How do you clean your running shoes?

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  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    Machine washing shoes destroys them... But if your running in them very much at all than you only have them for about 400-600 miles before they need to be retired

    You get 400-600 miles out of your shoes???

    Do you run on a cotton ball trail??!??!?


    I have to retire mine at about 150-200.

    Is this due to visible wear or how they feel when you run?

    I usually get about 400 miles out of a pair. I can always tell when I need to replace them because of the way they feel. I notice it in my ankle support mostly, but that probably has to due with my running style/shoe type, so I'm sure everyone is different.
  • pucenavel
    pucenavel Posts: 972 Member
    Machine washing shoes destroys them... But if your running in them very much at all than you only have them for about 400-600 miles before they need to be retired

    You get 400-600 miles out of your shoes???

    Do you run on a cotton ball trail??!??!?

    I have to retire mine at about 150-200.

    Is this due to visible wear or how they feel when you run?

    How they wear - I'm a 'toe-runner' in that my heels don't even touch the ground, so the ball/outer edge of my front foot take the brunt of the abuse. I also run in very light shoes (Currently using Saucony Kinvara 2) and they're made out of less durable material than a heavier shoe. By about 120 miles, the soles are starting to show serious wear. At 150, they're becoming 'bald' in a few areas. When retired, the heels still look nearly new. :smile:

    The Kinvara 3's seem a bit heavier than the 2's, and I want to go from 4mm drop to zero anyhow. After Bolder Boulder (or is it Boulder Bolder? - I'm never sure on that), I plan to go to an even lesser shoe, probably the New Balance Minimus (zero drop). I'll probably buy the trail version because the soles seem a bit 'tougher' - and oddly enough, the trail version is a couple ounces lighter than the road version. 4.4 oz!!
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    I wear vibrams. I got some mud caked on them, let it dry, then just bent my shoe & it crumbled off. I can toss them in the washer whenever I need to, then air dry.

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