Chafing the Dream NZ

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...

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 tha...

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 u...

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 mingl...

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/ Suppo...

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 sessio...

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). Enjoy the listen, please like, subscribe, comment.

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, racin...

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.

Kia ora - 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 dep...

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.