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 39 - Ryan Ploeckelman
Had enough of swapcasts for the week? Tough shit! Here's Scotty and Ryan Ploeckelman of the East Coast Trail and Ultra Podcast talking about: his life in running, becoming a world famous podcaster…
Meet the Listeners - MUT Synchrocast I - How to make race day perfect
Join Scotty, Tony and Adam for a special meet the listeners episode centered on how to make race day perfect. This show is part of a series of synchrocasts by several different podcasts covering the …
Long Run 38 - Dave Krupski
Join Scotty and Coach, runner and race director Dave Krupski for a discussion of his life and racing, as well as his coaching and race directing. They also discuss a bit of politics and current eve…
Episode 60 - Jim Arnold
Oh boy. Join Scotty, Rachel, Tony and Adam with special guest Jim Arnold for a long awaited gang episode. Jim tells his story about his life and running (eventually) and due to a strong mixture of…
Long Run 37 - Derek Murphy - marathoninvestigation.com
Join Scotty and Derek Murphy from MarathonInvestigation.com for a long run interview in which they discuss Derek's life and running, how MI.com came about, and their differing opinions on the ethics…
Episode 59 - Adam Benkers
Join Scotty, Tony (you read right) Denise (the Marathon Whisperrer Sauriol and welcome back Adam Benkers, a previous guest in a new gang show with a newish gang and a whole host of interesting subje…
Long Run 36 - Steve Tursi
Join Scotty and longtime listener Steven Tursi, who stops in to basement studios on a epic road trip to sit down and do a one on one interview in person with Scotty. They discuss his life in runnin…
Long Run 35 - John T. Sharp and El Camino De Lavaca
John T. Sharp is a fascinating and diverse guy who just got back from an unsuccessful attempt at Hardrock. He is also putting on the Camino de Lavaca Pilgrimage run in December. Join us for a discus…
Episode 58 - Saxon, Sam, Hoka & Kid
Join Scotty, Rachel, Kyle and special guests Saxon Harrar and Sam Welch as they discuss all things Hoka, movies you're afraid to admit you haven't seen and an interview with a little kid. This was r…
Long Run 34 - Julio Salazar
Join Scotty and Julio Salazar to fix their shitty sounding podcast from a month ago with a longer, more honest long run discussion of Julio's life, running, the Defeat the Stigma project, and mu…
Episode 57 - Siva Balu
A "normal" show at last? Join the full gang, Scotty, Kyle, Rachel and TONY for an evening with local runner, super fan, friend and hilarious - Siva Balu! We talk about Siva's life in running and…
Long Run 33 - Tony Portera
Join Scotty and Tony Portera, who has run over 75 ultras as well as multiple Badwater finishes. Tony is a fan of the show, and has a great story. He also has a ton of experience with the NSNG diet …
Episode 56 - Live at Kettle Moraine 100 - There Will Be Chaffage
The crew goes on location once more to talk with people that participated in the Kettle Moraine 100. From Finishers to DNF'ers, to bonkers. This episiode covers it all. Well, all that walked by o…
Long Run 32 - Daniel Slater
Take a long run with Scotty and his friend Daniel Slater who just completed the The Order of the Hrimthurs slam (Tuscobia 160, Arrowhead 135 and Actif Epica 100mile/100k). That wasn't enough. He's g…
Episode 55 - TJM Goes To Veteran's Acres
Join Scotty, Rachel Ingle and Kyle Gilman as we go on a road trip to MUDD territory and run at Veteran's Acres and do the first ever totally random sit down podcast in nature. We chat with Mike Fa…
Episode 54 - DSP - Run across Illinois
Join Scotty, Kyle and the Defeat the Stigma Gang, along with the Run Across Illinois Crowd for a long bonk call basically fresh off their finish. Tons of fun!
Long Run 31 - Julio Salazar - DSP
Join Scotty and Julio Salazar for his backstory as part 2 of the Run Across Illinois Special. This was a sneaky recording by Scotty totally against Julio's will.
Long Run 30 - Ed Ettinghausen
Join Scotty and Ed "the Jester" Ettinghausen for a long run, one on one, to discuss his life and running, marathoning, his world record attempt at the most 100's run, and much much more!
Episode 53 - Brian Thomas
The Gang is back!!!! Join Scotty, Kyle, Rachel and special guest Brian Thomas, who's been running for 43 years and he directs the XS Trillogy race series (http://www.xcthrillogy.com). We discuss e…
Long Run 29 - Denise Sauriol
Join Scotty and Denise "the Marathon Whisperer" Sauriol for a long run about her life in marathoning, the accident that changed things forever, her couching, fundraising and her recent completion of…