Chafing the Dream NZ

Mal and Dwayne
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The Adventures of a Kiwi and American running couple.

  1. 6d ago

    54| Ian Kleingeld

    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

  2. Aug 11

    53| Sam Rout is off to race OCC at UTMB. and Mal's America update

    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 been going for OCC and how he has tailored his training for a race with 3500m of vertical gain, and the difficulty of training for a race on terrain that you have not been able to run on. Mal gives us a quick update on her visa situation and on the wild fires that have been Devastating spokane last week. Keep chafing your dreaamzz

  3. Aug 4

    52| Bradley Houghton of Trail Running NZ

    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 trail running in NZ. And much much more. Keep chafing those dreams.

  4. Jul 28

    51| Finish line interviews at Northland100 and Mal's flight to a lawful status.

    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 all those who gave their time to share their thoughts on the race and their experience there. Lastly we finish with adding some details to the drama that unfolded in our family last week when we learned Mal had been issued a visa we did not know about on our last return from the USA back in January and how it's going to affect her time away. Basically it's going to allow Dwayne a big chuck of time to train for Taupo Ultra ;) Thanks for joining us on this wild ride.

  5. Jul 21

    50| Northland 100 and The VERT updates

    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 about 20ish contenders. We mention our two locals, Patrick Kalin and Kirsty Hamlin. Check out the final contenders here, if the link doesnt work go to TrailRunningNZ and follow along. Dwayne and Mal recorded less than a week before the Northland 100 event. This local event is held by His & Hers in the Glenbervie Forest. Dwayne and Mal will plan to be there supporting and possibly sneaking the mic in a couple peoples faces if they are up for it (or if we are better by then!!!). For the Northland 100 we discuss the upcoming participants: https://my.raceresult.com/405868/ . Check them out on the link! The code for the Kaitai trail run for 20% off is CHAFINGTHEDREAM. Congratulations to our winners, Jonny Martin and Ian Kleingeld for winning free entries to this beautiful race in Kaitai Forest. Appreciate all our listeners. Keep an eye out for our upcoming event on 22nd August, Chafing the Coins. There will be some great prizes for this event! Keep chafing your dreamzzzzzzzz

  6. Jul 14

    49| Hannah Thompson's Gold Coast Marathon, VERTual July updates.

    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 is like to train with Type 1 Diabetes. This episode is focusing more on her 20-week build up to Gold Coast Marathon, why she chose Gold Coast Marathon and training after Hyrox Competition, her strength training sessions, race day, and interesting stories of running with a 3:30 pace group plus stabbing herself twice with injections. Hannah is inspiring and we are very very lucky to have her on and hear the debrief of her training. Thanks for the listen's y'all. We look forward to hearing your comments below on the gram, Spotify or via email at chafingthedreamnz@gmail.com Keep chafing your dreamzzzzz

  7. Jul 7

    48| Dwayne's up hill Vert-July, Mal's BSI recovery plan, Matt and Pat Guest Interview

    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 good! Dwayne sneaks in a short guest segment with Matt and Pat doing the Vert Challenge. Gosh they are a hoot. As of day 7 with 700m completed they are all remaining in the challenge. Mal talks about her training and transitions into her recent Physiotherapy Appointment with Dr.Stephanie Mundt. Dr. Mundt provides Mal with clear strength training programme and a return to run. Both Mal and Dwayne reflect on how/why there have been so many bone stress injuries based off of what Dr.Mundt findings were. We also correct ourselves from the previous episode regarding the times for the Northland 100 race start times. Thanks for your loyalty. We love y'all. Keep chafing your dreamzzzz

  8. Jun 30

    47| Northland100 thoughts, Western States Reflections, Vert-July Begins.

    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.

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The Adventures of a Kiwi and American running couple.

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  • Creator
    Mal and Dwayne
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    54
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Mal and Dwayne
  • Show Website
    Chafing the Dream NZ

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