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
Join Scotty, Eddie, Melissa (Kinda a Big Deal) Kaiser, Oscar, Buckethat Bob and special guest Donnie Symonds for Ten Junk Miles in which they discuss: Donnie's life in running, finishing a 100 with his daughter, a checkin on Bob's GLP-1 strategizing with running, Oscar's Black Canyon, Scotty's Vasectomy status, bonk calls, Patreon, and much, much more!!!
Listen to You Said 100 Miles? Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you...
Meet Nation Member Michael Mctighe #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions
Most Miles: Laura Range 128.1 miles
Most Time Runing: Laura Range 46:54:40
Most Vert: MDL Ramos 17,069 ft.
Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com
Join Scotty, Mandi and a host of runners who participated in the Pettit Indoor Marathons to discuss their performances as well as other issues involving the sport, including the 18 mile LA Marathon controversy, and much much more!!
Join Scotty and Jon Pohlkamp, a 2:38 marathoner that underwent the same surgery and recovery that Scotty had. Listen to them talk about his running, injury, course of treatment, recovery and return to m...
Join Scotty and Jon Pohlkamp, a 2:38 marathoner that underwent the same surgery and recovery that Scotty had. Listen to them talk about his running, injury, course of treatment, recovery and return to marathoning.
Thanks to the products helping my recovery:
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And Fitsok: https://fitsok.c...
Meet Nation Member Michael Mctighe #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions
Most Miles: Marquis Cox 108.2 miles
Most Time Runing: Brittany Mccollum 40:04:14
Most Vert: Jason Wickman 18.024 ft.
Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com
Join Scotty and Race Director Keira Henninger for a long run in which they discuss her life in running, how she came to be an RD, her races, life as a full time race director, and much much more!
Join Scotty, Coach Liza Howard and Scotty's PT Michael Tulman for a discussion of Scotty's injury, other meniscus injuries, his arc of recovery, next steps and how the coach and PT can work together to get Scotty back running again.
The information on this podcast episode is for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended to be, and should not be interpreted as, medical advice, diagnosis, coaching, physical ther...
Meet Nation Member Cory Malecki #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions
Most Miles: Steve Griffin 197 Miles
Most Time Runing: Steve Griffin 122:04:53 Hours
Most Vert: Michael Whiteside Jon Cooper 19,970 ft.
Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com
This is episode 1 of a new series between Scotty and his coach Liza Howard about his comeback to running from his meniscal root tear injury. Follow or join. We have no idea where this path leads, but we will enjoy the journey.
Get Path Products here: https://pathprojects.com
And UCAN: https://ucan.co/collections/all
And Fitsok: https://fitsok.com
And Mount to Coast: https://mounttocoast.com
And Trail Toes: https://www.trailtoes....
Join Scotty, Mandi, Melissa "Kinda a Big Deal Kaiser" Jen "Matza" Robbins, Barry Thrune and special guest Buckethat Bob Henne for Ten Junk Miles in which we talk about Barry's Arrowhead 135, Bob's St. Croix 40 and we do a deep dive on the issues surrounding the use of GLP-1's as runners. A little something for everyone.
Meet Nation Member Shari VanStraten #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions
Most Miles: Sjad Khaleghi 163.1 Miles
Most Time Runing: Justin Smith 50:45:140
Most Vert: Michael Whiteside 17,119 ft.
Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com
Join Scotty and Western States Race Director Craig Thornley for a long run in which they discuss his life in running, how he came to be the Western States RD, what that entails, how Western States works, their approaches to emrging issues in the sport, the lottery, doping, gender, and his recovery from knee surgery. And much much more. It's like evesdropping on RD's chatting. And I think you will like it.
Meet Nation Member Sharon Ferbache #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions
Most Miles: Matt Tribe 140.2 Miles
Most Time Runing: Jennifer Miller 32:38:40
Most Vert: Christine Tokarz 28,593 ft.
Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com
Join Scotty, Kerri, Moose, Angie, Lauren Duncan and Lee Oksiuta for Ten Junk Miles in which we discuss: Scotty's injury update, what everyone has been up to, next race planned - looking ahead to 2026. Vasectomy's. Bonk Calls. Strava Shout-outs, Mail. Patreon and more!
Meet Nation Member Parker Rios #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions
Most Miles: Pete Kostelnick 210.2 Miles
Most Time Runing: Pete Kostelnick 30:17:59
Most Vert: Michael Whiteside: 22,123
Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com
Join Scotty, Eddie, Melissa "Kind of A Big Deal" Kaiser, and Mike Malinin for ten Junk Miles in which we discuss: Scotty's injury update, what everyone has been up to, next race planned - looking ahead to 2026. Mike's life in running, his recent attempt at Hennepin 100, his dystonia and various questions about being a drummer for the Goo Goo Dolls, The TJM Dead Pool 2026, Strava Shout-outs, Patreon and more!
Meet Nation Member Aimee Schlussel #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions
Most Miles: Jon William 184.4 Miles
Most Time Runing: Mango Danaher 91:27:57
Most Vert: Justin Young 28,271 ft.
Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com
Join Scotty and Australian beginner ultrarunner Lavinia Kava in which they discuss: her background in backetball, her introduction to ultra running, her participation in the FURTHEr project with Lululemon, her interest in ultra running and her training for her very first 50K in Australia.
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<...Meet Nation Member Brent Merrill #RunTJM
Weekly Strava Champions
Most Miles: Jon William 204.1 Miles
Most Time Runing: Christopher Rojas 53:15:35
Most Vert: Justin Young 14,117
Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com
Join Scotty, TJM listener Shane Greenlee and MS Run the US Founder Ashley Schneider for a long run in which they discuss: An explanantion of MS; Shane's diagnoss and treatment for MS; Shane's running journey; Ashley's running journey; Ashley's history with MS and why it caused her to found MS Run the US; Ashley's transcon; and Shanes upcoming participation in the MS Run the US Transcon event, what he will need to do and what to exp...
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