Strange runner cleaning question

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Hi guys, thought this would be the best place for my question.
How do you all clean your runners and stop them from stinking out your apartments/houses? I am recovering from surgery on a torn achilles, so the runners I would use for the gym and going for the odd jog are just sitting around, and to put it nicely, they don't smell great!! The runners are in good shape, and there is plenty of life left in them, so I don't want to throw them out just to buy new runners in a few months when I can run again, so I would like to clean them. Anybody any tips? Leaving them outside hasn't helped, even when being kept in a plastic bag they have got damp and end up smelling worse :mad:

Oryx

What make are they? I ask cos my brother had nikes that stank like something died, and it was a problem with the shoe, not his feet. All I can say is don't machine wash them. Apart from invisible damage to the cushioning, which you get warned about, I've had shoes shrink slightly.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Oryx wrote: »

What make are they? I ask cos my brother had nikes that stank like something died, and it was a problem with the shoe, not his feet. All I can say is don't machine wash them. Apart from invisible damage to the cushioning, which you get warned about, I've had shoes shrink slightly.

They are a pair of Asics!

Birdsong

A sprinkle of breadsoda inside should do the the trick, it is a natural deoderizer, leave it in the runner for a while & then shake out.

Krusty_Clown

Perhaps they stink because you put them in a plastic bag (a perfect environment for breeding fungus, cultures and germs/bacteria). If the problem persists, the best idea may be to put them in the washing machine, even if it means shortening the life of the shoes. Nasty bacteria and recent surgery do not good bed fellows make.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Perhaps they stink because you put them in a plastic bag (a perfect environment for breeding fungus, cultures and germs/bacteria). If the problem persists, the best idea may be to put them in the washing machine, even if it means shortening the life of the shoes. Nasty bacteria and recent surgery do not good bed fellows make.

They stuck a long time before they were put in any plastic bags!

Thanks for tips so far lads

Jnealon

This months Irish Runner has something called Stink Free , page 31.
Meant to kill bacteria as well as the smell

Emer911

Scholl shoe spray
A quick blast in each shoe after every run to keep them from smelling