The Newton Army

Newton offers a special discount to the Army Triathlon Club. We’ve received several great testimonials from their team this week.

Hello,

I recently purchased a pair of running shoes from Newton through my Army Tri Club and wanted to pass along how much I enjoy running in them. I’ve tried just about every running shoe out there and didn’t see much difference between the types until I tried Newton. I recently competed in an Ironman Triathlon (Vineman 3rd place AG, 2008) and even after 140.6 miles my feet were still in good shape. Just wanted to pass along my thanks, and to let you know I’ve found my shoe.

Best Regards,

Ken Durham
1SG, USA
Retired

Hello,

I’m a longtime triathlete and marathon runner, 52 years old. The past couple of years I’ve been coaching a marathon clinic and espousing the Evolution Method of running by Ken Mierke, which, as I’m sure you know, advocates forefoot running.

At the beginning of this year’s race season I bought a pair of Newtons (racing) through the Army Triathlon Club. The first couple of runs felt somewhat weird but the shoes were light and my feet felt fine. Well, after I became used to the shoes, it became clear to me that they drastically improved my running speed. I will never go back to another shoe (and I was formerly a big fan of Mizunos!). My races this season have continually amazed me with the fast times — as fast or as faster as I’ve ever run in the past 10 years, despite not putting in a lot of running mileage. The shoes just somehow make me keep up a good forefoot technique and my running efficiency must have improved at least 10%. I ran a 1:37 half-marathon run leg at the end of the very hilly bike leg at the 70.3 Monaco triathlon, an absolutely blistering time in my age group, and I probably could have run faster given how good I felt at the end! My wife can’t believe my times, and now she has broken down and wants to try them!

I’ll continue to spread the word about these tremendous shoes. Keep up the good work!

Sincerely, Marty Smith
Level I USAT Triathlon Coach

Hello Newotn,
I am a member of the Army Triathlon Club. I just want to thank you for sponsoring our club. I’m completely in love with the Newton line of shoes. Not only do I feel faster and lighter, I actually have much-improved results to go along with it. Last Sunday, I ran in my Newtons during the Nation’s Triathlon and had numerous comments from other spectators and competitors about how cool they looked.

I bought my first pair of Newtons earlier this year at the Oceanside 70.3 Ironman because Craig Alexander and Michellie Jones were there and raved about them. On a side note, my wife thinks Craig looks great in the Newtons as well, but I’ll have deal with that issue separately.

Thanks again. The shoes are great.
Doug Hartman