Earlier today I was thinking about the 10 mile progressive run the other evening, and how good I felt and how easy many of the miles appeared to be. Now that I think about it, I may have stumbled on finding the “Newton Sweetspot” without really trying.
Early training runs in the Newtons were fast, but looking back, I was probably more focused on landing on the toes than was necessary. However, during Wednesday’s run, my feet were landing on the forefoot (which contain the external actuator lugs of the Newton running shoe), which in turn helped to propel me forwards with a lever-like action. Once you find the sweetspot, there’s definitely no turning back!
You can read more about the Newton Land Lever Lift principles here or watch the following video in which Danny Abshire, co-founder of Newton Running, describes the technique to build better running form and have greater efficiency and less injuries.
The 2009 Newton range of running shoes contains both a neutral and stability trainer (men’s and women’s), neutral and stability racer (men’s and women’s) and also a new-for-2009 limited edition women’s pink universal racer, which was created to support prostate cancer research.
Professional athlete and official spokesperson for Athletes for a Cure, Michellie Jones, is fighting the fight with Newton who this year will donate 1 percent of all footwear sales to help find better treatments and a potential cure for prostate cancer.
By the way, if the price is still putting you off, Newton Running offers a unique 30-day satisfaction guaranteed return policy, which is designed to let you slowly test the shoes. If you are not completely satisfied with the shoes, simply contact Newton right away and let them know why you would like to return the shoes. Can’t say fairer than that can you?!