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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Newton Partners With One World Running
Members of Denver’s Abraham Lincoln High School cross country team spent a morning volunteering for One World Running, a Boulder non-profit that sends shoes to needy children and young adults in Africa and Central America. Coach Oscar Ponce (far right) … Continue reading
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Alex Johnson Wins Ironman Entry
Here’s a note from our first Ironman entry winner Alex. We’ve got another entry to give away this summer-stay tuned for the next contest! “Many thanks to Newton for the IM slot! In 2008, I was injured all year and … Continue reading
Newton Lifer
Consider this email nothing more than unsolicited and unabashed support of your product. First, some background: I moved from the Midwest to Denver during the summer of 2008. Upon my arrival in Denver I was simultaneously surprised at people’s activity … Continue reading
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I am Ironman
Robert Downey Jr. on the set of Ironman 2, wearing Newton Gravity trainers. There are so many options for a great caption here…. Best caption posted in the comments gets a free Newton Race Hat. View the whole set of … Continue reading
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Monday race hangover…hurts so good.
Wow. It was a busy weekend for Team Newton. Things started off bright and early with the first-ever Newton Sunshine Hill Climb in Boulder on Saturday. Eighty hearty runners showed up to test themselves on the 5.8 mile course that … Continue reading
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Race for Literacy
Newton Running is proud to have sponsored the 2009 Union Tribune Race for Literacy weekend in San Diego on May 2-3. All proceeds from the weekend will go to the San Diego Council on Literacy, an organization that in the … Continue reading
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Just Another Day at the Newton Office
Here at Newton Running, we like to perform rigorous product testing. Last week, we were testing the stickiness of the rubber on our shoe outsoles. (Ok, not really. We had a team building day at the office that ended with … Continue reading
Running Smart
We just got this message in our inbox: “In mid-April, the MIT Triathlon club sent eight athletes to the USA Triathlon Collegiate Nationals, held in Lubbock, Texas. Facing competition from the best Triathlon clubs in the nation, MIT competed hard … Continue reading
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Land-Lever-Lift Technique
Good form is the key to efficient running and preventing injuries By Danny Abshire, co-founder, Newton Running I’ve been coaching efficient running and injury prevention through optimal running form, foot support and footwear for years. It would be naïve to … Continue reading
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Popular Mechanics: How Barefoot Runners Shape the Shoe Industry
The Popular Mechanics website recently featured an interesting, if somewhat controversial, story about barefoot running and the shoe industry. The background and science referenced in the article support the entire premise upon which Newton Running is based. Namely, humans evolved … Continue reading
