The Newton distance is a good track interval shoe. It mimics the foot position of spikes, but it provides more protection for the foot. I don't care for their other shoes.
Seems like they both have banked on a gimmick to set themselves apart from other brands. Hard to believe Newton is still in business.
Tried Newton running shoes years ago, but they hurt my feet and never bought another pair.
Doubt I’ll ever try ON running shoes unless LRC sends me a free pair for winning the post of week.
I have run in both. In fact, I ran for over ten years in Newtons, and liked them a lot. I did find that my metatarsals would be sore if I ran more that 10-12 miles in a session, so I used them for runs shorter than that.
I liked certain things about On Cloudflows, but the midsole was too firm and there was no pop.
The last couple of years I have worn neither, but I'd still be willing to run in Newtons.
ON has the "I don't work out at all, but I want to look like I do" market going for them. This is usually comprised of (depending on where you live):
1. Wives who don't work and their social circles are also wives who don't work 2. Retired women 3. People who celebrity worship, see their favorite celeb wearing them and then have to wear them 4. The people who buy shoes solely on the "oh, those are pretty" thinking
ON has the "I don't work out at all, but I want to look like I do" market going for them. This is usually comprised of (depending on where you live):
1. Wives who don't work and their social circles are also wives who don't work 2. Retired women 3. People who celebrity worship, see their favorite celeb wearing them and then have to wear them 4. The people who buy shoes solely on the "oh, those are pretty" thinking
Which I guess isn't inherently wrong. It's really no different than the hordes of people wearing pegs or infinity reacts that will never run a step in their lives.
I definitely wrote ON off as a gimmick, but they've carved out a niche that they can exist in, they have a really solid group of pros, and their shoes are something I'm at least willing to try at some point in the future
I loved my Newtons and felt really fast in them. Until they gave me my only injury in 30 years of running.
Ultrarunner Harvey Lewis, a Badwater winner among other things, wears Newtons. He ran 354 miles in 85 hours in Newtons in Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra last fall. They must not be that deadly.
The ONs I have are for walking around, grocery store, dog walking, but I don't run in them. Besides the picking up every piece of gravel/stick/dirt thing, they are also slick as snot when it's damp. Wear them in the rain at your own risk.
Seems like they both have banked on a gimmick to set themselves apart from other brands. Hard to believe Newton is still in business.
Tried Newton running shoes years ago, but they hurt my feet and never bought another pair.
Doubt I’ll ever try ON running shoes unless LRC sends me a free pair for winning the post of week.
A well-intentioned On rep gave me a free pair a couple of years ago and my feet were killing me after 10 minutes of running in them. Maybe they've improved their product since then but I'm not going to circle back. And Newton shoes? Don't even get me started.
ON has the "I don't work out at all, but I want to look like I do" market going for them. This is usually comprised of (depending on where you live):
1. Wives who don't work and their social circles are also wives who don't work 2. Retired women 3. People who celebrity worship, see their favorite celeb wearing them and then have to wear them 4. The people who buy shoes solely on the "oh, those are pretty" thinking
This is just random BS generalization. ON shoes are indeed good looking and that is the only piece of truth in this post. The rest seems to be coming from a place of washed out far-from-even-sub-sub-elite aggressive hobbyjoggerdom with an elevated sense of bro’ness about their running.
Having tried Cloudflow for running (and other ON models for causal wear) as well as carbon and traditional shoes from Nike, Adidas, ASICS etc., the Cloudflow runs just fine like any other (non-carbon) running shoe, so whether you like Cloudflow is largely a matter of whether you like non-maximalist cushioning. They don’t feel hard to me at all, rather they are soft — as in they bend easily if you bend them in half — and have a modest heel drop. As for pebbles, I seem to catch one every 2-3 months if that and it takes a couple seconds to flick it off.
ON Monster has gotten only positive reviews. It looks like they might be finally making runnable shoes. I can't verify until I try myself.
From the couple reviews I watched, they are positive only to the extent that they say are not as bad as other ON shoes and you can still feel the hard polypropylene board under the insole that is the problem with all ON shoes.
I think ON’s biggest problem is the new foams out there make it’s Cloud technology a regressive midsole material
ON Running Shoes. The preferred choice for grandmothers everywhere when having to walk through long airport terminals to catch their flight to see their grandchildren in Topeka.
ON Running Shoes. The preferred choice for grandmothers everywhere when having to walk through long airport terminals to catch their flight to see their grandchildren in Topeka.
Go ahead and short them, but my guess is that they are doing well financially. Their bottom line doesn't care how old the buyers are.
By the way, I mostly see On shoes on people age mid-20s to mid-50s. I more often see grandmothers in Hokas. That isn't mean to disparage Hokas as a running shoe (I've never tried them), just observing that old people seem to like the cushioning in Hokas.
ON has the "I don't work out at all, but I want to look like I do" market going for them. This is usually comprised of (depending on where you live):
1. Wives who don't work and their social circles are also wives who don't work 2. Retired women 3. People who celebrity worship, see their favorite celeb wearing them and then have to wear them 4. The people who buy shoes solely on the "oh, those are pretty" thinking
Literally have no idea why this is getting thumbs down. This "Old Man" just hit you all with knowledge and you know it.