Haere mai

The duo is back. Enjoy listening to Dwayne and Mal talking about recent race results from the local legend of Aotearoa, Ruth Croft.

We also discussed updates on training, our ideas on being fit versus fast, Dwaynes neck chafing, expectations of our current fitness, and Whangarei Half.

Share, make a comment, flick us a question. We want it all.

Lots of love.

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Second episode is here!!! No Dwayne this time, your lucky ears just to get listen your friendly American Mal Pal. I am interviewing my speedy triathlon friend, Tamsin Horne. She is currently training for Kona Ironman.

We discuss the love of our communities, how to keep getting after it in training, balancing being a mom and athlete and business owner, the frustrations of post seizure depression, the challenges Tamsin faces not being able to drive, and to just keep taking 1 step, 2 steps, and 1,000 steps.

I feel fortunate to have this interview with her. She is an inspiration and could basically be the female version of David Goggins.

I hope you enjoy this listen. Please like and subscribe to us. 👍

Welcome, haere mai to our very first episode of Chafing the Dream!

We’re a running couple—an American gal and a Kiwi bloke—who love talking all things running. Today we dive into some of our fav races, gels, gear, and a very brief synopsis of our story.

If you are someone that experiences chafing, lolly toes, vomitting gels, race shits, and bloody nipples then you are in the right place.

Haere mai- plenty of links to click on in the Spotify Shownotes so go to candy town.

Welcome to a jam-packed episode of local events and challenges. We start with our thoughts and the upcoming speaker, Bruce Fordyce regarding Comrades Ultramarathon. The world's oldest and longest ultramarathon. Next year will be there 100th year! Come check out Bruce's talk hosted by Masters on the Move. It is on 14th August at 6pm in Tikipunga Sports Park. Sign up here.

Next we talk about our training updates. The usual saga's of the duo. We move into the VERT JULY. This is hosted by TrailRunningNZ. Super cool event. Every day for the month of July you run 100m vert per day adding each day with another 100m. So 2nd July = 200m, 3rd July -300m and so forth.

For our RUN THE FOREST giveaway tickets we have tied it into the VERT JULY. We want you, our listeners, to guess how many days Dwayne will last on the Vert July. The two closest winners will get free tickets from SportNorthland to choose any distance from Run the Forest. For the giveaway send us via email (chafingthedreamnz@gmail.com) your name and number of days you are guessing Dwayne will win. (e.g., Mallory, 3 days for Dwayne). Good luck guessers!

We talk about Denika Clooney smashing our New Zealand races and her recent signing with Elon University. A speedy kiwi gal indeed.

We close talking about our upcoming event = Chasing the Coins. Details listed below:

Date: 22nd August 

Time:  Debriefing at 1:45PM, race starts at 2 PM

 Location: Clock Museum, Whangarei Town Basin

Teams and format: Each team will have 4 runners, you must have two women and two men. The teams will race to 6 locations around Whangarei. At debriefing you will be given a map and the 6 coin locations. You can divide and conquer however you like. For example, one runner can collect 2 coins from 2 different locations. Once your team has returned all 7 coins to Mal and Dwayne you have completed the event!! Yay! 

How to Register: Send your team name, team member’s names, contact details  (name + phone numbers) to chafingthedreamnz@gmail.com

Prizes: We will have plenty of exciting local prizes and runner related goodies up for grabs… like free burgers from BurgerFuel!! Who doesn’t love the Bastard.

Why we created it: We created this event because we love the idea of a fun competition with teams that brings people together. But you don’t have to be the fastest team to win prizes. We look forward to bringing all you chafers together.

Kia ora

You read that right. Mal has been knocked up with round #2. Dwayne's newest training partner, baby #2 will be arriving in December 2026. Mal asks Dwayne questions of how he feels when he found out we were pregnant, what has surprised him the most this pregnancy, if there are any goals before baby comes (hint hint Mal tries to convince him to do a 100k....we will see). We make a laugh out of a few topics and are excited to have Mal give better training updates. Come along for the usual banter and laughter. We seriously love all our listeners and all the comments we get.

Any mailbag questions or comments send to our email at chafingthedreamnz@gmail.com and/or send us a DM on our instagram.

Kia ora

Welcome to another episode . Wowza are we lucky! We got to have two legends, Katie White and Bradley Houghton give us their voice diaries to close out our Ring of Fire series. Before digging into the diaries we talk about 3 upcoming races:

- Kai Iwi Lakes Triathlon and Trail Race

- Run the Bays

- King's Backyard

It was honestly so nice and fun following along with their training and then hear their reflections of Ring of Fire . Very impressive on both ends!

