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Used Runners

Pheidippides · 2010-02-18 21:36:15

Like many of you I change my runners around every 500 miles. Often the runners are still in very good nick. Maybe I'm old fashioned,(I remember previous recessions! ) In any case I dislike throwing out runners that sometimes look too good to be dumping ....question is Instead of throwing the runners in the bin. Does anyone…

18-02-2010 9:36pm

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Pheidippides

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Like many of you I change my runners around every 500 miles. Often the runners are still in very good nick. Maybe I'm old fashioned,(I remember previous recessions! )

In any case I dislike throwing out runners that sometimes look too good to be dumping ....question is

Instead of throwing the runners in the bin. Does anyone know of a charity that takes them or any other good use for them?

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#2 18-02-2010 9:38pm

Cabaal

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Just clean them up and give them to a chairty shop?
Perhaps ask them before hand will they find a use for them?

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#3 18-02-2010 9:43pm

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Cabaal wrote: »

Just clean them up and give them to a chairty shop?
Perhaps ask them before hand will they find a use for them?

I think they make a collection at the connemarathon every year.

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#4 18-02-2010 9:46pm

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There's a couple of charity-type organizations and clubs that will collect them and send them to Africa. Here's a previous thread on the subject.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055485034

There's usually a collection around Connemarathon time-frame.

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#5 18-02-2010 9:50pm

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Thanks for your quick replies...I'll look through the previous thread, I would have been surprised if the topic had not been discussed before...looks like some good suggestions!

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#6 19-02-2010 11:33pm

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The ideas in the previous thread may not be so useful at present ... Looks like it was good idea at the time but maybe not everyyear? ...therefore I wonder does anyone else out there have any good ideas??

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#7 20-02-2010 7:30pm

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Dunno if you live near Kildare or go down the M7 very often but the last time I was in the the Nike outlet store they were taking old runners. So you give them a ring and see if they are still doing it.

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