Employee Gear Closet - Dana Gershenoff

by Toni Isom

Dana Gershenoff is our Partner Marketing Manager here at Backcountry.com. When she’s not dressing up her dog Otto in silly costumes, she spends as much time as possible zooming around the mountains on various contraptions— telemark skis, skate skis, mountain bikes, and trail running shoes to name a few. Trail running happens to be Dana’s favorite source of summer adrenaline. This backcountry bolt of lightning chooses her running gear first by examining its technical features and then by finding out whether or not it comes in periwinkle. You’ll know you’ve been graced with Dana’s presence when a streak of periwinkle flashes by you on the trail. We asked Dana for her favorite pieces of trail-friendly gear. Some of it she liked enough to buy in black or white. In no particular order, here are some things Dana won’t pound pebbles without.

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Trash Your Treadmill: Trail Running Shoe Guide

by Jason Whitehouse

Powderwhore, Powderwhore tour

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Endless Endurance

by Greer Hitch

It started—as many life-altering things do—with bad tequila. A night at the bar, a bit of a mid-life crisis, and Dean Karnazes went from your run-of-the-mill 30-year-old businessman to an endurance-running phenomenon.

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No More Swampfoot

by Genevieve Mount

GORE-TEX® XCR® footwear—much better than wearing plastic bags on your feet.

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Employee Gear Closet: Jamon Whitehead

by Genevieve Mount

During work hours, Whitehead can be found in the Customer Solutions Department (he’s a Gearhead, in other words), but outside of work, he rarely sits still. Jamon loves running in 100-degree July heat as much as he loves the middle of March mud season.

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Where’s Karl?

by Marit Fischer

Backcountry.com endurance athlete Karl Meltzer is running the Appalachian Trail. All of it. Fast.