Chafing the Dream NZ

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

  1. 1D AGO

    28| Tarawera Post Race Interviews

    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. Haere ra

    1h 17m

  2. FEB 9

    27| Sam Rout + Tarawera 50k preview

    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

    43 min

  3. FEB 3

    26| Ring of Fire Training Diaries

    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

    47 min

  4. JAN 27

    25| Running Goals + Osteopenia + 10k Training

    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

    43 min

  5. JAN 21

    24| The Caffeinated AF Study + Jet Lag

    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

    31 min

  6. JAN 13

    23| Janet Mundell + American adventures

    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.

    53 min

  7. JAN 6

    22| Shoe Scans and Smelterville

    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!

    52 min

  8. 12/30/2025

    21| Mal's High school experience in Arizona

    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

    39 min
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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
    28
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Mal and Dwayne
  • Show Website
    Chafing the Dream NZ