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Category Archives: Chamonix

Using poles in trail races

July 8, 2012by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

This week I received my runner photos from the Marathon du Mont Blanc events last weekend, and they reminded me that this same race last year was the first trail […]

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Chamonix, equipment, trail running

Mont Blanc Marathon & Cross

July 2, 2012by Kingsley Jones 3 Comments

A busy weekend of running in Chamonix. On the Saturday I ran the Cross, which is half marathon distance, with about 1500m of height gain. It was a very hot […]

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Chamonix, hydration, trail running

More sweat, less blood

June 21, 2012by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

I read a great quote the other day that hopefully sums up my training this week; “the more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle”. Whilst I’m […]

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Chamonix, personal training, trail running

Monsoon trail running

June 6, 2012by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

It’s been an interesting past week in Chamonix, with plenty of rain! It hasn’t stopped my guiding or personal training work, as shown in this photo of Richard today, as […]

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Chamonix, personal training, trail running

UTMB finisher!

September 1, 2011by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

It’s a few days since I crossed the finish line of the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc, and my mind is still a blur of emotions about it. The basic […]

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Chamonix, trail running

Mont Blanc Marathon 2011

June 28, 2011by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

This weekend saw the hottest days of the year in Chamonix, with the temperatures soaring to 35C in the valley. The heat neatly coincided with the Mont Blanc Marathon weekend, […]

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Chamonix, personal training, trail running, weather

TMB in Autumn snow

September 30, 2010by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

This is a photo taken yesterday by Sarah of me with Maximus, running up to the Col du Bonhomme, one of the high passes on the Tour du Mont Blanc. […]

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Chamonix, trail running, trekking, weather

Survived the UTMB CCC race!

August 31, 2010by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

This year the North Face Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc CCC race from Courmayeur to Champex and Chamonix was perfect conditions for fish and Brits – wet and cold! It […]

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Chamonix, trail running, weather

Final days before the CCC

August 22, 2010by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

As regular readers of this blog, will now be bored of hearing, I’m running the North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc race from Courmayeur to Chamonix. The course is nearly […]

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Chamonix, trail running

Trail des Aiguilles Rouges

September 28, 2009by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Yesterday to finish off the summer season, I ran the Trail des Aiguilles Rouges race. This is a 51km trail run, with 3300m of height gain and 3500m of descents, […]

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