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| Do you keep your old stinky shoes for nostalgic purposes? (Read 317 times) |
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posted: 3/31/2008 at 11:57 PM |
I have one pair of New Balance shoes which should be thrown away, both because of the mileage and the stench, but because they are the shoes in which I started running, it is very hard.  |
| "People ask why I run. I say, 'If you have to ask, you will never understand'. It is something only those select few know. Those who put themselves through pain, but know, deep down, how good it really feels." - Erin Leonard |
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posted: 4/1/2008 at 12:01 AM |
| No, I turn mine in when I buy new ones at our local running store, and they take $5 off the purchase price. |
| Maine Coast HM, September 21 |
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| view log Junior Amphibian |
posted: 4/1/2008 at 12:14 AM |
| Quote from Teresadfp on 4/1/2008 at 12:01 AM: No, I turn mine in when I buy new ones at our local running store, and they take $5 off the purchase price.
But the regular prices might be overpriced $10 than in other stores, so they still come out ahead.  |
| "People ask why I run. I say, 'If you have to ask, you will never understand'. It is something only those select few know. Those who put themselves through pain, but know, deep down, how good it really feels." - Erin Leonard |
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posted: 4/1/2008 at 12:15 AM |
| Probably, but I like supporting them - they give good advice and sponsor races and running groups. |
| Maine Coast HM, September 21 |
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posted: 4/1/2008 at 12:15 AM |
| I keep mine but I use them for yard work with no socks and DW INSISTS that I keep them outside |
2008 Goals...
-Start and Finish Gate River Run Completed 08MAR08
sub 8:00 completed 05APR 7:50 minute mile
Start and Finish 3 1/2 marathons in three months 04OCT08, 27NOV08, 21DEC08
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posted: 4/1/2008 at 1:37 AM |
| Take a picture. I'm considering doing this w/ some of my t-shirts, running or otherswise, which I have an attachment to, but are now to threadbare, ripped, pitted-out or otherwise stained. |
Boston 2008
DWARP
Marathon Madness Mob |
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posted: 4/1/2008 at 1:54 AM |
| I wash mine and give them to the local prison to support their sports program. |
| It's all fun and games until the flying monkeys attack. |
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posted: 4/1/2008 at 2:02 AM |
our local running store collects them for charity. I go through them too quickly to get too attached to them.  |
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posted: 4/1/2008 at 2:24 AM |
| I have a growing pile and have been wondering what to do with them. Giving them to some kind of charity sounds like a good idea - I'll ask my running store if they do something like that. |
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posted: 4/1/2008 at 2:41 AM |
| Quote from renumeratedfrog on 3/31/2008 at 11:57 PM: I have one pair of New Balance shoes which should be thrown away, both because of the mileage and the stench, but because they are the shoes in which I started running, it is very hard.
I would and I would also mark the miles ran, and race results on them.
I am nostalgic too.
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posted: 4/1/2008 at 10:52 AM |
| I used to tie the laces together and then hang them up in my garage along the ceiling-wall interface. Had about 20 pairs up there before I moved. Tough decision but they all went in the trash. Now they go in the trash as soon as they get retired. |
2008 Goals:
2000 miles for the year
100 mile week
Sub 3:10 marathon
Sub 19min 5K |
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posted: 4/1/2008 at 11:13 AM |
| Mine are put out to pasture (aka, mow the lawn.) |
"You can't have everything. Where would you put it?" - Steven Wright
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posted: 4/1/2008 at 6:30 PM |
I semi-retire mine for use as "mud shoes" for running trails with lots of mud in the wintertime. With all that mud on 'em, and with washing socks after each run, they don't seem to stink much anymore.
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posted: 4/1/2008 at 6:56 PM |
| Place a pair into the trunk of yoru car in case one day you need them to walk when yoru car break down |
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