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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.
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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
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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! Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/
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 the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.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! Listen to the Long Run with Mike here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ten-junk-miles/id977007408?i=1000726526767 Contribute To The Top Ten Album Project: https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbxs8cTOx0SUt_eisdUvrUkvdCAHILOkN_1-dyXDxGRBMGIZpKQUClvzMPqRb0HW1iAP/exec Listen to the Kara Goucher interview referenced: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ten-junk-miles/id977007408?i=1000650502773 Join the Dead Pool Here: https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbxdC7CEyOgxKjFCMyvrk5dF-GoDj4OduGutZbStlluL8Gy4oUedZe8QA0DaHQkOVUARWA/exec Check Out The Feat: https://www.facebook.com/thefeat.chicago Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/
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 the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.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. Check out Flopwear By Charlie: https://www.flopwearbycharlie.com.au/ Learn about Ultra-Trail Kosciuszko by UTMB: https://kosciuszko.utmb.world Sign up for Ten Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Twitter: https://twitter.com/tenjunkmiles Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tenjunkmiles/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TenJunkMiles/
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 the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Twitter: https://twitter.com/tenjunkmiles Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tenjunkmiles/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TenJunkMiles/
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 expect. This was a really interesting and informative discussion. Support Shane's Run here: https://givebutter.com/MSRTUSRelay26/msrunrelay26/shanegreenlee Learn about MS Run the US here: https://www.msruntheus.org/who-we-are Learn about Ashley and buy her book here: https://www.ashleymschneider.com/ Sign up for Ten Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Twitter: https://twitter.com/tenjunkmiles Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tenjunkmiles/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TenJunkMiles/
Meet Nation Member Phil Klinkner #RunTJM Weekly Strava Champions Most Miles: Dan Wallace 430.9 Most Time Runing: Roxborough Runner: 20:52:49 Most Vert: Sajad Khaleghi 19,047 Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Twitter: https://twitter.com/tenjunkmiles Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tenjunkmiles/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TenJunkMiles/
Merry Christmas!! Join Scotty, Mandi and Melissa "Kinda a Big Deal" Kaiser for a Christmas call in show of sorts, but this year the callers are actually in the house. We check in with several runners and guests about what they've been up to, how they feel about 2025 and what they are looking forward to in 2026. Along with some "Tom Follery" and other assorted topics. Packages. Bonk Calls. And More!! From the TJM family we really appreciate all of you and hope that you all have a great hoiliday and join us in 2026 for what's to come!! Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/
New Gang Show! Join Scotty, Tammy Hellings, Matt Smith, Robin Toots Magoots Grapa and Jason "REGAIN" Venkus for Ten Junk Miles in which they discuss what it was like to take part in the World's Longest Turkey Trot 2025 edition from Milwaukee to the Chicago Bean to raise money for the Band of Runners Trail Camp. In total we raised more than $14,500!!! It's not too late to donate here to the fundraiser: https://donorbox.org/world-s-longest-turkey-trot-2025?fbclid=IwY2xjawOyeUVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFPeXJpS0NkSTJiTXN4Vzl1c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrs_vtQ0akgW8QmZfFwo7c0gP7CPD9rcb-LeVlkEsNzBC7lAZfkKf_sc_kbv_aem_Vqa8-R-6Cv_R64wivviMjA Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/
Meet Nation Member Miha Mikec #RunTJM Weekly Strava Champions Most Miles: Pete Kostelnick 140.1 Most Time Runing: Justin Smith 31:46:41 Most Vert: Erik Koenig 22,280 ft. Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Twitter: https://twitter.com/tenjunkmiles Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tenjunkmiles/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TenJunkMiles/
Meet Nation Member Sjan Bystrom #RunTJM Weekly Strava Champions Most Miles: Andy Kumeda 114.3 Most Time Runing: joe Bodner 62:17:43 Most Vert: Andy Kumeda 27,605 ft. Donate to the Torchy's Taco Run for Band of Runners: https://donorbox.org/14th-annual-torchy-s-taco-run Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Twitter: https://twitter.com/tenjunkmiles Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tenjunkmiles/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TenJunkMiles/
