Would you borrow running shoes and gear from a hotel?

i like how the article starts with "Not wanting to stuff bulky sneakers into a carry-on bag is a common reason for skipping on-the-road workouts" if anything, i wear my running shoes while traveling and pack my casuals in my check-in baggage

Shoe if it was for a day maybe, depending on what shape they are in.Socks and shirts another maybe, it sounds gross but your already sleeping in a bed with sheets that are washed the same way. Shorts no way!!!!!

That is disgusting.

This is where it would be a big advantage to be a barefoot runner... nothing to put in your bags.

I would worry about getting some kind of giant motion control shoe...

What's the big deal? Assuming I forgot my gear and wanted to do a workout, then yes, I would take advantage of their offer.

If you went to college and took a PE course, didn't you get your gear issued each class at the "cage."

Seems like the same concept to me. They wash the clothing, you wear it.

They do wash the towels and sheets, right?

These days, sounds like yet another way to get bedbugs at a hotel.

Too many "ifs"

What if the shoe isn't minimalist like you like?

What if the last guy to wear the shoes had shoe fungus?

What if someone choked a dog with bare hands?

I think it's a good idea. I bring my own stuff (who can't fit a pair of shoes in their bag?), but if I forgot it, I would definitely take advantage of this.

I don't see how it's any more disgusting than sleeping on the same sheets that some fat trucker had sex on the night before.

Fitness is good wrote:

I don't see how it's any more disgusting than sleeping on the same sheets that some fat trucker had sex on the night before.

The problem may be the kinds of hotels you're staying at.

I would definitely do this if it would help me to get laid!

Westin says that 72% of its guests use its fitness centers.

I find this statistic a little hard to believe. Maybe I'm staying at the wrong hotels but it's unusual to see much activity in the fitness centers.

I once pulled the gear out of my luggage only to discover that I'd packed two left shoes. If they fit right, it would have been handy to have had loaners in that situation. I wound up buying a pair of trail shoes at local sporting goods store out of a discount bin for cheap. Used them infrequently for training and in a few casual trail races for years afterwards.

Dog pound wrote:

If you went to college and took a PE course, didn't you get your gear issued each class at the "cage."

not in several decades

So my experience may have been a little worse. I drove all the way to the pool very early in the morning and realized that I didn't have my swim bag.

Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your perspective, I was able to scrounge up a size 28 Speedo and some ratty goggles from the lost and found bin. After some effort, I donned the Speedo’s and proceeded to do my work out. Needless to say the Speedo's were dangerously close to looking like a g-string.

When I relay this story to friends (yes there are circumstances, that present itself from time to time, where this experience is pertinent to the conversation) I usually get the following response: "Wow, I'm not so sure that I'd feel comfortable having my nuts where someone else's nuts just were."

To which I usually respond: "You think you'd feel uncomfortable, you should have seen the look on the faces of the people sharing my lane!"

So in summation; I would have no problem borrowing running shoes and gear from a hotel.

Now THAT is gross!

There are much better retorts to: "Wow, I'm not sure that I'd feel comfortable having my nuts where someone else's nuts just were."

I would consider using this service in a few situations.

As other responders mentioned, when you forget something, esp. if you're just doing some easy keeping fit/sane running while out of town. I'd rather have serviceable running gear than none available.

I might use this service if it's a trip where I have to pack a lot of things without a lot of room to spare. I don't wear my running shoes as casual wear and sometimes don't want to pack them in main luggage because of high potential for smell, wetness, or dirt (even encasing the running shoes in a plastic bag)-- places where trail running or wet conditions are probable.

I bet they don't have the good models like the 905.

There is a pretty good chance these days that your wife or GF is second hand.