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 (https://www.instagram.com/thefoodalchemistnz/?hl=en) 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 (https://raceroster.com/events/2026/119293/northland-waste-kerikeri-half-marathon-2026) 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
29 Sept 2026
60| Tekapo Race Reports from Sam Rout, Frances Redmond and Max Yanzick
Kia ora
Welcome to a funnnn episode of several different voices besides the usual Mal and Dwayne yarning and yarning and yarning away. I don't know if you can tell at this point, but I (Mal) writes the pod description and truly believe nobody even reads this bloody thing. Anyways...
Mal and Dwayne do the usual banter of training updates. Mal shares her weight training and speed sessions. She also shares insights from her previous coach in consideration to monitoring heart rate while pregnant. Dwayne updates on his training for the week. He completed 6 x 30 sec uphill and then had plans to do a 30k but cut it short to 20k because the bod wasn't feeling right.
Next we get our boi Sam Rout to discuss the vibes of Race Tekapo and how he felt he did on the course. We loved talking about the Kea series, the development of Race Tekapo and potential growth it has for New Zealand Trail Races. Sam shared the terrain of Race Tekapo with the trail conditions. Thanks Sam for giving us your time!
We are lucky enough to get two voices memos from our Race Tekapo 50k champs Frances Redmond and Max Yanzick. Both sharing the knowledge about the course and how their training leading up to it has been. Plus some insider plans of what their A races are for the year. Thank you Frances and Max, it was an absolute privilege to hear from you both!
We have postponed the Chafing the Coin Collection the 15th November, Sunday. Start collecting your team mates for this event! It will be a fun one with killer good SPOT PRIZES!!!
Keep chafing your dreamzzzzz.
Byyyyyyeeeee
22 Sept 2026
59| Whanagrei Half recap, Training updates, and more.
This week Mal and Dwayne share their recent training progress, Mal has an updated lift program which she is very excited about and Dwayne is staring down the barrel of the Taupo 100km in a little over 3 weeks.
They also go over the recent results from the local half marathon, as well as Dwayne's experience running as the 1:40 pacer.
Lastly the up coming mile series has both Dwayne and Mal very excited. And it's not just that Mal is excited to hear a measurement in the imperial units. The track has a special place in her heart and she's hoping more people will discover this passion. So hold on to your earbuds as this might turn into a track podcast for a few weeks.
If you want to sign up to race The Mile you can do so here: https://hatea.run/event/the-mile/
Entry closes 4th Oct.
Keep chafing your dreeeaaaamz
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