Ten Junk Miles
A lighthearted conversation by runners about their lives as runners and the issues that are interesting or important to them and guests of the show. TJM is meant to be a companion to you as you run. Think of us as your running partners on days when you just need some friends to get you out on an easy run. The show is composed of 10 segments, one for each mile, and every 10 minutes or so we move on to the next topic, to keep things interesting. Among the hosts' experience are ten 100-mile finishes, dozens of half and full marathons, plenty of 50-milers, and some speedy 5ks and a BQ (and a handful of DNFs).
Your host, Scotty Kummer is an attorney, doberman owner and quite possibly the most painstakingly average runner known to man. Scott has stumbled through numerous plus 4 and 5 hour marathons. He's DNF'ed the 150 mile, 100 mile, 50 mile and marathon distance. Okay, and he is a member of the Order of the Hrimthurs for having completed the Arrowhead 135, the Tuscobia 160 and the Actif Epica 120K in the same calendar year (more people have walked on the moon) as well as finshed 50+ ultramarathons including several 100 mile races. He was once kicked out of an ultra runing group due to allegations of cyber-bullying. He has a habit of offending people by accident while trying to help them. He is a co-founder of the Flatlander Ultrarunners in Chicagoland which has rapidly grown to over 2000 members. He came up with the idea for Ten Junk Miles after becoming frustrated with hearing interview after interview of Scott Jurek and deciding that runners needed more: more discussions of bathroom breaks that went wrong, pacer stories from hell, DNF reports, stories of getting lost on the trail and other related matters.
More at http://www.tenjunkmiles.com
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 94 minutes
- Episodes
- 868
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Meet the Nation 298 - Michael Lockridge
Meet Nation Member Michael Lockridge #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions: Congratulation on winning the TRIPLE CROWN Elliot Beach!!!
Most Miles: Elliot Beach 211.1
Most Time Runing: Elliot Beach 78:23:21
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Long Run 241 - Brendan Leonard - Semi-Rad Returns!!!
Brendan Leonard has been writing books and entertaining the outdoor/enduance world since 2011. A lot has changed since his last appearance in 2019, so he and Scotty catch up on life, running, the in…
Meet the Nation 297 - Jake Wilkins
Meet Nation Member Jake Wilkins #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions:
Most Miles: Simen Holvik : 212.4
Most Time Runing: Amber Merulli: 31:07:13
Most Vert: Amber Merulli: 15,610
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Happy 10 Years to Ten Junk Miles with the Listeners
Join Scotty and the gang, along with random listeners to celebrate Ten Junk Miles turning Ten! in the most appropriate way: by hearing all of you talk about people races and things you have found wit…
Meet the Nation 296 - Rex Hunt
Meet Nation MemberRex Hunt #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions:
Most Miles: Marquis Cox 165.9 Miles
Most Time Runing: Brittany McCollum: 41:41:26
Most Vert: Colin O'Brien 18,107
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Long Run 242 - Summer Willis - Sexual Assault and Rape Awareness
Join Scotty and Summer Willis for a long run in which they discuss Summer's life in running and her advocacy in the area of sexual assault and rape awareness. Summer ran 29 marathons in a year to br…
Meet the Nation 293 - David Taylor
Meet Nation Member David Taylor #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champtions:
Most Miles: Shawn McDermont: 209.1 MIles
Most Time Runing: Shawn McDermont: 59:29:20
Most Vert: Michael Whiteside 16,742
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Remember When - Jamil Coury - RD Extraordinaire
Remember when we interviewed Jamil Coury in 2018? No? Well, you're in luck because we are re-issuing it because I recently got several hugs from his mom and learned a lot about working aid stations…
Meet the Nation 294 - Matt Tribe
Meet Nation Member Matt Tribe #RunTJM
Follow the Iditerod Trail Invitational Here: https://itialaska.com/tracking
Weekly Strava Champtions:
Most Miles: Marquis Cox 171.5 miles
Most Time Running: Pet…
Long Run 241 - Chris Kostman - Chief Adventure Officer and RD of Badwater
Join Scotty and Badwater 135 RD Chris Kostman for a long run in which they discuss Chris's history in endurance, his journey to becoming the RD of Badwater, his life, and much much more. They discus…
Gang Show 237 - Matt Smith and Robin Toots Grapa Return
Run Ten Junk Miles with Scotty, Eddie, melissa "Kind of a Big Deal" Kaiser and special guests Matt Smith and robin Toots Magoots Grapa. We talk about his life in running, bike racing, music, and mu…
Meet the Nation 290 - Ron Fuller
Meet Nation Member Ron Fuller #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champtions:
Most Miles: Simen Holvik 185.5 miles
Most Time Running: Marvin Katzenmeier 67:45:33
Most Vert: Keith Bosak 8,117 feet
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Long Run 240 - Joe Corcione - podcast host of Everyday Ultra
Join Scotty and Joe Corcione, podcast host of the show "Everyday Ultra." Joe is a new(er) voice in the ultra podcast space and someone who is really involved in SW running and is a coach. He's also…
Meet the Nation 293 - Jordan Marcellino
Meet Nation Member Jordan Marcellino #RunTJM
Learn about Band of Runners here: https://www.bandofrunners.org
Weekly Strava Champtions:
Most Miles: Simen Holvik 168.4 miles
Most Time Running: Eric Ott…
Gang show 236 - Bill Schneider - RD of the Petit Indoor Marathon
Run Ten Junk Miles with Scotty, Mandi, Barry Thrune, Jon Krist and special guest Bill Schneider the RD of the Pettit Indoor Marathon and Half. We talk about his life in running, how he found ultra l…
Meet the Nation 292 - Jason Muhlenkamp
Meet Nation Member Jason Muhlenkamp #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champtions:
Most Miles: Shaun Haberlin - 126.1 MIles
Most Time Running: Ed Ettinghausen 22:18:11
Most Vert: Michael Whiteside 14,882 feet
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Long Run 239 - Alison Wade of FastWomen
Join Scotty and Alison Wade of the "Fast Women" Newsletter. Alison puts out probably the best and most important resource for anyone interested in following women's running. Listen to Scotty and Al…
Meet the Nation 291 - Jason Rupe
Meet Nation Member Jason Rupe #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champtions:
Most Miles: Run Coach KKK Pairity Path Endurance 180.4 miles
Most Time Running: Run Coach KKK Pairity Path Endurance 37:55:24
Most Vert…
Gang Show 235 - Andrew Robot Dinosaur and the Flask
Run Ten Junk Miles with Scotty, Melissa "Kind of a Big Deal" Kaiser, Oscar Delgado and Andrew Robot Dinosaur in which they talk about the year ahead, flasks, are races too expensive? Travelling, Stra…
Meet the Nation 290 - Emmett Rahl
Meet Nation Member Emmett Rahl #RunTJM
Emmett's Blog! https://ultratallultrarunner.wordpress.com
Weekly Strava Champtions:
Most Miles: Barry Thrune 122.6 miles
Most Time Running: Matt Condron - 31:4…