The UPS Man Rings Once

… at my house. No second ring needed, no sireee, certainly  not. Today, that sweet thing dropped a box on my front porch that contained these: 

 

Now wait just a second, you may be thinking, who are those for?  You, little Ms. EatRantRun, are on a no running streak, non? Whose shoes are those? What exactly is going on?

First, everything seems better when you have new shoes. Especially new running shoes. Before you've run in them, the honeymoon is in full swing.

Now let’s look at the handy little Newton Laws of Running Better that came with these beauties:

I have been a dedicated yogini, and I have been doing my stretches and I have been swimming, all with consistency and enthusiasm.  But seriously.

 I have this little, tiny, gaping hole in my soul that cries out for a little, tiny, bit of running.

So, let's focus on number 5 of Newton's laws: 

See that ? One mile, people. It may as well say one measly mile. I plan to continue my yoga/swim/repeat routine and add in one measly mile (OMM) three times a week. I plan on walking/running this OMM, whilst I focus on Good Form. 

I am convinced it will strengthen my ankles, soothe my soul, and give me hope for a better tomorrow. All that from one pair of shoes. Nice. Speaking of which, let's gaze at those bad boys on: 

SEXAY.

Why Newton's? I know many dedicated barfoot runners who swear by their Vibrams (Hi, Loren!). I don't try Vibrams because whenever I go barefoot for a day or run a little bit barefoot I have painful, throbbing, knees hours later. I have sat for over an hour with an ice pack on each knee to no avail, until I finally succumbed to the sweet relief of Vitamin A (A is for Advil, B is for Bitchy, which is how I feel when my knees are throbbing. C is for just Can't do it).

I can't pay money for something that I know causes me that much pain. It's not a pain I'm going to grow accustomed to, and yes, for goodness sake I tried running barefoot, on turf, on a regular basis, for a short distance. The result? ABC.

The Newton's offer some cushion and I think they are a good option for me. Allegedly, they'll help me transition to a midfoot strike with their Land-Lever-Lift philosophy. Here's how it supposed to work:

NOT as sexay as my shoes. My shoes were unavailable for the photoshoot.

I will be keeping you updated on how these work in Real Life. 

In the spirit of keeping it real, let's give a shout out to the real Sir Issac Newton, maker of laws and those awesome fig cookies, a true Renaissance Man.

I like his naturally curly hair.

Newtons First Law of Motion (also known as the law of inertia). Yes, he made a law outta laying around on the couch all day.) :

I. Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it.

Newtons Second Law of Motion (also known as the law of complicated math. Too bad you didn't pay attention in high school, then this might mean something):

II. The relationship between an object's mass m, its acceleration a, and the applied force F is F = ma. Acceleration and force are vectors (as indicated by their symbols being displayed in slant bold font); in this law the direction of the force vector is the same as the direction of the acceleration vector. 


Newtons Third Law of Motion (also known as the law we all know. What it means is that if you step off a boat and onto to a dock, you go forward; the boat goes backward).:


III. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. 

Sweet blog post today, eh? A little bit of running, a little bit of science and whole lotta pictures. 


Tell me, have given the minimalist fad, I mean trend, a try? Did you go all the way? Barefoot, I mean. Or did you try shoes? What were your experiences? How do you feel about Fig Newtons? I love them.