I've been washing my muddy trail running shoes in the sink with cold water only. Then I put them in the dryer on a rack thing so they don't tumble, cold air only.

There was some discussions going on the other day in my trail running group, and the general idea was that washing the mud off will extend the life of your shoes.

I never washed road shoes though.

I don't wash my running shoes; I just keep buying new ones. lol I have scrubbed the debri off my trail shoes with some water and brush but I have only thrown my shoes in the washing machine once or twice and I felt that the shoes were not the same after that.

I never wash mine. I use my shop fan to dry them after a wet/rainy run. Mud I generally knock off after it dries.

I think they do shrink a bit.

I wash my sneakers with hand. I wash them first under running water to remove dirt and grime and then dunk them in a bucket of soap water. Then I take them out and brush them with a plastic brush and then wash them under running water. I always air dry them with the tongue hanging out.

If the laces are white, I do the same and then dunk them in diluted bleach to make it white. This method has been working well for me some far.

I have never tried washing my shoes in a washer/dryer. I have 2-3 pairs of running shoes, so I don't mind waiting for the shoes to dry out in a couple of days (especially in winter). Also, please make sure you don't leave them leaning on the heating vent. The heat will ruin the soles.

Interesting, I've never washed a running shoe before. I guess they've never gotten to the point where I thought they needed to.

My road shoes get washed by running in the rain. I let them air dry and run in a different pair for a few days. If they are really soaked I pull the laces and open them up as much as possible. Have never used the washer and dryer.

I hose off my trail shoes after muddy runs and use a shoe dryer in them. My shoe dryer has two small heated "pods" that get warm but not hot. There are others that you can buy that blow warm air into them. I've tried air drying them, but it's so cool here that it usually takes days.

I never wash them, but like others will hose off the trail shoes after a muddy run. I remove the insoles after every run and I rotate between two pairs of shoes -- that seems to make them fresh and ready for the next run.

I have washed a few pairs that I was not going to run in anymore. One pair was not very old at all, I just did not need them anymore.
Washed them right in the front-loading washer. Might have dried them in the machine too.
Never noticed that it hurt the shoes at all. They are pretty much all plastic and rubber, after all. The tongue of one of the shoes I washed got puffy after the washing. But that is all I noticed. They seemed fine otherwise.

The quickest way I've found to dry my shoes is to just stick them in front of a fan, heels first so the air can circulate inside the shoes easier. The more powerful your fan is the quicker they dry

People still get newspapers?

I throw my running shoes in the washing machine - and then I air dry them. I've never noticed any damage or misshapen-ness (new word? I think so!)

I often exhibit poor judgment though.

I live on base and I have the base's Friday paper tossed on my doorstep every week whether I want it or not. About the only good thing in it are coupons for Carl's Jr which I never use because, sabotage.

Normally I never wash shoes. Hose them off maybe. However, twice I have. Once was a 50K trail race when it rained on us for 5 hours. They were so filthy that I didn't think they'd get close to clean any other way. I regretted it immediately. The first time I put them back on after washing I smashed something on the side when putting them on and from then on that spot rubbed on my foot. The second time was after a 101K trail race where I had been sweating in them for over 20 hours and had even soaked my feet in a creek. Someone was being helpful and put them in a plastic bag after the race. I found them in my car about 10 days later and the smell was....extreme. I knew washing might ruin them, but figured they were ruined anyway, so why not? They were fine after washing. I never dry them in the dryer.

I wash and dry mine in the machines. I pull the insoles out out and wash them separately and then don't put the insoles in the dryer, but I put the rest of the shoe in the dryer. Haven't had an issue yet.

Put them in a pillow case. I sometimes put them in the dryer sometimes not. I'm a high mileage runner so shoes don't last that long, so washing them makes no difference.