Hello:
I have made several posts about my Newton Racers (the $155 version) and only had good things to say about them. Tonight I did a open water swim and run brick. I ran 4 miles in my Newtons with out socks to see if I could do this in a Tri to save time by not putting on socks. Bad move, I got about three miles and I felt some chafing going on with the outside of my right foot. By the end (4 miles) I had a small amount of blood coming out of two abraded aeras and they hurt enough that I don’t want to do this again. I am doing an Oly with them this Saturday and will take the time to put on socks. Tim
That sucks… I’ve done some bike - run bricks with the Newtons sockless and haven’t had any issues… but that was only 3 or 4 mile run. My long runs have all been “socked”.