What have you used to freshen up your running shoes?
How to freshen up shoes π: What have you used... - Bridge to 10K
How to freshen up shoes π
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I use polish for my normal shoes but not running shoes, if there is any mud on my running shoes I gently brush the mud off with a scrubbing brush, this Friday the 26th June I will have had my running shoes for exactly a year.
This morning at half past six I ran my 10th 10K in them. π ππΎ
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I donβt do anything to my shoes and prefer to keep all the dirt and mud as a badge of hard work
I mean they get smelly on the inside with sweat and pouring rainπ€£
Oh, Iβm lucky my shoes never smell badly. I donβt do anything with them, just leave them to dry naturally. Some people stuff theirs with newspaper, that absorbs wetness and sweat so you could try that.
Someone told me to put green teabags in your shoes as they absorb the smell. Seems to work. 2 of my pairs are 2 years old. And still smell ok.
Mind you I had set off in my warmup walk one morning, still half asleep and thought my sock was rolled under or something. Stopped to check and found Iβd forgotten to take them out before I set off!!!!
Irishprincess, you can look forward to seeing my running shoes this Friday, I have already taken a photograph of them next to my cat, this Friday is the day a year ago that I bought them, I will post the photo on Friday. π ππΎ
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Ah! Smelly feet and shoes!
Try the NHS advice. We used hibiscrub soap. It worked fantastic with our youngest kitten.
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I only wear mine to run in and take them off once Iβm in the door. I never wear them for anything other than running. So I luckily never get them to a stage where they start to get an odour. Maybe let them cool down outside in fresh air after a run. Itβs probably just sweat or puddle jumping. Fresh air might do the trick.
Damien
I just stuff mine with kitchen towel after each run - the one with the really big absorbent sheets, Blitz I think itβs called πββοΈ
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My running shoes - well the old ones - were like yours! Maybe we"ll have to try the green teabag thing? But if you find anything else that works, please write another post, because I need it too!!
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Mine are pure filth.... I need a new pair as they are falling to bits, but they also stink.
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I alternate a few pairs πΆ
My every day trainers aren't smelly so its just the running trainers with getting soaked in the rain , even though I stuff them with kitchen roll and sit them under the radiator. I'm going to try baking soda to sprinkle inside to see if it works π