Chafing the Dream NZ

62| Taupo 100km incoming. The Mile week one recap. parkrun is coming to Paihia!

Chafing the Dream NZ

Show Notes

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

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