Chafing the Dream NZ

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...

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...

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...

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 cyclon...

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 as...

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...

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 o...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 n...

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...

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 you...

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 S...

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 th...

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...

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 5...

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. Pl...

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 ta...

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 a...

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 ment...

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/07ZJHWu...

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...