Retired running shoes as daily wearers

I try to avoid wearing running shoes unless it is for running.

I have used old ones for garden work or big painting projects.

Outside of my home I like to be dressed like a good looking normal person. So I wear some nice leather street shoes. But that's just me.

You do you.

I wear old running shoes and I simply accept the fact that I might look like a clown! I personally like more minimal shoes for walking around. I like to think that this keeps my feet from getting "soft." However, you should take my opinion with a grain of salt, as I used to walk around barefoot and throw on sandals whenever I entered a building. (I now work in a lab in a building so barefoot is no longer an option lol)

Old running shoes always look beat up, dirty, and worn out. Why not just get a designated casual shoe so you don't look like a schlub?

I've been wearing retired running shoes as everyday shoes for decades. I'm a university professor whose workplace has a fairly lax dress code--usually no one cares what shoes I wear as long as they completely cover my feet (for working in lab). Since shoes don't wear very fast when I stop running in them, only some of my running shoes become everyday shoes. I choose the ones whose color is the least conspicuous.

Not necessarily. I run almost exclusively on asphalt and the track, not places where my shoes are going to get really dirty. The treads may be worn out, but the upper still looks terrific. But no one is going to be examining the bottom of your sneakers.

This. I have several pairs of navy blue and a pair of green shoes that look normal enough to wear around casually. Because I never ran trails in those shoes you’d never know they have hundreds of miles on them, unless you look at the outsole. I keep the old trail shoes around for yard work or muddy soccer fields. Anything obnoxiously colored gets donated/recycled.

I too work in a college. I've seen lab techs wearing sandals in the lab when working with chemicals and hot plates... not good. Same for the students.

A couple weeks ago, a poor girl got their toe smashed in a door in a vestibule. Blood all over the place. She was wearing sandals.

However because of my job duty on campus, I am required to wear proper boots.

Worn with jeans (and if you're not too heavy) they look fine, with other clothes, dorky. Mine are used for outside chores.

I just donate my shoes to someone who needs them .Running is my hobby I love buying shoes so I am always buying new releases.I would never consider wearing running shoes as casual wear .Spread the love and rather give the shoes away .

I used to be like that before I started running, but I find those same leather shoes that earlier used to feel super comfortable in all day rather tiring these days, maybe because my feet have expanded a bit or because they are indeed more uncomfortable but I just got used to them earlier.