New Gang Show! Join Scotty, Mandi, Eddie and Melissa (Kind of a Big Deal) Kaiser for ten junk miles in which they discuss: Oscar's honeymoon, Eddie and Oscar's anxieties, everyone's recent race exploits, and much much more. Hey, at least this one was soberish!! Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/
Meet Nation Member Chris Peck #RunTJM Weekly Strava Champions Most Miles: Pete Kostelnick 124.1 Most Time Runing: Ed the Jester Ettinghausen 32:09:40 Most Vert: MDL Ramos 15,682 ft. Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Twitter: https://twitter.com/tenjunkmiles Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tenjunkmiles/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TenJunkMiles/
Join Scotty and Ultrarunner Chef and RD Billy White for a long run in which they discuss his life in running and cooking, journey to running, experiences working as a chef, being an RD, the Sweedish ultrarunning scene generally and much much more! Get Billy's Cookbook here: https://www.amazon.com/Eat-Run-Enjoy-Performance-Pleasure/dp/1472986067/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=185066970694&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.2IqIeP6FfarVaFmjN5DCtwBHhQjueDUJncfKNsvRkOc8cnXQuEOCF-9qQFCGVadVvLBnyBV2rsnX0_SQ8BzERwSt0SB8nWPEr9zXUuM3C09e9hEYEfGnpX9Wm9NOIwIPUtYTuBDsrxplrLu95W0jCuGreo6CQZYH5H_CGlUxYb9Iji40lbzBLt9tQpTaB0S88kuIZ7SO-DliJ6Y4AnxwCMNz33xUNFlAel6C8zt93cA.yJ-h-vIOqYSn0PvaETUq80rHz1wY5ZlJyYAsyqsN5vk&dib_tag=se&hvadid=779577984169&hvdev=c&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9199110&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=5056836357286130657--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=5056836357286130657&hvtargid=kwd-915631911797&hydadcr=7721_13469316_2069812&keywords=eat+run+enjoy&mcid=f329eff56c6b31c4954dbe9259fbc94c&qid=1764626732&sr=8-1 Learn about Billy's Races and Sign Up Here: https://www.trailexperiencesweden.com/ Videos about Billy's Races here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5DEiFlOWBs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFgcmLYBGsY Sign up for Ten Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Twitter: https://twitter.com/tenjunkmiles Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tenjunkmiles/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TenJunkMiles/
Meet Nation Member Caitlin Augustiniak #RunTJM Sign up for virtual WLTT: https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=132155 Weekly Strava Champions Most Miles: Pete Kostelnick 160.1 Most Time Runing: Justin Smith 31:33:17 Most Vert: Andy Kumeda 17,382 Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Twitter: https://twitter.com/tenjunkmiles Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tenjunkmiles/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TenJunkMiles/
Join a special gang featuring Scotty, Robin Toots Magoots Grapa, Cory Malecki Katie Martens and Shari VanStraten for Ten Junk Miles in which they have a little too much to drink and discuss their lives in running, wound care, Decks, and much much more! Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/
Meet Nation Member DJ Moberly #RunTJM Weekly Strava Champions Most Miles: Jada Freer 205.6 Most Time Runing: Jada Freer 71:37:37 Most Vert: Shawn McDermott 16,070 Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Twitter: https://twitter.com/tenjunkmiles Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tenjunkmiles/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TenJunkMiles/
Join a special gang featuring Jessica Vandenbush from Run Clean Eat Dirty with special guest Mauricio Reys from Albumruns for Ten Junk Miles in which they discuss Mauricio's life in running, how albumruns came to be, and a host of other music and running related topics. This episode also brought to you by our new friends at Dri Seats. I'm loving mine....get yours for 20% off with the code TJM20 - https://www.dri-seats.com This episode also brought to you by our friends at UCANN. Use the code TENJUNKMILES for 20% off here: https://ucan.co/tenjunkmiles/ Check out albumruns here: https://www.instagram.com/albumruns/?hl=en Subscribe to Eat Clean Run Dirty: https://www.eatcleanrundirty.com Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/
Meet Nation Member Tim Wiggins #RunTJM Weekly Strava Champions Most Miles: Peter Caldecourt 159.9 Most Time Runing: Peter Caldecourt 42:28:14 Most Vert: Peter Caldecourt 15,778 Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634 Support the show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Twitter: https://twitter.com/tenjunkmiles Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tenjunkmiles/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TenJunkMiles/
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Great interview, but for the record: we did not watch the inauguration 😆 The Office extended episodes for the win!
How am I just finding TJM?! This is gold. I'm laughing so hard in my car while driving to work I look insane. I can't wait to go back and listen to what I've missed while I'm on my long runs!
just found your podcast about 2 weeks ago. I really enjoyed thus episode.
Great podcast! Very entertaining!
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Great episode with tons of information! You did it again! @tenjunkmiles. Will be at BTR in August. Hope to meet you guys there.
Pay attention! man, the interviewer sucks how am I casually listening and paying better attention