Trail running blog topics

Tales and insights and from the Chamonix Valley and beyond, including our experience training for and running the UTMB (and its sub-events the CCC, OCC and MCC), the Marathon du Mont Blanc, the TAR and the FIZ, to name but a few! 

Trail running
tips & topics

Here you'll find a diverse range of trail running insights and commentary, based on our personal experiences:

  • Is it worth getting a trail running coach?
  • What's in the race pack?
  • Good shoes, bad shoes
  • To pole or not to pole?
  • Dealing with the cold when trail running
  • How to pee gracefully on the trail
  • Powders, gels and other fuel sources
  • Race nutrition and recovery fuelling
  • Dealing with GI distress during a race
  • Aid stations and strategies
  • How to crew (and be crewed) in a race
  • Volunteering at trail racing events
  • How friends and family can follow your races 
  • Downhill running comfort for dodgy knees
  • Introducing kids to trail running
  • Explaining the UTMB Index and Running Stones
training for
2024 UTMB

We're off on a mission! With 12 months to train and prepare for the area's most incredible race we share monthly insights and updates on what we're up to:

  • September 2023: 12 months to go
  • October 2023: 11 months to go
  • November 2023: 10 months to go
  • December 2023: 9 months to go
  • January 2024: 8 months to go
  • February 2024: 7 months to go
  • March 2024: 6 months to go
  • April 2024: 5 months to go
  • May 2024: 4 months to go
  • June 2024: 3 months to go
  • July 2024: 2 months to go
  • August 2024: The final month
  • September 2024: The race itself!
Trail running
resources

Here you'll find a range of links to trail running websites, trail races, products and sites we like, and anything else we wanted to include that is relevant to trail running!

TRAINING FOR
2023 CCC

Deciding to enter our first ever 100km race, we did some serious training and preparation for this mountainous event. Read all about the ups and downs here!

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