Scott Kummer: Running Content Debates, Race Coverage Issues, Athlete Sponsorship Concerns, Ten Junk Miles (Sunday Conversation)

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Finn Melanson

Sports, Wilderness, Ultramarathon, Sports News, Trail Running, Running, Ultra Running, News, Mountain Running, Ultrarunning

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2022

⏱️ 188 minutes

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In this episode I’m talking with Scott Kummer who, among a few other roles in the ultrarunning community, is the host of the popular Ten Junk Miles Podcast. If you’re a longtime listener, you know this show is capable of going on streaks. Sometimes it focuses on the pro athletes, then it'll focus on the business side of the sport, and so on. Right now, I’m really into these conversations with fellow podcasters in the space. So if you enjoyed the episodes with Dylan Bowman, Corrine Malcolm, ...

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0:00.0	Welcome back or welcome to the Single Track podcast.
0:03.3	I'm your host Finn Melanson and in this episode I'm talking with Scott Coomer, who,
0:07.7	among a few other roles in the ultra running community is the host of the popular 10 Junk Miles podcast.
0:14.0	If you're a long-time listener of the single track, you know this show is capable of going on
0:18.3	streaks. Sometimes it focuses on the pro athletes, then it'll focus
0:22.6	on the business side of the sport and so on. Right now, I'm really into these conversations with
0:27.5	fellow podcasters in the space, so if you've enjoyed the episodes we've had in the past with
0:32.0	Dylan Bowman, Corinne Malcolm, John Levitt, Matt Chittam, I think you'll really enjoy this one too.
0:37.9	Scotty and I get right into it with a few hot button issues, including the pros and cons of engaging with running Twitter,
0:44.4	handling praise and criticism as a public figure in the sport, issues with past and current running content,
0:51.7	race coverage preferences, athlete sponsorship issues, UTMB gets tossed
0:56.1	around, race directing preferences, and way, way more. Please do not be intimidated by the three-plus
1:03.1	hour length of this episode either. I promise you no time is wasted. Scott is a great
1:08.2	conversationalist. Before we get started, this episode is brought to you by
1:12.4	Kodiak cakes, gnarly nutrition, and InsideTracker. Use code single track 15 for 15% off
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1:27.0	backslash single track for 20% off their
1:30.7	products as well. All of this will be included in the show notes too. And with that, let's get
1:36.5	started. All right, Scotty Coomer, welcome to the single track podcast. It's a pleasure to be here.
1:42.3	It feels like it's been in the makings for quite some time.
1:45.5	Yeah, this is, I look forward to just about every conversation I have on this podcast, but I think you're the first, I'll call you a friend. You're the first friend that I met over running Twitter. And I think that that's a good starting point for a relationship under sport because I think, and maybe we can
2:02.9	just start talking about running Twitter right away. I think that there's a lot of really
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