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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 [email protected]

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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.

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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.

Haere mai- plenty of links to click on in the Spotify Shownotes so go to candy town.

Welcome to a jam-packed episode of local events and challenges. We start with our thoughts and the upcoming speaker, Bruce Fordyce regarding Comrades Ultramarathon. The world's oldest and longest ultramarathon. Next year will be there 100th year! Come check out Bruce's talk hosted by Masters on the Move. It is on 14th August at 6pm in Tikipunga Sports Park. Sign up here.

Next we talk about our training updates. The usual saga's of the duo. We move into the VERT JULY. This is hosted by TrailRunningNZ. Super cool event. Every day for the month of July you run 100m vert per day adding each day with another 100m. So 2nd July = 200m, 3rd July -300m and so forth.

For our RUN THE FOREST giveaway tickets we have tied it into the VERT JULY. We want you, our listeners, to guess how many days Dwayne will last on the Vert July. The two closest winners will get free tickets from SportNorthland to choose any distance from Run the Forest. For the giveaway send us via email ([email protected]) your name and number of days you are guessing Dwayne will win. (e.g., Mallory, 3 days for Dwayne). Good luck guessers!

We talk about Denika Clooney smashing our New Zealand races and her recent signing with Elon University. A speedy kiwi gal indeed.

We close talking about our upcoming event = Chasing the Coins. Details listed below:

Date: 22nd August 

Time:  Debriefing at 1:45PM, race starts at 2 PM

 Location: Clock Museum, Whangarei Town Basin

Teams and format: Each team will have 4 runners, you must have two women and two men. The teams will race to 6 locations around Whangarei. At debriefing you will be given a map and the 6 coin locations. You can divide and conquer however you like. For example, one runner can collect 2 coins from 2 different locations. Once your team has returned all 7 coins to Mal and Dwayne you have completed the event!! Yay! 

How to Register: Send your team name, team member’s names, contact details  (name + phone numbers) to [email protected]

Prizes: We will have plenty of exciting local prizes and runner related goodies up for grabs… like free burgers from BurgerFuel!! Who doesn’t love the Bastard.

Why we created it: We created this event because we love the idea of a fun competition with teams that brings people together. But you don’t have to be the fastest team to win prizes. We look forward to bringing all you chafers together.

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You read that right. Mal has been knocked up with round #2. Dwayne's newest training partner, baby #2 will be arriving in December 2026. Mal asks Dwayne questions of how he feels when he found out we were pregnant, what has surprised him the most this pregnancy, if there are any goals before baby comes (hint hint Mal tries to convince him to do a 100k....we will see). We make a laugh out of a few topics and are excited to have Mal give better training updates. Come along for the usual banter and laughter. We seriously love all our listeners and all the comments we get.

Any mailbag questions or comments send to our email at [email protected] and/or send us a DM on our instagram.

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What an episode. Dwayne and Mal were two lucky dogs to sit alongside the Dark Horse, Mr. Alex Nicholson. The Local Legend of the Backyard Kings Ultra 2026 in Whangarei ,NZ running 38 laps. He was a hoot. We spent time talking about his upbringing and why he leaned into running in his later years. Turns out it was often peer pressure by his friends. So if you are training for a marathon or an ultra alone, just don't. Ask your friend who has never done one! His stories were a crack up and he is the most genuine person. We loved hearing about how firefighting has impacted his running career.

We truly had lots of laughs and inspiring moments talking to him about the Kings Backyard Ultra experience. We can't wait to see how Alex does at the Northland 100.

We also close our episode talking about TrailRunningNZ Vert Challenge in July. This challenge is wild. Every day in July you run more and more vert. So for the first week your first day is 100m vert, Tuesday is 200m vert, Wednesday 300m vert, and so on. By the first week you would have ran 2,800meters. Each day in the month of July you keep adding 100m. Basically.... read Bradleys email but you know you are going to get sweet prizes even if you just participate in it! Give him a follow on the gram.

Keep chafing your dream. Byyyyyye

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Welcome to another Chafing the Dream episode where plenty of chafing happened this weekend at the Kings Backyard Ultra. There was New Zealand records broken at the 24 hour mark with the most runners still standing at 16! There were also 3 newbies still standing at that 24 hour mark. The last man standing was the previous 2024 winner Anthony Kerr-Taylor and the last female standing was the ultra a day Shannon Leigh-Litt. We couldn't help but share some our favourite stories like Roberta representing Lithuania for her satellite team, Alex Nicholson our favourite local firefighter, and Emma's heart breaking DSQ.

Mal was lucky enough to be on the mic most of Sunday, after the 100-miles or 24 hour/lap mark. She was able to see and get emotional with the stories runners shared. Dwayne and Mal discussed the winners of Kings, the rationale behind the disqualifiers and the weather. Because running races can never not bring up the weather.

We also did a brief run down of our training, lactate threshold testing, and our upcoming event.

Thanks as always for the listen.

Keep chafing your dreams. Byyyyyyyyyeeeee

This week Mal and Dwayne talk the usual training updates, and Dwayne probs Mal about her constant injuries.

Then they talk about this weekends big event for Whangarei, the Kings Backyard Ultra at Barge Park.

Finally we hear from the event organisers Chris and Helen of His and Hers and they answer some questions about the Kings backyard ultra.

You can follow us on instagram @chafingthedreamnz or you can email us at [email protected]

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Another episode of Chafing the Dream. This one was fun as we answered some mailbag questions. Man do we love answering them, so please keep them coming. Even if it isn't a question and more of a comment.

We updated folks on Mallory and Dwayne's training. As usual Mal sookes in her lack of training but teases hopeful promising future plans and lands. Meanwhile, Dwayne contemplates his upcoming training block for Northland 100.

We get into answering mailbag questions related to Dwayne chasing more ultras, Rachel Entrains performance running and out right winning a 250-miler with her changes in carbs and fatigue-resistance animal, we talk about kauri dieback disease and that we believe us (as runners or walkers) could do better for our Kauri Groves, a question on running but not training for anything in particular, Imodium aka loperamide and studies showing 2-4 mg (not GRAMS) can suggest lower GI issues however THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE, and finally closing with estimated race times Dwayne could have ran if he chose a flat and fast marathon course instead of a Trail Run the Bays Marathon.

We briefly tease our upcoming event the end of August. We already have some sponsors and volunteers. Can't wait to see how competes in teams for this one!!

Keep chafing your dreams y'all.

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On this weeks episode Mal asks Dwayne how his trail marathon at Run the Bay in Paihia went. They dive into the course, the race plan, and how it all played out. Sneak peak, he won and Mal was very proud. Poor Dwayne was still experiencing some mild brain fatigue post marathon haze.

Next up Mal gives a quick update on what she's been learning from Marci Klimek and Renee her physiotherapist about bone stress injuries and recovery. We discuss exercises to do to promote strong healthy bones. Mal's GOALS in life.

Lastly we tease our upcoming event in August, details of how it will run and what you'll need to assemble as a team to participate. More info to come.

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