The Running Front

Over 1,000 athletes showed up Saturday, September 17th, 2011 for the Hy-Vee Ironkids National Championships in West Des Moines, IA.  A cold front turned the triathlon championships into a duathlon. The traditional 300 yard swim portion of the triathlon was substituted with a 1200 meter run in the senior division. Winter Vinecki, age 12, (racing  […]

This coming Sunday, September 11 is the first time that the Ironman 70.3 World Championships heads to Las Vegas. For the first time since 2007 2-time Ironman World Champ and Newton athlete Craig Alexander will be toeing the line. We had a chance to have a quick chat with Craig to check in before the […]

Newton Running shoes were spotted all over the place last week on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. As runners descended on Waikiki for the Dec. 13 Honolulu Marathon, dozens of runners were seen sporting Newton Running racers and trainers, both in pre-race shag runs and during the race. And a week prior to the marathon, […]

There are a lot of crazy ultra-events out there, but this one might take the cake. The DECA Ironman is a race to finish 10 Ironman-distance triathlons in 10 days and  the fastest cumulative time wins. Let us break it out for you what the DECA Ironman actually entails, 24 miles of swimming 1,120 miles of […]

Proving once again that he can run down anyone, Crowie smoked the field in the marathon to win the 2009 Ford Ironman World Championships with a time of 8:20:21. Crowie came out of T2 in 10th place and more than 12 minutes behind the leader Chris Lieto. Digging deep and throwing down at 2:48 marathon, […]

This is a little belated, but Newton Running would like to extend a hearty congratulations to Winter Vineki, who finished in fourth place in the 10-year-old age group at last weekend’s IronKids National Championships in Tucson.  She qualified for Nationals by taking 1st place at Ironkids Carmel, IN, this summer as well as taking 2nd […]