Peak shoe pt 2

[pinkaardvark]

OK I got the feeling from responses that I may have too many shoes. So I have started to gather them together and will perform a cull. Some appear to be in hiding and gawd knows what is up the loft. After I took this pic, my better half came home and laughed, then said "what about the sandals, wellies, snowboard boots... and so on? "

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Ahhh, look at them all lined up looking scared....How could you even think of a cull?

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Need to make room for the ones in the post.

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😂😂🤣

[Tbae]

This is hilarious .😂😂

Centipede man without the fangs.🤔

Thanks for the laugh and many more happy miles.

Do you keep usage records for each pair🤔😂😂

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to Tbae]

I do have the on cloud flyers registered in garmin, so I could add the others, but then I would have to switch each time I changed shoe and not sure that's too easy to do. So no I will just throw them out when they break down/smell bad/can't fit in the shoe wing any more.

[Tbae in reply to pinkaardvark]

It’s good to have a laugh.Thanks.

This might bring tears to my glass eye.🙈😂😂

Always enjoy reading your helpful advice.🌟👏👏

[AnnieW55 in reply to pinkaardvark]

It's no biggie to switch but first of all you have to log them, in equipment I believe. Then, when I upload my run into Garmin there is a just the word "add" click on that and your shoes will be there to click on. (I've got my 4 pairs named and just have to pick the ones I ran I n)

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to AnnieW55]

I will have a look. Thx.

[AnnieW55 in reply to pinkaardvark]

If you forget, I often do, you can add retrospectively.

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You add the other shoes then just go top right on the run screen and add/remove gear. Then add the shoes you used for that run from your list of gear.

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Oops sorry AnnieW55 , posted before reading your response x

[AnnieW55 in reply to Hidden]

😄

[misswobble Graduate10]

All the non-running shoes don’t count. Clear them to one side, along with the ones relegated to gardening or walking the dog. That leaves you with hardly any! 🤷‍♀️

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to misswobble]

Yep that leaves 4 with one more in the post not counting the gym shoes, which you could run in I suppose. So clearly I have hardly any shoes at all.

[HeleneCorsa Graduate10 in reply to pinkaardvark]

Obviously. I took one look at the photo and thought, pah, amateur...

No Imelda guilt necessary here

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to HeleneCorsa]

I can imagine your Rome high society life needs a good collection hehe

[HeleneCorsa Graduate10 in reply to pinkaardvark]

Haha! Rome cobbles mean my shoes get bu99ered very quickly. That is my excuse and I am sticking to it. (I am not sure exactly how many pairs of shoes I have but it would have to remain classified information anyway).

[ancientrunner Graduate10]

Was thinking about your shoes whilst out for y run this morning. How do you decide which ones to wear?

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to ancientrunner]

To be fair, only two/three are in current use. The Mizuno were my first runners but being trail shoes I got the Asics Gt-2000 when I graduated c25k, then getting upto 10k I thought I'd try getting some gait analysis which revealed I really should go up a size to stop blistering the ends of my toes so I got the On Cloud Flyers, but then I decided I needed a larger trail shoe so got the Fujirados. The mizuno's the very muddy ones I will bring out when it's filthy trail xcountry running as per the mudbath race I did in April. The Asics Gt-2000's I just wear every now and again as I feel guilty that they are an under used shoe hehe.

I almost never run in the motorbike books

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The fujirados are designed for and well up to mud and wet. Ive been up to my ankles in mud and my feet were still dry. I just run them under the tap to clean the mud off, then pack with newspaper to mop up any wet that splashed in or penetrated

[HeleneCorsa Graduate10 in reply to pinkaardvark]

I went for a run in my Asics GT 2000 6 this morning and was reflecting on how good they are. I tend to overlook them as they seem kind of boring to look at and are less plush and comfy when I first put them on compared to others, but for mid to longer runs they are unbeatable, a super-reliable shoe. I have flirted with other brands but Asics always seem to be winners for me.

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You dandy!

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Believe it or not, I moved home a few months back and I swear I had a big clear out .

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I believe you 😂

[Jb33]

Wow 😳

[ju-ju- Graduate10]

Imelda Marcos of the running world you are 😉

[SW16 Graduate10]

Quite clearly, I don’t have enough!

[EB43 Graduate10]

Excellent now whenever my husband asks if I really need another pair of running shoes I can point at this picture (I’ll miss out the bit about a cull). Now if you could just develop a running clothing habit please that would really helpful.......!

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to EB43]

I am afraid to take a pic of my sportswear wardrobe, 🙄

[EmmaRunning Graduate10]

nothing wrong with a large shoe collection! And I say that as someone who has a seriously tiny one. No room for more because my OH loves shoes so much he takes up all the room! 😂🤣