Jon Albon: Training Secrets & The Ascend App

Jon Albon is back on Trail Talk. Fresh off a tough but educational UTMB debut, Jon is building toward 2026 with Montblanc 90 and another crack at Chamonix on the horizon.

UTMB 2025:

Lessons from his first time round and what changes in year two

How horrendous weather and three documentary crews made it a true baptism of fire

Training:

The shift from low to medium mileage athlete

Progressive overload as the number one principle

Downhill conditioning without mountains, dirty threshold and stair-specific prep

Fuelling:

The electrolyte, fluid and carb triangle

Racing on pink Himalayan salt and granulated sugar

Why fuelling is still his biggest weakness as an athlete

The App:

Albin App is rebranding to Ascend

Origin story, impact, cardio and speed metrics explained

The chatbot that runs on human intelligence, not AI

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