Asics Gel Kayano 26 Platinum 'Piedmont Grey Silver'
Colorway: Piedmont Grey/Silver · Style code: 1011A761-020 · Release date: January 15, 2025 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Gel Kayano 26 'Lucky' (1011A772-600) · Asics Gel Kayano 26 'Black' (1011A541-004) · Asics Gel Kayano 26 'Black' (1011A541-002) · ASICS Gel Kayano 26 'Retro Tokyo' (1011A771-100) · Asics Gel Kayano 26 Extra Wide 'Electric Blue' (1011A536003)
Platinum is not a colourway, it is a tier. ASICS periodically reissues its flagship running models in an upgraded build sold alongside the standard version, usually with a reworked upper, a metallic finish on the branding and a modest price bump. The Kayano has taken that treatment more often than anything else in the catalogue, which fits its role: since 1993 it has been the brand's most structured, most expensive stability shoe, the one the rest of the support range is measured against. Underneath, the platform is the standard shoe's. Dynamic Duomax along the inner side, a Trusstic bridge under the arch, GEL front and rear, and a firm heel counter all carry over unchanged, so the difference a buyer is paying for sits above the midsole rather than in it. Piedmont grey with silver is the quietest way to wear a shoe whose whole premise is that it is the upgraded one.