Chafing the Dream NZ

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, racing strategies, course preview, and then back to more injury doom gloom.

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 depression, the challenges Tamsin faces not being able to drive, and to just keep taking 1 step, 2 steps,

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.