Bradley Houghton was our first diary singer. He shares the highs, the lows, what he would change with his training, and his usual entertaining insights. You can read Bradley's newsletter here called Trail Running NZ. It is a laugh and off. All for FREE 99.

We close our diaries with Katie White. It was so cool to hear how the race played out for her. Also really sweet to hear her girls made it out to one of the aid stations and to see her at the Finish Line.

Finally, Dwayne and I are promoting the Northland 100 Entries giveaway event called the Watchless Race. This is held on Anzac Weekend, 26th April at 2PM at the Te Pohe Island Playground Carpark. We will announce the course the day of the event, in summary you are to guess what time you can run the course we provide (will be between 2-3km) and you are NOT be allowed to use your watch. Hence the name ;) Then the folks closest to their guessed times to run their actual times will WIN the free entry tickets to the Northland 100.

Looking forward to seeing y'all there.

Kia ora

Welcome to another episode with Mal and Dwayne. This time we are lucky enough to have MAGIC MIKE steal the show. He talks training, what it was like to race Ring of Fire, and his mental game during the event. We were lucky to ask him all the nitty gritty questions and are really grateful to have him on.

Mike Lea announced the upcoming "practice Backyard" event happening at Barge Park on 24th April from 10pm to 6am. This is a great opportunity to try out your gear, shoes, fueling ,set-up etc., before doing a backyard event. Reach out to His & Hers for registration.

Also, Dwayne and I are promoting the Northland 100 Entries giveaway event called the Watchless Race. This is held on Anzac Weekend, 26th April at 2PM at the Te Pohe Island Playground Carpark. We will announce the course the day of the event, in summary you are to guess what time you can run the course we provide (will be around 2-4km) and NOT be allowed to use your watch. Hence the name ;) Then the folks closest to their guessed times to run their actual times will WIN the free entry tickets to the Northland 100. Looking forward to seeing y'all there.

Hellllooooo

Episode 34 welcomes the golden boy of Northland trail running, Sam Rout!

Sam is one of a kind. He seems to know everyone in this town and will run with anyone but yet is also the speediest northlander and currently 3rd podium spot at TUM 50k this year.

Dwayne and Mal dig into Sam's training, set backs with his recent knee injury, and exciting upcoming races. We also have some good laughs about his start line at Huanui Race.

Thanks Sam for taking the time to be on our pod.

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT:

We have our first offical chafing the dream event. This is going to be held on Anzac Weekend 26th April 2026 at 2PM at the Pohe Island Carpark by the mad hatters football club. We will be giving the three tickets to the Northland 100 race in July this year for the top three winners. The event will be a "watchless race" where you won't be able to use your watch or phone and predict your time for a course that we choose. Again, the person closest to the time they predict will be winning an entry to the Northland 100!!!

Yoooooo

Haere mai! Welcome to another episode where we start off discussing global gas prices. But make a quick pivot to actual running content.

We update on our training, having the usual bugs in the house while training, and announce the Parihaka giveaway winners. Congratulation to Waimaria and Hannah! See ya at the start line ;)

We will be giving away 3 entries to the Northland 100 for all the distances with the exception of the miler. So you could sign up for the 15k, 57k, 82k, and 105k. Or win a free entry, just keep listening!

We also tease a "practice run" happening for the lead up to Kings Backyard Ultra. They will be opening Barge Park if you notify His &Hers event on the 27th April from 10pm to 6am.

Finally we get to the meat and potatoes of the pod. Our interviews or voice memos from Katie White, Mike Lea, and Bradley Houghton. They update on how their training has been leading up to the race, what they are most excited about, scared about, and what there expected time or goals are for the race. We are so lucky to have them on and sharing their insights :) Thank you Katie, Bradley, and Mike for taking the time to drop us some voice memos.

We end with a brief chafing story. Because we do try to be inline with our values of the podcast.

Keep chafing your dreamzzzzzz

Ma te wa

Haere mai

Welcome to a fun episode with Tara Wilson from Sport Northland. Dwayne and Mal ask details of how Tara ended up at Sport Northland, history of Sport Northland, what position she started (hint she was a barista at the local cafe), and details of our upcoming favourite local race, Parihaka Half Marathon. We talk about previous years where this poor race has been cursed from slips to cyclones. Tara shares with us the history and meaning of the Parihaka pōwhiri at the start of the race. Here is a link to check out the video.

