HOW TO CLEAN RUNNING SHOES | Running Gear Hacks | Run4Adventure

We get asked this question a lot at the channel - how do I clean my running shoes, so we thought we'd make a video about it! Now I know this seems like a boring topic and it probably is, but it's also super important to take good care of our running shoes to prolong their life so we get hundreds and hundreds of glorious running miles out of them.

Really hope you enjoy the video and you find it useful! Thanks for watching, we'll see you in the next video and as always - stay safe and keep on running!

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[FWFWFWF]

Too late - I already put them in...

My solicitor will be in touch.

[AntonT]

Almost had me fooled in the beginning 😂 Just found this video after cleaning my muddy Hokas. I used the shower along with a toothbrush with soft bristles and some toothpaste. Took the shoes apart (laces and inner soles) before the actual cleaning process. Now they are left for drying overnight. Fingers crossed they will come out a bit cleaner and smelling better tomorrow. Good idea stuffing the shoes with some news paper to pull out the moist more quickly.

[DiscoDougify]

I almost had a heart attack when you threw those running shoes in the machine!

[chrishollyryan]

I have to confess that I do clean my shoes in the machine on cold water on the gentile cycle (front loader). (And air dry of course) Maybe I’ve been lucky but its has worked for me so far.

[CyrrusNL]

I just take dirty trail shoes along in the shower. I don't remove anything because I'm lazy. I just rinse them off, use my hands to clean off the dirt and set them down on an old towel.

Also: that intro was evil. Well done.

[abishop]

A run in the snow usually does the trick ⛷️ will save these tips for the rain in the summer!😎🌦️

[MrCoosmiyn]

Thank you for the great and well presented information! I knew you shouldn't pop them in the washing machine, and this being my first time on this channel, I was at a click away from closing it, before the comments making me realize it's only a joke xD
It definitely helped me out, being new to running and running shoes and all of that. Cannot wait to give these guys a proper cleaning and get running again (didn't run through the winter and colder periods)
Keep up the good work!

[tymckeown]

Jeez, my mouth dropped open at the start and then 2 pods!!!! I usually just wear them in the shower 😂

[dominicmcnamara]

Great review Loyd.

My wash process is

If super, thoroughly mucky, big hard bristle brush outside with cold water.

All shoes, thereafter, into shower as first thing washed before yourself, brush with same hard bristle brush to remove 95-99% of all debris from outsole, midsole, upper. Leave laces in, take inner soles out.

After this near perfect removal of all debris, all into front loader washing machine, with dirty clothes on a cool cycle 30degs, delicate cycle.

Dry outside.

Perfect, no materials, adhesive or structural new, everytime. Absolutely easiest thing to maintain shoes to fullest 500km+ ranges.

[michaelb]

Had me in the first half, I was getting annoyed watching them go in the machine 😂

[narrowboatlongpod]

We don't have a newspaper any more so kitchen roll works just as well. I usually replace the kitchen roll with fresh once its soaked up as much water as it can. I don't usually remove the laces. If I've driven to the trail (observe Covid-19 restrictions!) I use a bin liner to keep the car mats clean.

[ifonly]

The trick is to not let the mud dry. Back at my car i grab a big brush stick my feet ( with shoes still on of course ) in a nice puddle and give the shoe a nice scrub while the mud is fresh and voila !! You can always finish the job later on but that's plenty enough for me

[rolls]

Great intro Loyd. Nearly fooled them!!!!

[Ian-oipe]

Have always kept my shoes clean.
Very fussy.
As a kid (and a grown up) I was always sat on my front door step on a Saturday morning cleaning and polishing my football boots before the game.
With my running shoes, road and trail, I've always 'banged off' any excess dirt and then used baby wipes to clean them.
Yes, I did say baby wipes !!!

[aaronleeman-smith]

Down here in Oz the majority of laundry powders are designed to operate in cold water. This means they aren't hard on shoes so it's feasible to use the washing machine. I was dubious at first but that was about 30 years ago. A healthy splash of cleaning vinegar in the soaking bucket is great for eliminating odours too.
The worst i've done to a shoe was when i briefly lived in Europe and didn't adjust the radiator panel before sitting my shoes on the ultra-rocker was not my intention.

[richardb]

My handy hint - Like me, buy a house in the Dales, that way your guaranteed to have clean shoes, due to having to run or wade through flood water every time you go for a run during winter.. Trust me..every time. If your lucky, that flood water may even be in your house when you get back. Cleaning you shoes effortlessly.

On second thoughts, this idea might cost you a few hundred grand and the wife tends to cry a little as she floats past. So, buy a garden hose and a brush. Clean them before you get back inside the house.

[masoudhemayati]

You got me in the beginning putting it on the washing machine 🤣

[vashful]

Okay very nice. That's how I wash/clean my shoes except for the newspaper. Sometimes I don't remove the laces. It depends on the amount of mud and sand inside. I think the most important thing for me is not put it on direct sunlight.

[kirbster]

I get home from the run, straight in the garden, get the hose and give them a good blasting in and out all over, I then stuff microfibre cloths in them and stand them up in pastic box to dry off. I then run a different shoe the next day and do the same. The following day the 1st pair is ready to go again. Works a treat.

[kateludlam]

Well you had me there - I fell for that hook, line and sinker and was watching in absolute disbelief at the washing machine scene 😂😂 - so gullible.
I definitely need to up my shoe cleaning game though!