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Ten Junk Miles

Bonus Episode - Phil Parsons Runs the 444 Mile Natchez Trace

Ten Junk Miles

Ten Junk Miles

Hiking, Ultramarathon, Ultrarunning, Mountaineering, Crosscountry, Running, Marathon, Sports, Track, Improv, Comedy, Trailrunning

51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Join Scotty and Phil Parsons to discuss his upcoming journey on the Natchez Trace (444 mile) Trail, his history in the military, battling PTSD issues and suicide prevention. A great fundraiser for a great cause. This event also brings attention to issues that desperately need it.

Please consider donating a nickel a mile or more here:https://pledgeit.org/natr

Phil's Page: https://unbridledrunning.com/the-four-forty-four/?fbclid=IwAR1rR2ZGLzMFz9qO0FNlteYzJUmMJqvrp_5By2pMD7GDAk6rEF2LH36NIwk

Prior interview with Phil and others in the military about PTSD: https://tenjunkmiles.libsyn.com/website/band-of-runners-special-ptsd

More about Band of Runners here: https://www.bandofrunners.org/

Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Alright you guys, don't freak out. I'm not going full adventure jogger on you.

0:04.0

You're not going to do two shows a week or anything like that. I just have a friend,

0:08.0

a Phil Parsons, who's doing a run.

0:12.0

It's a fundraiser. It's the Natchez Trace. It's a

0:16.0

444 mile run from Nashville to Natchez,

0:20.0

Mississippi. And he's doing it for a great cause

0:24.0

for the troops, for PTSD raising funds. He's a really interesting guy.

0:28.0

Breeds dogs. He's done the badge. He's a really cool guy.

0:32.0

It's a really cool project. And we talk about an issue that I really like to shine a lot of light on.

0:36.0

If you've been following the show, you know that helping out the troops,

0:40.0

mental health issues, PTSD, things involving, you know, the military.

0:44.0

It's really important to me. It's something that doesn't get talked about enough.

0:48.0

And I want people to talk about it more. So me and Phil go kind of deep into

0:52.0

those issues as well. We talk about, you know,

0:54.0

the, you know, the problems facing people that suffer

0:58.0

with mental health issues while they're in the military and things like that.

1:02.0

We have a prior episode that was really focused on PTSD. I'm going to link to it in the show notes.

1:06.0

If you haven't listened to it, if you're new to the show, go back and listen to that.

1:10.0

Maybe do it first because he's on that show and there's a couple other people that were in the military.

1:14.0

And they talk about what it's like to be in the military and have these kinds of issues

1:18.0

and how to overcome them. Anyway, this is a really cool

1:22.0

project. It's a, it's a real interesting episode. Probably shines light on something you don't

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