The Running Front

Successful weekend for Team Newton: -Randy Sightler placed 2nd in the Bisbee 1000 stair climb in Arizona. For those of you not familiar with this event, it requires participants to use any combination of walking and running to traverse nine sets of steps and numerous back-roads at a mile-high altitude. He said after the race: […]

We would like to announce 3 more Natural Running Symposia—click on the images for full details. Tuesday, July 20th (TODAY!): Fleet Feet Sports in Gaithersburg, MD (255 Kentlands Blvd) 7-9 pm: Natural Running Presentation and Form Clinic, swag bags and raffle Saturday, July 24th: Charm City Run in Timonium, MD (2045 York Road) 8-11 am: […]

Here in Boulder we had a rainy weekend but still pulled off a successful Natural Running Symposium on Saturday evening...

In the past few days we’ve been inundated with calls and messages from friends, customers and fans asking, “Did you see NPR.org barefoot running story or BBC barefoot running story story about barefoot running?” The answer is yes, we’ve seen Dr. Lieberman’s studies at Harvard and it clearly validates what Newton Running is all about. […]

Barefoot running was one of the most talked about trends in the running industry last year. From the bestselling book Born To Run, to the explosive growth of the Vibram Five Fingers, runners everywhere seem to be talking about barefoot running. Well, the buzz about barefoot running is about to hit a fever pitch. As we’ve […]

Terms like barefoot running, forefoot running, midfoot running, chi running, minimalist running, etc. get bandied about so often these days that it’s difficult to define any of them and they’re all starting to lose any true meaning. Here at Newton, we think ‘natural running’ best describes what we’re all about. What do you think? (click image to […]