Comments on: Evaluation Report: Newton Running Shoes

By: bquemerais

bquemerais — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:02:41 +0000

Well I am very glad that I am not the only one. In canada these shoes go for $170 plus taxes which go to a $200 easily. I bought them at the end of February and they are already quite damaged, not sure I can still run with them, after only maybe 100 miles of running. I am a trail runner so I do a lot of runs on the trails. I am not a heavy heel striker and when I run slow I mainly land on the mid-sole so these shoes should not have wear that fast. I agree with Bald Runner, I don’t think you will run faster in these shoes. If you already have a fast turnover and shorter stride then you should already be running quite efficiently.
There is a study on the last issue of the trail runner that says that there is no difference in running efficiency between heel strikers and mid-sole strikers. 75% of elite runners are heel strikers…. Technically there is no real science behind this theory….

By: funcfash

funcfash — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:44:14 +0000

I initially read about the newton running shoes here I agree with you that they are more pricey ( about 2 nike frees) but at the same time i think it would probably last twice as long based off the durability.

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Running: Chi Running | the new adventures of dimsum and siomai — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:09:49 +0000

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By: My New Baby « Running the Good Race

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By: idnod

idnod — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:53:50 +0000

Too expensive, absolutely.

IMHO it ranks with Nike with much of it’s overhead (advertising and endorsement) are shouldered by the consumers topped with tech hypes.

Looking forward to more no non-sense reviews.

Cheers!

By: runradio

runradio — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:56:58 +0000

I think owning a pair is a hit-or-miss — if you are a natural forefoot/midfoot striker, it’ll be a match. I’m still waiting for RUNNR to ship my size over though — thinking of using these for short, yet high-octane distances.

By: markfb

markfb — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:43:45 +0000

Nice in depth personal review BR. It seems its a tool but not an all in one solution. As with our running shoes, we have different pairs for various purposes.

By: 5krunnr

5krunnr — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:23:17 +0000

Hi Sir Jovie,
Thanks for this article.
I am a heel striker (i learned about it through my photos taken during runs).
I am now shifting to forefoot-midfoot strike, which actually slows me down.
I was actually contemplating of buying this one after reading the TBR (Jaymie) and TRN (Sam) review-they have good reviews just like you….what actually catches my attention is that this shoe will force you to do mid foot strike……but the price is just too much.
Thanks for giving a very practical review about this shoes.
I guess I’ll hold off buying this one and concentrate first in learning the forefoot-midfoot strike because when I get tired I have the tendency to shift back to heel strike =(

Regards

By: i2runner

i2runner — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:31:29 +0000

Sir Jovie, thanks for the honest review of the shoes.

By: therunningninja

therunningninja — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:46:37 +0000

I did a review of the Newton stability racer shoes, see it here:

http://therunningninja.com/2009/06/24/newton-shoes-the-review/

The heel section fade out easily, I figured out after my review that I should be running forefoot which is what the shoes should be used, however I tend to heel strike from time to time kaya nagfade. I might buy a new one but for long distance.

Sam
The Running Ninja
http://www.therunningninja.com