Keen on trail running: shoe designer Scott Robertson wants you to get lost

For shoe designers, bringing a new model to market is always an uphill battle, but when that model is your first foray into the running shoe industry, it’s an even steeper mountain to climb. Fortunately for Scott Robertson , Innovation product manager at KEEN , reaching challenging summits is nothing new. When KEEN decided that now was the time to make their presence felt in the trail running world, they needed to look no further than their own “resident dirtbag”, whose CV includes stints as a park ranger, trail guide, rock climber and product-tester at some of the outdoor industries biggest brands. In crafting KEEN' s submission to the trail running world, Scott was equal parts innovator and test dummy, and today he joins the show to share his experience crafting the shoe that he hopes will help countless runners take the road less traveled.

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Keen on trail running: shoe designer Scott Robertson wants you to get lost is an episode from The Shakeout Podcast by David Stol.

This episode is 00:32:42 long.

This episode was published on Apr 30, 2026.

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