Finally please enter our giveaway or enter your friend for a giveaway to Parihaka it can be any of the distances, the half marathon, the 12k or the 6k. It is such a beautiful event and Sport Northland always does a fantastic job bringing the community together. You can enter by commenting below on Spotify OR commenting on our most recent instagram post.

Don't forget to use our code "chafingthedream" for 20% off the Parihaka race.

Keep chafing your dreams <3

Mal and Dwayne

Yoooooo

What another secret special episode with our Muscle Mania crew Bree Monaghan "Baby Bagel" and Nathan Ryken "The Viking". Dwayne and Mal were lucky enough to sit down with the two of them and talk about recovery.

We start opening about how training has been for all four of us and our newest goalzzzz to create a triathlon team. Boys vs. Girls!

We then get straight into asking Nathan about how he got his diagnosis of Functional Neurological Disorder . What his training is looking like currently and how he has shifted his goals.

We switch to discussing Bree's recovery from her concussion in August. She seems to have been doing very well making a full recovery from the concussion with no post head injury symptoms.

Finally we make sure our listeners know about our code "chafingthedream" for 20% off the upcoming Beach to Basin race and Parihaka half marathon. Both our local events supporting Sport Northland. You can sign up here for Beach to Basin.

Enjoy and leave a comment for mailbag questions, words of encouragement to Nathan and Bree, or any insights you had listening to this episode.

Please.... keep chafing your dreams not your armpits.

Morena Dawn Patrol- if you do listen when we drop our episode at 5am every Wednesday ;)

We start with the usual banter and training updates from Dwayne and Mal. Feel free to comment about your own training, we love hearing from our listeners!!

The bulk of this episode is where we have the honour to talk to Denika about her recent racing experience for World XC Champs. She gives us the inside scoop for what it was like to represent NZ internationally. We are super proud to have her represent Northland and can't wait to see how she gets after it for the ending of her track season. Follow along with Denika's story on her instagram.

Finally we announce our two winners for giveaways! Dori and Johnny have been so kind to participate in our giveaway. These two lucky humans have landed a free entry to our local Beach To Basin 10k on the 15th March 2026.

If you missed our giveaway no worries we still have a deal for you! For 20% off Beach to Basin use our code "chafingthedream".

Haere mai

Welcome to another episode, this one exclusively with Dwayne and Mal. We start the episode talking about our training updates and the usual realities of having a toddler who is sick, meaning sleepless nights blah blah blah.

Dwayne also spends some time exploring alternative nutrition options for his cheap as chips budget.

Mal discusses her recent letter from her Sports Doctor regarding osteopenia. We discuss briefly breastfeeding amenorrhea (no this is not diahhrea...) which means when a breastfeeding mother does not menstruate while breastfeeding. This then results an increase in bone injury! Hence what happened to Mal over the past year and a half.

We close with two free entry give aways to our local Beach to Basin on the 15th March 2026 in Whangarei, NZ. Please enter our giveaway by either posting on your instagram story a photo of you running and tag us @chafingthedreamnz. Or by commenting below on Spotify.

Keep chafing your dream.

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Haere mai to Chafing the Dream

Wow, this is a special episode and we want to say a special thank you to Bradley, TrailRunningNZ newsletter. We couldn't have done it without him. Seriously! We are so lucky.

Okay on with it. So Dwayne drove down to Rotovegas to first and foremost crew for our local legend, Sam Rout. THEN snag interviews off the following top male and female finishers. Apologies for not being able to get more of the 100k female finishers, or any for that matter. It was like wet soup out there. Or so we've been told.

The following list is the upcoming interviews on this pod:

50k Females

1) Robyn Lesh

2) Jemima Cooper

4) Hannah Wall

7) Emily Hawgood

50k Males

1) Samuel Macaulay

2) Charlie Hamilton

3) Sam Rout

102k Males

2) Jacob Banta

3) Max Yanzick

10) Leonard Terry

Thanks for the listen y'all. We are lucky to have you as our listeners. Keep listening for some free entries to our local races in Northland.

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Haere mai

Episode 27 is here and get ready for some rambling. The first 15 minutes is Dwayne and Mal discussing our thoughts on shoe sponsors, money in trail running (or lack thereof ), and other random bits and bobs.

Dwayne was lucky enough to snag a quick pre-race interview from Sam Rout, ranked 3rd currently for the 50k at Tarawera but more importantly our local northland rep. We are stoked to have him race in Rotovegas and already know he will smash it. Boys a beast, especially on dem hills.

