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Chafing the Dream NZ

Mal and Dwayne

The Adventures of a Kiwi and American running couple.

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00:54:20

19| Mike Lee

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/12/16

In this episode Dwayne sits down with Mike Lee 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 the return of the Ring of Fire race in March next year.Finally we once again hold Dan accountable for his

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00:53:55

18| Kepler Highlights

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/12/09

Denika's World Cross Country TripThis 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 racing.That's not the only race we talk about though, California International Marathon was also this

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00:52:14

Episode |17 Cross country dreams

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/12/02

Denika's Give A LittleIn 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 5Km events on the road.We hope you can give a little to help get her there!Also in the episode,

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00:59:57

16| Kerikeri Half Recap

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/11/25

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. Plus some friendly and possibly dangerous weightlifting competitions.

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01:12:46

15| Mal's Muscle Mania

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/11/18

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 tactics, fueling, shoes, and course. We continue onward with our accountability asshole section, Dan we

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00:44:14

14| Bone Stress Recovery

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/11/11

Kia ora, haere maiThis 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-tQpDwayne talks about how his training has been going and his insights on running in humidity, intuitively predicting your

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00:56:37

13| Auckland Marathon + Watch Reviews but mostly...

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/11/04

Kia oraThanks 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 mentions of some race results from Tui, Emma, and Crystal. We name the Top 3 female and 3 male Auckland

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00:47:23

12| Cramping the Dream

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/10/28

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 blistersrunning playlists on Spotify (link below) Below is the link for the workout playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/07ZJHWuOvmBKS8g4QDJZ6s?si=985af2ce1305417cHere is a link to Stride Performance:

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01:17:00

11| Running with Type 1 Diabetes

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/10/21

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 scariest moments with diabetes, and how others can better support someone living with Type 1.Hannah

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00:47:29

10| The Taupo Tantrum

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/10/14

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 that don't get to experience the post race buzz that so many look forward to. Shout out to Des from

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00:38:36

9|The Struggle Bus

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/10/07

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 up north.Plus Mal shares the story of her first applicant in her upcoming single mingle section, Crystal

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00:37:15

8| Trash those Pants

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/09/30

HeyaWelcome 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 mingle.

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00:40:56

7| Muscular Endurance

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/09/23

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/Support our gal Tamsin from Episode 2 to get to Kona. Use the link below 👇 to enter in her raffle. Dare I say

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00:35:26

6| The Sick and Injured

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/09/16

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 sessions, hill reps, running vest vs. running belts. Near the end Mal flirts with the idea of having a section

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00:46:26

5| Matt Dyer

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/09/14

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.

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00:38:53

4| Whangarei Half and training + injured

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/09/09

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.

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00:33:56

3| Fangirling Ruth

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/09/04

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.

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01:07:37

2| Tamsin Horne

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/09/03

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,

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00:42:06

1 | Running is the new tinder

Chafing the Dream NZ ·

2025/08/29

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.

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