What do you do with your old running shoes?

ZenInTexas

I'm rapidly accumulating a pile of shoes that are no longer good for running but aren't garbage either, I would feel guilty throwing them out. Give them to charity? What do you do?

schmenge55

My local running store has a bin for them. I think they refurb and send overseas

eating4me

Lots of the running stores will take them, and donate them to people who need shoes. Otherwise, I donate them to Salvation Army or Purple Heart. (After rotating them, of course...using my oldest ones for regular shoes, or garden shoes.)

WebbyShoo

I donate them if they are worthy of another person wearing, if they are far gone, I recycle them.

TriLifter

I wear mine for mud runs.

BrianSharpe

I keep a couple of pairs around the house for walking etc but the rest get donated. My tri club supports a couple of charities (one is a running program for homeless people and the other ships gently used shoes to 3rd world countries)

DavidMartinez2

I've got a couple of pair I have stashed until I find a donation bin, I refuse to just throw them away.

watermstry

Check with your St. Vincent de Paul or Salvation Army before dumping shoes on them, because they may have to pay to get rid of stuff that they can't sell. My city has a shoe recycling program. You might call your community's waste management office to see if they have one. If not, Nike has their own program. http://www.nike.com/us/en_us/c/better-world/stories/2013/05/reuse-a-shoe

rhall9058

Just using mine for general daily wear........after that, they make their way to the bins for "recycling"

jaxCarrie

I keep a back up pair for mudruns and another for garden work.....the rest go to my running store, they either fix them up or recycle them.

davemunger

I try to find a place to donate them -- most running stores will accept them, or lately there have been folks in my running group collecting shoes.

beeblebrox82

More normal looking shoes generally become daily wear, and yes, of course, I use them for mud runs.