Out of all the shoes in the world, I’m kind of curious how you managed to narrow your shoe choice down to these two in particular.
The Cumulus is pretty much the stereotype benchmark of the high heel heavily built up trainer, beloved the world over by heel strikers. The Newton Distance was one of the original low heel drop shoes based on a “natural” running style with a mid/forefoot landing. If I’m not mistaken Newtons were around before Born to Run even started this whole revolution.
I mean honestly, I don’t think you could have picked two shoes from more different ends of the spectrum. Hell, you even went with the Newton Distance racer rather than the Newton Gravity trainer. I’ve owned both of these shoes, and one set I can’t live without and the other I gave to a co-worker in exchange for a 6-pack (he hasn’t paid up yet, but I still don’t think I got a bad deal). I would almost have to think you’re looking rile up both sides of the fence on this one.
If you really are looking for some decent shoe advice then you’re going to need to provide a little more info such as running background, history, shoe history, current shoe, running style, desired running style.