Chafing the Dream NZ

Kia ora Welcome to another episode with the Kiwi American Running Duo, this one is special because it's an interview episode. Mal and Dwayne get to sit down with Nigel Gilmour who within 36 hours of recording was buzzing after running his first sub 3 marathon. Mal looooves talking marathon training so we dig into all the topics of his build up. We ask Nigel about his background to running and why he even chose the marathon. We talk about his prior experiences with marathons. He has ONLY raced at the Auckland Marathon running . His current PB of 2:58 was a fun discussion to get to. We discuss any setbacks he had leading up to the race, hence a niggly calve injury. Mal loves breaking down some of his key sessions like the 3x 15 min and 4 x 20min at marathon pace. Interestingly, Dwayne had coached Nigel for this marathon so it was fun picking both their brains about how the lead up went. We breakdown shoe choices, fueling, and race plans. Nigel shares the difficulty of running in a pack but overcoming it after a few bottle pick ups. We close talking about the entirety of the race day and what his future plans are. Nigel seems to have some interest in ultras or maybe cracking another marathon. We will see! If you want to follow along with Nigel here is his strava link: Follow Nigel's Strava hereThanks y'all for the listen. Keep Chafing your dreamzzzzzBYyyyyyyYYYyyyyyeMal and Dwayne

Welcome back to another episode of chafing the dream.This week we give the run down on the lack of running happening in this relationship. The training updates are simple and quick this week until Dwayne actually get's back into some running after his recovery from Taupo 100km dnf.Plus we look into some upcoming races in the northland and Auckland scene. Yes there is lots happening over the next month, most notably is the upcoming Auckland marathon and the Kerikeri half marathon.Hatea Spoooooky chase detailsWe are also getting closer to our own event, the Chafing Coin Collection. It's on the 15th of Nov, and you need a team of 4, two guys and two gals who're up for an adventure. Email us at [email protected] with your entries.Byyyeeeeee

Kia ora haere maiWelcome to another episode with Mal and Dwayne. We start the episode talking about our training. Dwayne’s taper week leading up to Taupo and Mal’s Frihaka plus being plagued with illness. Seems to be a reoccurring issue in this podcast. We dive into the DNF of Dwayne’s race for Taupo 100k. Largely discussing how race week went, race morning, and race day unfolding. His decision of when he knew he was done racing the 100k. His decision to recommit to eventually doing another 100k now that he actually has unfinished business. We talk about crewing, get snippets from Kieran Horne the 2nd place male finisher for the Taupo 70k distance and Amber Silich the first place female and 6th overall for the Taupo 100k. We bring up the new CR for the Taupo 100k set by Cary Carleton running a shocking 7hrs 40min. Mal describes her encounters with local Aster Metcalf noticing that she had a fall. Turns out that fall was 5k into the 50k and she had broken her hand and her neck. YIKES!!! We close reviewing the Chafing the Coin Collection on the 15th November. If interested in the event either DM us on insta and/or email us at [email protected] 

Kia ora Welcome to another great episode with Mal and Dwayne. We start this episode doing some housekeeping.There is a NEW park run in Northland at Paihia. This park run meets at Waitangi Mountain Bike Park at 8am on Saturday. The first event will go live on the 17th October, so this Saturday! It is pram friendly, no dogs please. Come support our far north runners. We also discuss the Mile Series and updates on how the event ran. We loved the community support and were excited about ~60 participants for the race. Many folks was their first time ever racing a mile! How fun is that.  Please sign up by the night before here. The Mile Week 3. The best part of the episode is Dwayne’s breakdown for Tapupo 100k. We discuss his last 100k race and his current goals for Taupo 100k. We talk about fueling plan, shoes he will wear, the race course, how is training has come together, parts that were setbacks. If you are at the finish line please please day hello to us! We love hearing from other folks that listen to Chafing the Dream. Finally we close talking about Chafing the Coin Collection that will be held on the 15th November, Sunday. This event is a 4-person team event where you will be running.adventuring around Whangarei collecting coins. There will be 6 coins in 6 different locations. You can divide and conquer. We will have killer good Spot Prizes and the winner prizes for the team that collects the coins the fastest. Thanks for all our loyal listeners. We appreciate y’all. Keep chafing your dreamzzzzzzzz. Byyyyyyye 

Kia ora welcome to another episode of Chafing the Dream with Mal and Dwayne. We start with the usual updates of our training runs. Mal gearing up for the Mile Series and Dwayne gearing up for the Taupo 100k (1.5 weeks out). We talk about Mal being 28 weeks pregnant and running/weight lifting. Mal continuing to make little gains in the gym room. Meanwhile Dwayne brings in the down hill speed sessions resulting in some wild DOMS! Mal and Dwayne announce some local PSA starting with Shannon Leigh Litt running an ultra a day for 1,000 days!! It is just wild. We briefly talk about how often we saw her in Whangarei and excited to see what she will be doing next. We recap the Food Alchemist session with Shaun La Franco. We feel it is always good to talk about the importance of nutrition especially optimising your nutrition. Congratulations to Chris and Helen at the Hut HQ doing their first live event with more to come. There are two upcoming events Kerikeri half marathon on 21st November and Chafing the Coin Collection the week before on the 15th November. See y'all at both events :) Keep chafing your dreamzzzzzzzz. Byyyyyyye