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Ouch or Awesome?

...too soon to tell.

So far ouch! on the price and awesome! on the way that they feel, but I have run all of one mile in them so I need a bit more time to see if I can justify paying $142 (with HRTC discount at Luke's Locker) for these more than once.

I have been curious about Newton's for quite a while, and yes, the fact that they are pink did peak my curiosity. I had always assumed that you could not/should not use them if you have custom orthotics as they kind of change the way you run, but for some reason I ended up their website last week and read that you can indeed use orthotics with them, and they recommend it if you have them.

So far they seem very comfortable, especially without socks. I only did a super short brick run in them yesterday, but I did wear them around a bit when I was out and about. Also, the second plus so far is that the insole is very basic and plain, not leaving the typical fight I have with normal running shoe insoles and my orthotics. The Newton insoles and my orthotics get along perfectly. In all my other shoes I have had to take out the provided insole and use my orthotic along with a very thin insole I had made years and years ago that I know weren't meant to be used the number of years I have used them.

So, I will keep you posted on what I think. I will be a very good girl and follow the breaking in instructions as well. They say you should only do short, 2-4 mile runs in the shoes until you get at least 25 miles on them and then slowly progress from there. So for now, my mile tally is 1. I guess I will actually have to run a bit to get that tally to 25!

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Steph said…
These are totally awesome! They have Kathleen written all over them!
July 27, 2009 at 9:57 PM
TessyTris said…
Curious to see what you think of Newtons. I started wearing some in May and result was major back problems....

I have custom orthotics and didn't wear them with the Newtons.....won't do that again!
July 29, 2009 at 4:45 PM
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