Ten Junk Miles
Ten Junk Miles
Ten Junk Miles, LLC
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
Meet The Nation 348 - Casey Sepich
  Meet Nation Member Casey Sepich!!  #RunTJM Weekly Strava Champions Most Miles: Jeremiah Sullivan 191.3 Most Time Runing: Jeremiah Sullivan 31:44:54 Most Vert: Erik Koenig 23,061 Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634
Aug 18
23 min
Long Run 267 - Bonnie Kaufman - The Final Badger 100 Finisher (2026)
Join Scotty for a long run with Bonnie Kaufman, the final finisher of the 2026 Badger 100.  they discuss her life in running, the tragic loss of her son Nick, a previous Badger 100 finisher, and her finish of the 2026 Badger 100.   Sign up for the 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
Aug 14
1 hr 14 min
Meet The Nation 347 - Lubia Salgado
Meet Nation Member Lubia Salgado!!  #RunTJM Weekly Strava Champions Most Miles: Jeremiah Sullivan 127.1 Most Time Runing: jon Williams 36:11:35 Most Vert: Erik Koenig 23,471 ft. Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634
Aug 10
30 min
Gang Show 260 - 4 Perspectives On Western States
Join Scotty and four midwesterners: Nora Bird, Lauren Duncan, Paul Stofko and Tammy Hellings as they discuss their entire experience with getting into, training for and running the Western States Endurance Run.  They discuss training, logistics, costs, travel and much much more.  Bonus content from Scotty on his experiences there hanging with the RD (Craig Thornley) and the GOAT (Ann Trason). Sign up for the 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/
Aug 7
2 hr 39 min
Meet the Nation 346 - Luke Nugent
  Meet Nation Member Julia Garza!!  #RunTJM Weekly Strava Champions Most Miles: Vanessa Kline 142.8 Most Time Runing: Marquis Cox: 73:49:07 Most Vert: Jamie Allen 25,388 ft. Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634
Aug 4
21 min
Gang Show 261 - Meet the Badger Trail Races People
Join Scotty, Eddie Pedroza, Melissa (Kinda A Big Deal) Kaiser and Andrew Robot-Dinasour for Ten Junk Miles in which they discuss what everyone has been up to, and then call random people who are involved in the Badger Trail Races to get to know them better. Runners, past participants, new people and even an aid station chef.  A little something for everyone! Sign up for the 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/
Jul 28
2 hr 28 min
From Setback to the Start Line 7 - Sara Davidson and her success following root repair surgeries
Join Scotty and Ultra and Trail runner Sara Davidson who has had two (2) root repair surgeries and run 100 and 200 milers after them.  We talk about her life in running, her surgeries and recovery and running afterwards. Thanks to the products helping my recovery: MIdwest Orthopedics at Rush: https://www.rushortho.com/ 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.com Sign up for the Ten Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com
Jul 27
1 hr 44 min
Meet The Nation 345 - Julia Garza
Meet Nation Member Julia Garza!!  #RunTJM Weekly Strava Champions Most Miles: Andy Lohn 146.8 MIles Most Time Runing: Marquis Cox: 66:50:32 Most Vert: Jon Willman 27,093 ft.  Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634
Jul 21
19 min
Meet the Nation 344 - Julie Hennes
Meet Nation Member Julie Hennes #RunTJM Weekly Strava Champions Most Miles: Marquis Cox: 138.5 Most Time Runing: Marquis Cox: 82:28:26 Most Vert: Jon Willman 33,593 ft.  Sign up for theTen Junk Miles races here: https://www.tenjunkmilesracing.com Join the Official Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057521258604634
Jul 13
31 min
Gang Show 260 - Important Plankgate Update
Join Scotty, Eddie Pedroza, Melissa (Kinda A Big Deal) Kaiser and Andrew Robot-Dinasour for Ten Junk Miles in which they discuss what everyone has been up to, a big update on Plankgate, kids in races, secret recordings, Andrew's Kettle Moraine 100K finish, Scotty's recovery, Strava Shoutouts, Patreon and much much more.  You don't have to run alone!!! Sign up for the 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/
Jul 10
2 hr 40 min
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