to home, over Oxleas Wood, ran it continuously three times, made up to 14 miles with w/u + c/d (983 ft elevation). Pace was "steady" whilst trying out the new shoes, but I think this would make an excellent marathon pace (or more accurately marathon effort due to terrain) session as an alternative to similar sessions I'll do on tarmac. Plus there's the Southern XC champs at Parliament Hill in January, which is itself 15k, so it'll be good to get used to running hard off-road over that distance.
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People have been known to get lost on it which is kind of funny because the furthest parts of the course are barely a kilometer from the start/finish. Luckily for me I'm local to the route and know the roads well enough now.