Chafing the Dream NZ

Kia ora Welcome to a funnnn episode of several different voices besides the usual Mal and Dwayne yarning and yarning and yarning away. I don't know if you can tell at this point, but I (Mal) writes the pod description and truly believe nobody even reads this bloody thing. Anyways... Mal and Dwayne do the usual banter of training updates. Mal shares her weight training and speed sessions. She a...

This week Mal and Dwayne share their recent training progress, Mal has an updated lift program which she is very excited about and Dwayne is staring down the barrel of the Taupo 100km in a little over 3 weeks. They also go over the recent results from the local half marathon, as well as Dwayne's experience running as the 1:40 pacer. Lastly the up coming mile series has both Dwayne and Mal very...

Haere mai welcome to a special episode with Mal, no Dwayne because he doesn't have a vagina. Mal sits down with her running kiwi mama friend, Helen. Helen Newson is a 24-hour National NZ Champs, founder of His & Hers Events which runs Kings Backyard Ultra and Northland 100, Chris and Helen have recently opened their very own specialty running and outdoor store called The Hut HQ in Whangare...

Kia ora haere mai Welcome to a fun jam packed episode. Dwayne and Mal do the usual unpacking training updates. Mal shares her usual weight lifting program that she has been very consistent at and her slow mileage uptick. Dwayne talks about his longest run so far for the the 100k Taupo training, a 50k out to Glenbervie and back. Mal and Dwayne go on a tangent about mixing electrolytes and water, Dw...

Kia ora Mal has made it back to kiwi land cleared. Dwayne and Mal open this episode discussing their training and briefly talking about the difference of temperature and RAIN. Dwayne admits he was not able to race Kaitaia because of some serious jet lag. We talk about the race results from Kaitaia, Whangarei Half race previewing-ish, and UTMB reactions. We also do a quick shout out to the Hut HQ t...

Kia ora haere mai Welcome to an episode that is state side. Mal and Dwayne sit down and rehash the visa status.  We do the usual training update. Dwayne being 8 weeks out from Taupo 100k. His insights and struggles with the heat of the Summer in America compared to leaving Whangarei when it was 0 degrees the day he left for America. He brings up the jet lag and struggle bus he was on for his plann...

Welcome back to Chafing the Dream. This week Dwayne sits down with Ian Kleingeld. Ian recently ran his first 100 miler at this years Northland 100. I ask him what got him into running. How he trained for the Northland 100 Miler. And what it took to complete the four 41km laps in the Glenbervie forest. Keep chafing your dreeeeaaaammmz

This week Dwayne talks to Sam about his upcoming travel to Europe to compete in OCC in france. OCC is held by UTMB and is their 60km event. Featuring trail runners from all round the world looking to compete against the best of the best. I ask Sam about his most recent race at UTA50 and how his recovery from a rolled ankle has been going after a nasty sprain leading into UTA. How his training has...

Welcome to one year of Chafing the Dream. This week's episode is a treat, as we get a chance to sit and talk with Bradley from TRNZ. Bradley is the visionary behind the TRNZ newsletter and website, Mountain Skag merchandise. Not to mention the psychopath that concocted the VERTual July challenge. Enjoy this extra long episode that dives into Bradleys beginnings as a trail runner. The state of...

It's episode 51, and we take the mics out to our local ultra marathon that is the Northland100 in the mighty Glenbervie Forest to capture some finish line feels from a few of the top finishers. These include: Leonard Terry, 57km winner Simon Buswell, 2nd in the 57km Katie White, 57km winner Kate Lewis, 82km winner Trey Subritzky, 2nd in the 105km Hannah Presswood, 105km winner Big thanks to al...

Kia ora and welcome to episode 50! Wowza. Apologies for the coughing and the sick sounding humans.... but we made it through this one. We start by bringing up Dwayne no longer competing in the VERT challenge due to a back injury. He survived the 14 days which meant 1400m. There are still plenty of days left in July for The VERT to challenge some poor souls of New Zealand. At this point there is ab...

Haere mai Welcome to a fun episode with our close friend, Hannah Thompson. We start our episode talking about Dwayne's VERT challenge thus far and a special voice recording from TrailRunningNZ, Bradley Houghton. THEN. We talk Mal's favourite subject... marathon training and race day! Hannah was on Episode 11| Running with Type 1 Diabetes of this podcast where she gives details of what it i...

Kia ora Welcome to another kiwi-americas running duo episode with Mal and Dwayne. Mal and Dwayne bring on the usual Kiwi and Americana banter, especially with the recent 4th of July celebration. We talk through the usual trading updates which transitions nicely into Dwayne updating folks on the VERT Challenge. We discuss his game plan and how he is coping currently with the climbing. So far, so go...

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 thought...

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. I...

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 o...

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...

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...

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. You can follow us on instagram @chafingthedreamnz or yo...

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 contempl...

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 physiotherap...

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...

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 som...

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 legen...

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 th...