After the interview we review the top athletes for the 50k race of Tarawera for male and female race. Dwayne will be down in Rotovegas this weekend trying to support our local legend, Sam Rout as well as get some short clips of the athletes.

Happy trails y'all and keep chafing your dreamzzzz.

Mal and Dwayne

Kia ora

What an episode. Dwayne and Mal were two lucky dogs to sit alongside the Dark Horse, Mr. Alex Nicholson. The Local Legend of the Backyard Kings Ultra 2026 in Whangarei ,NZ running 38 laps. He was a hoot. We spent time talking about his upbringing and why he leaned into running in his later years. Turns out it was often peer pressure by his friends. So if you are training for a marathon or an ultra alone, just don't. Ask your friend who has never done one! His stories were a crack up and he is the most genuine person. We loved hearing about how firefighting has impacted his running career.

We truly had lots of laughs and inspiring moments talking to him about the Kings Backyard Ultra experience. We can't wait to see how Alex does at the Northland 100.

We also close our episode talking about TrailRunningNZ Vert Challenge in July. This challenge is wild. Every day in July you run more and more vert. So for the first week your first day is 100m vert, Tuesday is 200m vert, Wednesday 300m vert, and so on. By the first week you would have ran 2,800meters. Each day in the month of July you keep adding 100m. Basically.... read Bradleys email but you know you are going to get sweet prizes even if you just participate in it! Give him a follow on the gram.

Keep chafing your dream. Byyyyyye

Haere mai

Welcome to Chafing the dream with the kiwi American running couple duo. This episode we have a little fun with 3 folks freaky enough to enter Ring of Fire 100k. We were able to sneak off some voice diaries of their latest training.

The first RoF soul is Mike Lea (listen to a full interview with this fella on Episode 19). He was a previous professional mountain biker turned to domination of the trails. He gives us insight in types of training runs he has been doing and how he is feeling about the race. You can follow him on the gram here.

Our second RoF voice diary is Katie White. You can follow her on the gram here. She updates us on what it's like to train for the Ring of Fire on North Shore. She is trained by Simon Cochrane and shares her confidence going into RoF. She has an impressive previous year resume winning the Northland 100 in the 50k and second place finish at Taupo 100k.

Our final RoF nutter flutter is Bradley Houghton. You can follow along with him on his instagram page. Oh Bradley. He sounds as prepared for this race as a fly stuck in a freezer. Just kidding, we are stoked for him. He gives us his honest take on his training and that he isn't planning on slaying dragons out there BUT he does slay dragons on your email inbox every Monday morning. So do subscribe to his weekly newsletter here.

Well, well, well what do you know. Dan has graduated from accountability assholes. Dan has ran 7 parkruns and we have made a consecutive decision to end harassing him on this pod. Let us know if we need to hold anyone else accountable and be assholes about it.

Thanks for the listen.

Haere ra

Kia ora

What an episode. Hammered it all in less than an hour.

We update the listeners on Dwaynes running goals in 2026, will he chose another year of chasing ultras? Will he say that "I will never do another ultra again?" Of course he will. Mal shares her running goals for 2026, or lack thereof.

We talk about our local Beach to Basin race in Whangarei, New Zealand and how to train for a 10k race. We talk training workouts like tempos, progression runs, and track sessions.

There was a mailbag question about blisters on the heel and Dwayne shares lovely advice around basically returning the shoes.

Finally we share Mal's results from her Bone DEXA scan and discuss osteopenia and the ongoing angst she has of reoccurring bone stress injuries.

Comment, like us, subscribe to us.

Episode every Wednesday at 5am.

Nga mihi nui

Haere Mai

We are back from the states to kiwi land. This episode has flavours of jet lagged Dwayne and Mal. Regardless, we decide to indulge in some science. An interesting research article called Caffeinated Coffee Consumption or Abstinence to Reduce Atrial Fibrillation: The DECAF Randomized Clinical Trial.

The rest of the yarns are Dwayne and Mal discussing training updates and upcoming local northland races. We list off the following upcoming races:

15th March 2026 - Beach To Basin 10k Sunday

29th March 2026 - Parihaka Trail Race

29th March 2026 - Great Northern Gallop Far North

30th May 2026- Kings Backyard Ultra

25th July 2026- Northland 100 

Ma te wa

Kia ora, haere mai

We welcome Janet Mundell, one of Mal's close running friends from Wenatchee, WA along to this pod. We start off having a yarn about Janet and Mal's friendship, Janets experience with running both collegiately and post partum running, and the local trails + scenery of Central Washington.

