Interestingly, I often get physio’s and health proffesional’s telling me they don’t like newton’s.  I had a crisis of confidence with them a few months back and bought the kinvera.  Interestingly, they are actually a very bad shoe for me.  The wide forefoot where it splays out hits the ground too early and causes an increased pronation which is in no way controloled by the minimal upper.  Having been analysed on a treadmill using them, a prodiatrist who is not a newton fan actually advised me to go back to using the Newton’s!  I did and I am very happy.  I find there is some advantage having the lugs quite narrow (foot width rather than shoe width) so it will be interesting to see how the mv2 compares with the lugs all the way to the edge.  Of course cornering isn’t great in the gravity so that should be improved! 

what is it about their shoes that makes them more durable?  The fact that you are midfoot/forefoot striking (and thus not wearing down the midsole foam in the heel as fast)?  I’m not sure I buy that argument.  Word is that the forefoot lugs wear down significantly after not too many miles.  But maybe their argument is based on higher quality materials vs. traditional racing flats.  I could buy two pair of racing flats for the price of the newtons, and have change left over.

Btw. always wondered how the lugs would affect ones form. Would it be possible to get a slow-mo of a foot-strike in these at some point?

What sort of mileage did you get out of your Newton’s?  I used to chnage ‘normal’ ruuning shoes every 300-350 miles at which point the forefoot cushioning was completely dead (although the heel cushioning fine!).  Yet I have 350 miles in a pair of gravity’s and they have plenty of life left in them.  I expect to get 500 at least and then the price difference to a standard shoe isn’t so great

Andy – the MT101’s were on my feet the majority of the time I was at the Newton conference :)

I actually like the firmer lugs on this shoe, but I agree that the toe box shape is off in this iteration. With a bit of work on the last shape this shoe has potential.
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Stick with what works!

Pete

If people can run marathons in racing flats, I see no reason why a properly adapted person couldn’t run one in these. Personally, I wouldn’t do it as I find that about a 4mm lift is helpful to combat calf fatigue since I don’t run 100% zero drop.