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Ten Junk Miles

by 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

Latest episodes

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Long Run 270 - Micki Colson, Chad Colson and the Shawnee Hills 100

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Join Scotty Micki Colson and Chad Colson for a long run in which they discuss their lives in running, their path to becoming two of the top race photographers in the busi

Sep 11
2 h 17 min

From Setback To The Start Line - Episode 10

Join Scotty and coach Liza Howard. Listen to them talk about his running, injury, course of treatment, recovery and return to running.  On this episode they unpack his ex

Sep 9
26 min

Long Run 269 - Emily Quintanilla

Join Scotty and Emily Quintanilla for a long run in which they discuss her life in running, her recovery from addiction and her recent finish of the Badger 100 mile race!

Sep 4
2 h 37 min

Meet The Nation 349 - Sean Camfield

Meet Nation Member Sean Canfield!!  #RunTJM Weekly Strava Champions Most Miles: Jeremiah Sullivan 165.1 Most Time Runing: Jeremiah Sullivan 26:46:31 Most Vert: EB

Sep 1
25 min

From Setback To The Start Line - Episode 9

Join Scotty and coach Liza Howard. Listen to them talk about his running, injury, course of treatment, recovery and return to running. Thanks to the products helping my

Aug 31
21 min

Long Run 268 - What The Hell Is A Peptide - Dr. Nicole Yedlinsky

Join Scotty and Dr. Nicole Yedlinski for ten junk miles in which she explains to him (like he's a sixth grader) what a peptide is, why it is controversial, the bans, the

Aug 28
1 h 22 min

Gang Show 263 - The Badger Drop Bag Show

Join Scott W. Kummer, Kerri Maess, @Adam "Moose" Mathews, Angie Mathews, Lauren Duncan and Lee Oksiuta for Ten Junk Miles in which we discuss what we have been up to, how

Aug 20
2 h 41 min

From Setback to the Start Line - Episode 8 - Status Update - Things Are Clicking

Join Scotty and coach Liza Howard. Listen to them talk about his running, injury, course of treatment, recovery and return to running. Thanks to the products helping my

Aug 20
37 min

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:

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

Aug 14
1 h 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 Ko

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 r

Aug 7
2 h 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 All

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 ca

Jul 28
2 h 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,

Jul 27
1 h 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

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 33,5

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 updat

Jul 10
2 h 40 min

Gang Show 259 - Martin Erl

Join Scotty, Mandi, Barry, Matza Ball Jen and Martin Erl for Ten Junk Miles in which they discuss what everyone has beenup to, gearing up for summer racing/training, inju

Jul 1
2 h 07 min

From Setback To The Start Line - Episode 6 - Trying To Build Momentum

Join Scotty and coach Liza Howard. Listen to them talk about his running, injury, course of treatment, recovery and return to running. Thanks to the products helping my

Jun 21
24 min

Chart trend

Position in the Running chart (US), last 90 days.

#19
all-time peak
580
days in the top 50 since Nov 2024

Chart positions

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#29 ▲ 11 Running US

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Running for a better community and gaining friends along the trail. This podcast and the people involved in the trail running community are doing great things for everyone involved. They bring a fun light hearted conversation and real life trail running experiences. Meet the Nation episodes are short and informative, to learn more about each other. Keep up the great content! Run TJM

Run-now · Sep 2026

Can’t say enough good things about this podcast. I was looking for inspiration when I could barely run a mile, and thanks to this podcast I’ve run two 50Ks in the last year and am just getting started! Thanks for keeping me laughing even when my feet hurt.

Caitlin Hird · Aug 2026

I started listening to TJM at the start, when Scotty introduced it to me at IT100 at the beginning. I like to listen to a lot of podcasts, about running, coaching, history, politics, news, archeology, science, Ireland, with authors, musicians, journalists, and more. It becomes overwhelming and I end up dumping them all. TJM is the first one I come back to and I’ve listened to every episode, except episode 2. I enjoy the Meet the Nation hearing of everyday listeners like me, really like some of the long runs and hearing some amazing stories, but I can’t get enough of the gang shows which can become pure chaos .

Ultra Runningham · Jul 2026

I love this authentic and unscripted podcast. Some times, deep conversations with old friends, chats with new folks and other times absolute chaos…one thing is for sure, it’s always worth my time.

Bigg-Jake · Jan 2026

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