Dwayne indulges on the discovery of Anne Audain, a kiwi professional runner from the 80's and 90's who ran and won Spokane Bloomsday 7 times!

We do a quick shoutout to our kiwi gal, Denika Clooney of whom finished 55th at the Worlds Cross Country.

This episode is dropping in Kelloggs, Idaho. Whoa!

Dwayne and Mal cover the usual updates of training, running in cold weather, shoe scan at Fleet Feet, updates of trail running shtufffff, and a shoutout to our kiwi gal Denika Clooney racing this weekend in Tallahasse, Florida.

We have teased about an upcoming race giveaway for the Northland 100. More to come in future episodes!

Thanks for all your loyalty and welcome to the New Year of 2026!

Welcome to, or welcome back to the Chafing the Dream Podcast.

In this episode we cover the usual training updates and some unfortunate illnesses over Christmas.

Also I ask Mal to talk about her time in Arizona as a high school athlete and what that entails.

Lastly we do a quick checkup on our accountability arsehole victim, Dan!

Enjoy

In this episode, we talk about our training and Dwayne's first impressions of running in the Arizona desert, dodging cactus and kicking rocks.

Mal also talks more about her bone stress recovery and returning to the trails she begun her running on.

Lastly but most importantly we sit down with Bree Monaghan to ask her about what it takes to train for and compete in the world duathlon champs in Spain, how she qualified for the champs. And how a skiing concession after her event has affected her training and life, what recovering from a concussion takes.

For questions or comments email us at chafingthedreamnz@gmail.com or simply leave a comment on this episode.

In this episode Dwayne sits down with Mike Lea after a long run in the northland heat and humidity to talk about how Mike started running and some of his past results and future goals.

But before that we share some hacks on how to travel with an 18 month old, cover some quick training updates and talk about the parkrun relay that Dwayne ran on Saturday. Watch it here

Then we chat a little about the return of the Ring of Fire race in March next year.

Finally we once again hold Dan accountable for his once a week parkrun.

Thanks for listening y'all and cheers. See ya on the northern hemisphere for our next episode!!!

Denika's World Cross Country Trip

This week we cover the usuals plus we try something new. We'll talk about our recent training and how it's going plus our upcoming holiday to the big USA.

Then we have some voice memos from a few people who were at Kepler this weekend. Including Frances Redmond, Hannah Wall, Dan Jones, and the mighty Emma Steedman. Who all talk about their experiences racing.

That's not the only race we talk about though, California International Marathon was also this past weekend and Mal waxes poetic about her times racing there, how many people ran the an USA Olympic Trails qualifying time. Plus Courtney Dauwalter was there giving it a good nudge.

Lastly we don't have to be the arseholes in the Accountability Arseholes segment as Craig and Shana have been diligently

doing their rehab. And Dan, well, he gets a pass this week.

Thanks for the listen and thanks for the folks willing to send voice memos!!

Denika's Give A Little

In this episode Mal and Dwayne give an update on their training, and then get into talking about Danika's up coming trip to the big USA, where she'll be competing in the U20 World Cross Country Champs in Florida.

Denika was cool enough to even send us a voice memo on her up coming trip and how she qualified for this event. Hint! Hint! It was by running some kick ass speedy 5Km events on the road.

We hope you can give a little to help get her there!

Also in the episode, some mailbag questions on keeping your bladders and soft flasks clean. And the theories around recovery between intervals and the difference between a rest, easy jog or a float between reps.

Lastly it's time to hold some people accountable in the Accountability Assholes segment.

We hope you enjoy the episode and keep chafing the dream!

Kia ora

Welcome to another Chafing the Dream episode where plenty of chafing happened this weekend at the Kings Backyard Ultra. There was New Zealand records broken at the 24 hour mark with the most runners still standing at 16! There were also 3 newbies still standing at that 24 hour mark. The last man standing was the previous 2024 winner Anthony Kerr-Taylor and the last female standing was the ultra a day Shannon Leigh-Litt. We couldn't help but share some our favourite stories like Roberta representing Lithuania for her satellite team, Alex Nicholson our favourite local firefighter, and Emma's heart breaking DSQ.

