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Golden Ticket Talks | Scott Traer, Black Canyon 100K 2nd Place Male

Singletrack

Finn Melanson

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

5897 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes!In this episode, we talk with the 2nd place male finisher at the 2022 Black Canyon 100K, Scott Traer. Scott is based in the Phoenix, AZ area via Boston, MA and not only punched his ticket to Western States this coming June, but also ran the 4th fastest time in course history at the age of 40. In addition to race analysis, we also talk about the New England trail running scene, his recent media work with Aravaipa Running, hi...

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0:00.0

Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast. I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and this is our last

0:08.0

golden ticket talk for the Black Canyon 100K. In this episode, we talk with second place male

0:14.1

finisher Scott Traer. Scott is currently based in the Phoenix, Arizona area via Boston, Massachusetts,

0:20.7

and not only punched

0:22.6

his ticket to Western States this June, but also ran the fourth fastest time and course history

0:28.1

at the age of 40. In addition to race analysis, we also talk about the New England Trail scene,

0:34.6

his media work with Aerovipa running, his run Fasta, coaching business,

0:39.4

and more. It's always fun to do episodes with fellow YouTubers and podcasters like Scott.

0:45.8

I really enjoyed this one and I think you will too. Let's get started. Scott Treyer, welcome to

0:53.0

the single track podcast. Thank you for having me. Happy to be here. Hey, welcome to the single track podcast.

0:55.8

Thank you for having me.

0:56.5

Happy to be here.

0:59.6

Hey, that was the most enthusiastic response I've ever gotten on this show.

1:00.1

That's awesome.

1:04.6

The first thing I want to say is congrats on a golden ticket to Western States, but also for potentially creating a new fashion statement in our sport with this button-up

1:10.2

shirt.

1:11.3

What was going through your mind in the lead-up to this race?

1:13.9

Like when you're selecting all your gear, what made you choose a button-up shirt?

1:18.2

Yeah, so if you've ever seen me race, I'm typically racing in some very, very old cotton

1:23.0

t-shirts.

1:23.7

I've used that button-up for a while.

1:25.4

I like super thin, soft material, and the tech

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