What do you do to "customize" your shoes?

thejeff wrote:

What "weird" things do you do to your shoes (or any other piece of running apparel)? (just remembered that I always put my race number on my shorts, in case I decide to go shirtless at the last minute, lol)

Same with number.

Take all inserts out of trainers and work boots replace with Spenco cross training inserts.

In all new running shoes, I...

1. Replace the laces with elastic laces (1/8" marine shock cord and cord locks).

2. Skip the bottom eyelets when relacing

3. Replace the inserts with Superfeet black or green.

4. Add some additional arch support if needed with pieces of felt.

5. Cut out part of the outsole under the outside of my right 5th metatarsal to accommodate an old running injury and give the shoe a little tilt the outside.

6. Remove that little support bead that some shoes have between the upper and lower to allow my foot to spread a little wider on the outside of the midsole up to the little toe.

well thejeff,

you see, I run about 60-70 mpw.

I am a heavy fella like yourself

thus, my shoes wear out after about 3 months or

so I don't customize them. I run in them.

run more jeff . . . you need to run more

That's pretty cra-cra jeffy. I just cut my shoestring shorter so I don't have to quadruple tie them and hope the next race doesnt have those chips you have to lace through your shoestring because they didn't prvide zip ties.

I just run the molecules off one by one, and replace them with dirt.

why not try running wrote:

well thejeff,

you see, I run about 60-70 mpw.

I am a heavy fella like yourself

thus, my shoes wear out after about 3 months or

so I don't customize them. I run in them.

run more jeff . . . you need to run more

Wow, what an interesting comment. Not asking for your training advice, chunkybutt, just interested to hear about people's quirks

Fight the troll impulse and get a registered name

1. Use a different lacing technique in the first two sets of eyelets near the toe to tighten up the toebox.

2. Replace stock insoles with Superfeet Green insoles.

3. Add a Dr. Scholl's heel gel pad on top of the insoles.

thejeff wrote:

why not try running wrote:

well thejeff,

you see, I run about 60-70 mpw.

I am a heavy fella like yourself

thus, my shoes wear out after about 3 months or

so I don't customize them. I run in them.

run more jeff . . . you need to run more

Wow, what an interesting comment. Not asking for your training advice, chunkybutt, just interested to hear about people's quirks

Fight the troll impulse and get a registered name

Well you see I've read your posts about wearing a locket for timing and gaining weight to make clydesdale, so I suspect you are the one trolling more than actually running

I buy a pair of xero shoe soles and build my own uppers. That's custom.

why not try running? wrote:

thejeff wrote:

Wow, what an interesting comment. Not asking for your training advice, chunkybutt, just interested to hear about people's quirks

Fight the troll impulse and get a registered name

Well you see I've read your posts about wearing a locket for timing and gaining weight to make clydesdale, so I suspect you are the one trolling more than actually running

Find someone else to stalk, bruh. Just makin conversation here. You aren't my type.

I like to bedazzle them and run about 2 mpw. ... they also hold gus which I usually need 2 for a 5k

I also like to put trinkets on there so I can time my cadence

Plus the soles come off so I can slip lead blocks in when being weighed so I can win a medal racing underweight in clydesdale

Pretty sweet huh bruh

I trim my toenails if they get too long, but otherwise my shoes take care of themselves.

I grabbed another pair of Artifice shoes at Big5, and have a plan for my older pair:

I also have a used pair of Skechers GoRun2 arriving this week. The plan is to fuse the GoRun2 upper with the Artifice midsole. No idea how well it will match up, but eyeballing it, it appears it will be possible. Either way, this should work much better than the New Balance 320 upper, Nike Elite midsole melding I performed back in the day.