Mal was lucky enough to be on the mic most of Sunday, after the 100-miles or 24 hour/lap mark. She was able to see and get emotional with the stories runners shared. Dwayne and Mal discussed the winners of Kings, the rationale behind the disqualifiers and the weather. Because running races can never not bring up the weather.

We also did a brief run down of our training, lactate threshold testing, and our upcoming event.

Thanks as always for the listen.

Keep chafing your dreams. Byyyyyyyyyeeeee

Mal and Dwayne remonous about Kerikeri Half marathon. Dwayne does a race report on how his race went, including: pacing, fueling, and his mistakes.

The accountability arsehole segment strikes once again, this time generating a positive response. Well done Dan on completing your parkrun. But we expect more still.

Lastly Mal talks about her muscle mania gym day, what workouts they did in the gym. Plus some friendly and possibly dangerous weightlifting competitions.

Put on your buckles this one’s a fun one. We’ve got a quad pod! Bree and Nathan join us as they have been joining us for Mals Muscle Mania.

We talk about training updates for Bree recovering from a concussion, Nathan recovering from Achilles injuries, mal recovering from femur stress reaction, and Dwaynes week of running.

We discuss the upcoming Kerikeri Half marathon giving strategies for race tactics, fueling, shoes, and course.

We continue onward with our accountability asshole section, Dan we are coming for you at parkrun.

Kia ora, haere mai

This is Chafing the Dream with Mal and Dwayne. We talk about Mal's return to running after a bone stress injury (femoral stress reaction). Mal shares her simple return to running program which can be found here if you want to use this:

https://www.fleetfeet.com/blog/how-to-use-the-run-walk-method?srsltid=AfmBOorojdGdWyRXViL1d3xAwAi1Bwt0Pc_j7AlE5w92ACE1ZQDv-tQp

Dwayne talks about how his training has been going and his insights on running in humidity, intuitively predicting your 5k time, and his workouts of the week.

We share a mailbag question about grassroot events and throw around our ideas. We also have a new victim for our accountability arsehole section.

Thanks for all the listens y'all.

Kia ora

Thanks for tuning on this one. Although it is one of our longer waffling sessions it is a good one. We get some good laughs out of a few topics .

We start with the usual updates on training. Dwayne finally turning the corner after Taupo Ultra 50k and gearing up for Kerikeri half marathon. Mal talking about her weight training, cycling, and aqua jogging.

We talk about Auckland marathon mentions of some race results from Tui, Emma, and Crystal. We name the Top 3 female and 3 male Auckland marathon. Shout out to Odette Jennings!

The Shit of Shame talk. Feel free to share any shit of shame stories y’all have experienced in your running life. We share a few mistakes resulting in some cashew casualties .

Suunto Vertical Solar GPS Watch review. Link here for purchase: https://trektrailfish.co.nz/products/suunto-vertical-solar?variant=51345966104865&country=NZ&currency=NZD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&srsltid=AfmBOoptNYYmTOZxV8j1dW7TqW-IgKuJyY07jis3nJKT5YL1MbNA8Fr3sPY&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgpzIBhCOARIsABZm7vEI4oIN_IaycFG4tqvnogFf7ID9A4p107DBuHcNp4ZcmaV30dcZIPMaAkSjEALw_wcB

Episode 12 is herrrrrrrre.

Dwayne updates the audience on how his recovering is going after Taupo Ultra.

Mal shares her woes about training with her femur stress fracture. Basically loads of aqua jogging and sauna sessions.

3 Mailbag Questions discussed:

• cramping
• blisters
• running playlists on Spotify (link below)

Below is the link for the workout playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/07ZJHWuOvmBKS8g4QDJZ6s?si=985af2ce1305417c

Here is a link to Stride Performance: https://strideperformance.co.nz

Thanks for the listen y'all. Keep chafing your dreamzzzzz.

This episode, Dwayne and Mal are honoured to be joined by our good friend Hannah Thompson.

Hannah was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in her late 20s. She opens up about the early symptoms that led to her diagnosis, waking up with the loss of her vision, and the adjustments she’s made to live and run with Type 1.

Hannah shares what’s worked for her in managing blood sugars as a runner, some of her scariest moments with diabetes, and how others can better support someone living with Type 1.

Hannah previously a competitive swimmer specialising in the butterfly. Her running CV is completing the Bay of Islands 50k Ultra, 75km in King’s Backyard, and four marathons, with a personal best of 3 hours and 28 minutes.

She speaks candidly about the mental and physical struggles of training and racing with a chronic condition at times thinking, “I’d rather die than not finish this race” while also acknowledging the challenges of getting to the start line.

