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
Episodes
Meet Nation Member John Eckert #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions
Most Miles: Shan Riggs 216.1
Most Time Runing: Ed Ettinghausen: 47:32:34
Most Vert: Ed Ettinghausen: 14,718
Meet Garrett Nelson, who recently came in 2nd place in the Last Dot Standing by running 264+ miles over three days. Learn about his life in running, how he found ultras, his efforts at Cocadona and Desert Solstice and how he ultimately ruined my birthday in 2025. An interesting look into the mindset and methodology of Last person Standing races.
This episode also brought to you by our new friends at Dri Seats. I'm loving mine......
Meet Nation Member Cori Garza #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions
Most Miles: Daniel Bailey 230 Miles
Most Time Runing: Daniel Bailey 102:15:42
Most Vert: Dabiel Bailey 31,339 ft.
Join Scotty and Nick Steel for a long run in which they discuss his life in running, his Badger 100 performance (16:28) the video he made and his quest to do sixteen (16) 100 milers this year.
Nick's Gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/16-x-100mile-races-one-year-support-nicholas-steel
Nick's Video of Badger 100: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kG08rw5U9s
Join Scotty, Micky and Ursala for something different. A TJM Love story. Hear about what happend. How it happened. How TJM was invovled. And more!!
Meet Nation Member Kevin Neuman #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions
Most Miles: Shan Riggs 201.5 Miles
Most Time Runing: Matt Condron 61:47:49
Most Vert: Tom Tighe 19,045 ft.
Join Scotty and Mike Malinin for a long run in which they discuss his running history and discovery of ultrarunning in the 90's, his drumming including being the drummer for the Goo Goo Dolls and Tanya Tucker, his path to ultrarunning, training while touring, and his battle with Dystonia. We are looking forward to cheering Mike on at the Hennepin 100!!
Contribute to Mike's Dytonia fundraiser here: https://dystonia-foundation.org/...
Meet Nation Member Katja Fox #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions
Most Miles: Pete Kostelnick 168.2
Most Time Runing: Simen Holvik 21:56:00
Most Vert: Jon Eisen 26,873
Kerri's blog: My blog is https://coffeeandmuscles.tumblr.com/
Revisit this Long Run from 100 mile expert Susan Donnelly!! Lots of lessons to learn here:
Take a two hour long run with Scotty and 100 mile master Susan Donnelly. Hear the story about how a picture of Ann Trason inspired Susan to run 88 100 mile races now, all over the country and world. She's a life coach. She's been around the sport for quite some time. We can learn a ton from her. She's a sheer delight!
Meet Nation Member Kari Selleck #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions
Most Miles: Simen Holvik 137.6
Most Time Runing: Jim Arnold 39:32:30
Most Vert: Eric Nelson 22,566
Kerri's blog: My blog is https://coffeeandmuscles.tumblr.com/
Join Scotty, Kerri, Eddie, Buckethat Bob and special guest Craig Woods for ten junk miles in which they discuss: what they've all been up to, a status update on Scotty's surgery and recovery, today is the bidet, reflections on the Badger Trail Races, Craig Woods, his life in running, being in a rock band, discovering running to running 100 miles, and much much more!!
Get Craig's Album "The Feat: Schemes For Decades" here: https://t...
Meet Nation Member Lynn Gummelt #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions
Most Miles: Simon Holvik 164.3
Most Time Runing: Amy Briggs 35:57:36
Most Vert: Jamie Allen 19.190 ft
In 2018 Scotty interviewed the amazing Yolanda Holder. She certainly hasn't gotten the kind of attention she deserves. Take a long run with them this weekend (while Scotty continues to recover from his knee surgery and blood clots).
Yolanda Holder has completed over 500 races of a marathon or longer, including 21 100 milers. She has two Guinness World Records and at the age of 59 participated in her first bikini competition. La...
Meet Nation Member Joshua Martens #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions
Most Miles: Daniel Bailey 210 miles
Most Time Runing: Daniel Bailey 70:37:20 hours
Most Vert: Daniel Bailey 39,018 Feet
Join Scotty and Author/Ultra Runner Michael Salsbury for a discussion of his life in running, his memoir "Running From Tragedy," his running phenom son Sebastian Salsbury, and much much more. This is a really nice companion for your next long run.
Pick up Michael's book "Running From Tragedy" here: https://www.amazon.com/Running-Tragedy-Michael-Salsbury/dp/B0D1VZVC9N
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You don't have to run alone this weekend. you can bring Scotty, Mandi, Melissa and Eddie for Ten Junk Miles in which they discuss what's new in their life and training and much much more!!!! Parental discretion is advised.
Meet Nation Member Neil Larson #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions
Most Miles: CMax Grimsley 137.1 miles
Most Time Runing: Joe Bodner 39:40:23 hours
Most Vert: Mimanek CZ 24,163 Feet
Join Scotty and Vermont 100 RD and Ultrarunner Amy Rusiecki for a long run in which they discuss the sport, the Vermont 100, race directing, changes in RD'ing over the years, adaptive athletes and ways to accomodate them in races, her life, and much much more!!
Support Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sport here: https://www.vermontadaptive.org
Learn about Vermont 100 here: https://vermont100.com
Meet Nation Member Brittney Tracey #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions
Most Miles: Chris Luebke 236.3 Miles
Most Time Runing: Nicole B 72:55:55
Most Vert: Tim Yuska 21,827
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