Donate your old running shoes

5/20/2014

I found some funny first world problems:
“I just got the iPhone 5s and they just announced the release of the 6 next month!
The one day I try to sleep in, my maid wakes me up.
I hate my job, but I make too much money to justify finding a new one.
I accidentally clicked the “thumbs down” button in Pandora instead of “thumbs up” so I skipped one of my favorite songs. “(See more at: http://first-world-problems.com/page/3/#sthash.8Al26RiJ.dpuf)

And here I’ve added a few runner specific ones:

“I should have brought my flats to this tempo, these (shoes) are too heavy.
I ran out of the vanilla Gu, that I like, so I have to eat this one (sad face).
I couldn’t find my garmin this morning, so I had to run with my iphone.
My garmin died in the middle of my long run so I didn’t get my splits.”

Joking aside, we are very fortunate to be able to have these types of problems....and shoes we need for different types of workouts. I, for one, usually have about 3 in rotation to give my shoes a break, allow the foam to rise between workouts/runs. It's recommended that we change our shoes every couple months anyway to prevent injuries. (Further reading: How to Pick the Right Running Shoe)

Having so many shoes, I seem to have a graveyard of shoes in random places of my apartment, lining my balcony, even at my parent's house. I often scatter them like Gretal (in Hansel and Gretal) with the bread crumbs, so I always have a pair if a run were to arise...or just to find my way home. (Afterall, home is where the heart is, and mine is in my soles). to have a graveyard of shoes in random places of my apartment, lining my balcony, even at my parent's house.

Here is an opportunity to clear out all those old shoes!

Your shoes helped you log hundreds of miles and were a very special part of your life for a couple months. Now they can be recycled. In turn, Running with Sole will give us (Belen Youth Mission) NEW SHOES. Help us share that feeling you get when you hold NEW Running shoes in your hand with a child in Altamira Dominican Republic this summer! Donate your old running or athletic shoes to this project and help us bring some smiles to kids.