Thanks Han for your vulnerability.

Enjoy the listen y'all.

Dwayne spends this episode to reflect on his A race of the year, Taupo Ultra. With the original plan to be racing the 100k he switches to the 50k race. However, he was quite disappointed by his results and how the race played out. This episode you can hear his tantrum unfold. Apparently he will never be doing an ultra again.

Enjoy the listen, comment on questions or uplifting ideas for runners that don't get to experience the post race buzz that so many look forward to.

Shout out to Des from Stride Performance for giving Dwayne some goodies to try.

Check them out here: https://strideperformance.co.nz

Welcome to episode 9 of Chafing the Dream. Where Dwayne and Mal discuss their recent training, Mal's cross training regimen, Dwayne tapering for the Taupo Ultra Marathon, Emma's chafing on her neck, and answering some questions from YOU, our awesome listeners!!!

Questions were:

Our favourite running jokes.

How is Dwayne liking his Puma deviate elite 3s.

Who's lining up for Taupo from up north.

Plus Mal shares the story of her first applicant in her upcoming single mingle section, Crystal Fallows. She is welcoming applicants by messaging her on her instagram account below:

https://www.instagram.com/crystal_runs_a_marathon/?igsh=YnRoYTFidnc4eTk2

Thanks y'all for coming along. Keep chafing your dreams!

Heya

Welcome to another episode with Mal and Dwayne. We are an American Kiwi running couple. We usually talk about all things running. But sometimes will stray away.

In this episode we talk about returning to running after injury or illness (Dwayne’s GI distress practically losing all his shorts), updates on training, running while camping, strength training motivation, and teased our single mingle.

In this episode Mal and Dwayne talk about a recent article by Scott Johnston on developing muscular endurance. Plus we chat: Hive Energy, training and injury updates, and the essentials for doing your first Couch to 5K including a long debate on where to go to find the couch to 5k plans.

Muscular Endurance Article: https://evokeendurance.com/resources/muscular-endurance-all-you-need-to-know/

Support our gal Tamsin from Episode 2 to get to Kona. Use the link below 👇 to enter in her raffle. Dare I say some sweeeet prizes!!!

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This week Mal and Dwayne talk the usual training updates, and Dwayne probs Mal about her constant injuries.

Then they talk about this weekends big event for Whangarei, the Kings Backyard Ultra at Barge Park.

Finally we hear from the event organisers Chris and Helen of His and Hers and they answer some questions about the Kings backyard ultra.

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Kia ora welcome to another episode with Mal and Dwayne. Melancholy Mal is attempting to find her sanity in the waters of injury sea. But seriously, she talks about what she is doing with her current training and lack of running. Dwayne was sick for the Whangarei Half so did not race it however is in better condition. He updates us on his upcoming training for the Taupo 100k. We talk Fartlek sessions, hill reps, running vest vs. running belts.

Near the end Mal flirts with the idea of having a section on the podcast for single mingles where single folks can send in their profile and we advertise it on the pod.

We are asking folks to send us questions can be running or non-running related. We would love to do listener questions section!

Thanks for your support. Run it, race it, and chafe it!!

Today we are lucky to get this interview with the Whangarei's legendary, Matt Dyer. The brains behind our podcast name, Chafing the Dream.

We talk about how he got into running, Matt's friendly rivalry with Emma Steedman (another local legend), and his lessons learned from backyard ultra (15 and 22 laps/hours).

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Dwayne and Mal talk about the upcoming local Whangarei Half marathon. Mostly though we de-rail about Mal's recent injury and how she is handling post partum running. We review Dwayne's excellent training he has been completing like an all star athlete gearing up for the Taupo 100k.

We talk about cross training ideas, more of Dwaynes epic workouts doing hill repeats with an extra 5kg, racing strategies, course preview, and then back to more injury doom gloom.

Kia ora and Haere Mai

Another episode of Chafing the Dream. This one was fun as we answered some mailbag questions. Man do we love answering them, so please keep them coming. Even if it isn't a question and more of a comment.

We updated folks on Mallory and Dwayne's training. As usual Mal sookes in her lack of training but teases hopeful promising future plans and lands. Meanwhile, Dwayne contemplates his upcoming training block for Northland 100.

