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
Long Run 58 - Mishka Shubaly
Scotty read "The Long Run" by Mishka Shubaly and came up with the idea that he could run 50 miles. Since then, Mishka and Scotty have become friends. While he was in town and staying at Scotty's t…
Meet The Listeners 7
Special call in show with our listeners. Join Adam, Holly, Siva, Rachel and Scotty (post aggressive Chineese food) for a discussion with random call in fans and critics. We talk to Skinny Kiltrunn…
Long Run 57 - Pete Kostelnick
Join Scotty and Pete Kostelnick for a discussion of his life and running, his progression into the ultra world. His two Badwater victories, his world record in running across America and his next a…
Episode 78- Trudi Schoening
Don't be the grump in the middle. Join Scotty, Adam, Tony, Rachel, Siva and special guest Trudi Schoening to discuss all things Kettle Moraine!! 4 finishers, 1 pacer and 1 DNF. Hear about the rac…
Long Run 56 - Breanna Cornell
Join Scotty and Breanna Cornell for a discussion of, her life and running, her struggles with an eating disorder, being the youngest female Badwater finisher, making tough decisions about work/life/…
Episode 77 - Rachel Ingle Plays Guest
Something new and exciting, Rachel is the guest, wait, what? Join Scotty, Adam, Tony, guest host Siva and special guest Rachel Ingle for Ten Junk Miles to discuss the Galena Sky Trail Race, Adam di…
Long Run 55 - Dave Proctor
Dave Proctor is about to do the unthinkable.....he’s going to run across Canada faster than anyone has ever done it before. in the process he’s gong to raise a ton of money for rare diseases....an …
Special Episode - Badwater Salton Sea
Join Scotty, Adam and Rachel along with special guests Julia Millon, Cheryl Zwarkowski, Chris Kostman and Roger Burruss for a special episode discussing in depth the 81 mile Badwater Salton Sea. An…
Episode 76 - Denise Sauriol - Marathons Galore!
Join Scotty, Adam, Tony, Rachel and the triumphant return of the Marathon Whisperer Denise Sauriol to discuss her travels all over the world running marathons, fresh of the Boston and London Maratho…
Long Run 54 - Megan Andrews-Sharer (With Kevin Clark)
Join Scotty, Kevin Clark and Megan Andrews-Sharer for the remarkable story of a hiking/camping trip which leads to a search and rescue. It's a really eye opening story of how even a very experience…
Episode 75 - Dusty Olson
Join Scotty, Adam, Tony, Rachel, Holly and Dusty Olson on his return back to the Midwest for a limited engagement. They discuss everything new and exciting in Dustlandia, what's new with the gang, …
Long Run 53 - Chihping Fu
Take a long run with Scotty and Chihping Fu! Chihping seems to be everywhere in ultrarunning, sometimes even taking mass transit to running events! Learn about his life in running and all about th…
Episode 74 - Gina Fioroni
Join Scotty, Rachel, Holly and Adam for ten junk miles with former long run guest Gina Fioroni! They discuss aggressive drink orders, the Salsa Walk, the Order of the Armadillo, Science, Barkley pre…
Long Run 52 - Kate Coward - Kari Anne Gibbons
Join Scotty, Kate Coward & Kari Anne Gibbons for a very special long run dedicated to their unimaginable accomplishment in completing the Arrowhead 135 DOUBLE. That's right they ran the Arrowhead 13…
Episode 73 - Latoya Ramsey Swartz
Join Scotty, Adam, Tony and Holly, with special guest Latoya Ramsey Swartz for ten junk miles in which they discuss her life in running, the determination it took to finish her first 100 mile race…
Long Run 51 - John Fegyveresi
Join Scotty and John Fegyveresi, a finisher of VolState, HURT100, WSER, Badwater135 and, BARKLEY. John is a fascinating guy that is a scientist who works in Antarctica and has had an incredible, in…
Long Run 50 - Gina Fioroni
Join Scotty and his good friend Gina Fioroni (who’s name he finally gets right) for a Ten Mile run in which they discuss her life in running, their run across Texas together, their joint love and ir…
Episode 71 - Jeff Roach
Join Scotty, Holly, Adam and Tony for ten junk miles with Jeff Rock, who destroyed Scotty at the Arrowhead 135. We talk about his life in running, winter ultras, take the Adam Quiz, and do a specia…
Long Run 49 - Jamil Coury
It doesn't get much better than this. Scotty and Jamil Coury get comfy and go deep and long on Jamil's life and running, his path to becoming a race director, his running hopes and dreams and every…
Episode 71 - Joe Ivan
Join Scotty, Tony, Siva, Adam, Holly and special guest Joseph Ivan for ten junk miles with way too much drinking and side notes. Warning: we almost didn’t release this, in spite of the fact that w…