Has anyone ran in NEWTON running shoes?

Stephanie Pezzullo runs for Netwon and was the first American women at the Cherry Blossom 10 miler today in 55:16. In her post race interview on RunnerSpace she said she loves them.

With a contract I'd love them too.

I know a lot of people love them, I was just wondering if they are worth $175.

Nope, absolutely no one "has ran" in those shoes.

Somebody may have run in them...

I usually let this stuff go, but come on--it's a *running* board. Let's get our main verb right...

7f6o wrote:

Nope, absolutely no one "has ran" in those shoes.

Somebody may have run in them...

I usually let this stuff go, but come on--it's a *running* board. Let's get our main verb right...

Excellent!

A girl at my school started wearing them and got PF in both feet in a week. Avoid at all costs.

I am also interested as to whether newton trainers are good. If anybody has them what do the lugs feel like and would you recommend them?

I saw a guy walking his chihuahuas in those fingers feets.

Newton's have hurt more runners than five fingers and frees combined. They work well for some people and have a lot of fanatic fans, but require the same sort of transition most need to avoid injury in minimalist shoes.

Lots of horror stories about PF and achilles strains.

Plus, they're too expensive.

'Course I'd wear 'em in a heartbeat if they sponsored 40 year olds.

The injury stuff is interesting can anyone elaborate on why they might cause injury? As I understand it they are not exactly minimalist shoes they have full padding but just don't have a heel lift, am I wrong?

I run in newton's for 8 months and I haven't had any problems with them. The lugs feel nonexistant and overtime you run on your forefoot naturally, and I feel like ive gotten better knee lift; alot of people say my form has improved. Times prove it, ive gone from 1:30 in the half to 1:14 in the last 8 months. Of course, ive put in more miles but I feel like my new form has helped me put in as much running economy into my training as possible while keeping me injury free.

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The injury stuff is interesting can anyone elaborate on why they might cause injury? As I understand it they are not exactly minimalist shoes they have full padding but just don't have a heel lift, am I wrong?

The shoes flex in the middle causing your foot to bend in the middle thus straining your arch if you have a "heel to toe gait". This is due to the lugs reinforcing the front half of the shoe.

Your foot naturally flexes at the ball of the foot at the level of the big toe joint whereas the Newton shoes are most flexible behind the lugs where the midsole is exposed. If you mid foot or forefoot strike this mechanical flaw is less harmful.

I've run in them for a while. I'm not sure what models -- one that seems to function as lightweight training shoe or racer, and another that's a lightweight racer. I like 'em, but I'm also not particularly price-sensitive.

The guy who developed the technology initially wanted it in the front and back of the shoe, when newton bought the concept they realised the shoes would be too expensive if it was in the front and back so they sold it on the 'forefoot' technology only and hey lots of people bought into it! there is an article on the net which pretty much rubbishes their claims...

I have a pair of the MV2s - the 0 drop "racing flats". They take some getting used to. For one thing, it feels like there is no sole between the heel and the forefoot area. This seems to be a lot of stress on my plantar fascia. I also run in vibrams sometimes and in other minimal shoes - none put the kind of strain on my foot like the MV2 does.

I just bought some New Balance MR00s, and I like those *way* more than the newtons at this point.