We get into answering mailbag questions related to Dwayne chasing more ultras, Rachel Entrains performance running and out right winning a 250-miler with her changes in carbs and fatigue-resistance animal, we talk about kauri dieback disease and that we believe us (as runners or walkers) could do better for our Kauri Groves, a question on running but not training for anything in particular, Imodium aka loperamide and studies showing 2-4 mg (not GRAMS) can suggest lower GI issues however THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE, and finally closing with estimated race times Dwayne could have ran if he chose a flat and fast marathon course instead of a Trail Run the Bays Marathon.

We briefly tease our upcoming event the end of August. We already have some sponsors and volunteers. Can't wait to see how competes in teams for this one!!

Keep chafing your dreams y'all.

Kia ora

On this weeks episode Mal asks Dwayne how his trail marathon at Run the Bay in Paihia went. They dive into the course, the race plan, and how it all played out. Sneak peak, he won and Mal was very proud. Poor Dwayne was still experiencing some mild brain fatigue post marathon haze.

Next up Mal gives a quick update on what she's been learning from Marci Klimek and Renee her physiotherapist about bone stress injuries and recovery. We discuss exercises to do to promote strong healthy bones. Mal's GOALS in life.

Lastly we tease our upcoming event in August, details of how it will run and what you'll need to assemble as a team to participate. More info to come.

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Kia ora

Welcome to another episode of Chafing the Dream with Mal and Dwayne the American Kiwi Running Duo.

This episode Dwayne and Mal do the usual update of training. More specifically Dwayne stacking some k's before his Run the Bay Marathon this upcoming weekend. Meanwhile Mal still recovering from her bone injury so keeping up with weight training and cycling.

We dive into the upcoming race this weekend Run the Bays. There are four distances available for folks a 6k, 8.7k, half marathon and marathon distance. All at the beautiful Bay of Islands. It is stunning course and the finish line vibes are HIGH!! We can't wait to cheer everyone and wish the best for all that are racing.

Next Dwayne and Mal reflect MCing for the Port Nikau Free Family Fun 5k event. It was a beautiful day for a 5k and great to see so many families out and about. Dwayne and Mal discuss the challenges of registration to race briefing but both felt really grateful to be representing His & Hers event.

Thanks for the listens and all the wonderful comments from our previous episode. Feel free to drop us a comment or email us at chafingthedreamnz@gmail.com

Byyyyyyyyeeeee

Haere mai

This episode Dwayne and Mal talked about training updates. Dwayne rambles about his attempts to slowly build his mileage up. Mal sadly talks about the possibility of her third bone injury.

Most recent events we have are the Port Nikau 5k, Run the Bays, Kings Backyard Ultra, and Northland 100. Dwayne and Mal will be MCing for the Port Nikau so please come along to race a 5k and win some SWEET prizes plus all the fun family events.

We reflect on our first ever event. We had so much fun hosting the Watchless Race! It truly was special and cool to see how closely accurate folks got from guessing their 3k times. Our winners were 18 seconds, 14 seconds, and ONLYL 4 seconds away. We can't wait to start teasing our next event for our one-year pod anniversary.

We close this episode with some specific insights on how to make a B.L.T. sandwich and some lovely insight into Dwayne and Mal's relationship in the kitchen.

Thanks y'all for the listens. Subscribe and leave us a COMMENT! We love comments, we also looove mailbag questions. You can email us at chafingthedreamnz@gmail.com for any enquiries.

Mal and Dwayne

Haere mai and welcome to one of our shorter episodes.

We proudly announce the showdown winner for our boys vs. girls triathlon team. Surprise, chicks won!! ;) Dwayne and Mal discuss what we could do differently next time around and the potential to race each other on the crit track.

We review the most recent Kai Iwi Lakes triathlon and Trail Run results. Giving our shoutouts to all the local legends in Northland!!

We do the usual training updates and discussions. One of which asking for help and opinions on Dwayne's current training runs to and from work. How can you make a commuter runners life easier?

Finally we talk our upcoming event. Held this weekend 26th April at 2 PM called the WATCHLESS RACE. We have details on the post. Can't wait to see y'all there!

Keep chafing your dreams, yo.

Welcome to episode 47

This week Mal starts off with talking some of her specialty as a speech language therapist you'll hear some swallowing jargon.

We talk some of our thoughts about WSER 100 miler which took place over the weekend been.

We break down the Northland100 course, where the aid stations will be plus some tips on the terrain and what to expect out there.

Mal asks Dwayne his thoughts on the upcoming Vert-July challenge, where is he going to go to get the vert he needs, how long will he last?

We hope you enjoy listening along. We appreciate you all.