New ‘Late Night’ Hosts for Western States

The whole “live streaming trail races” continues to evolve and expand. And Western States continues to blaze the trail. Rather than JUST trying to find knowledgable folks, having great personalities behind the mic is valuable.

Callie Vinson and Scott Traer will be taking over the show after Corrine Malcolm and Dylan Bowman’s coverage of the elite finishers:

This year’s livestream is gonna be extra wild with your usual pros anchoring all day long and then when the sun goes down, well, that’s when we’ll come in as your late night commentators.

Even though I myself am rarely watching any of it I think live-streaming is a terrific addition to our sport. Maybe if the personalities draw me in, rather than the action, which in long ultras can be a bit more of an in-action, then maybe I will get hooked on this thing. Live streams are also a terrific platform for more personalities to shape our sport.

Another tidbit of information comes from Corrine Malcolm in the comments on that IG announcement:

…there is a Google form going out to ALL participants to gather stories, their whys, and all the good stuff…

This is obviously super cool. Hardly scalable to a large field of runners, but for Western States this is perfect.