All the running magazines always talk about an expiration date for your sneakers. Basically after x amount of miles, sneakers lose their spring and a runner trying to avoid injuries should replace them. The tricky part is that an active runner can burn though 3 or more pairs of sneakers per year and most of the time he should replace them before they look worn.
If I were the editor of Runners World, I'd expand on that theory and make my next feature about the need for an expiration for running shirts. I theorize that, just like sneakers, after about 1000 miles, a shirt should be retired because at some point you can't wash the stink out anymore. Sweat gets so imbedded into the shirt that it the shirt basically becomes one of those hyper shirts that change colors when there is body heat, a shirt you've sweat 150 hours in, starts to stink as soon as it is exposed to your body heat. Not pleasant while on the treadmill at the gym
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