Asics Gel Kayano 28 2E Wide 'Black White'
Colorway: Black/White · Style code: 1011B188-003 · Release date: June 2021 · Price: $2693 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Gel Kayano 28 2E Wide 'Black' (1011B188-001) · Asics Gel Kayano 28 2E Wide 'Black Electric Red' (1011B188-002) · Asics Gel Kayano 28 2E Wide 'Black Hazard Green' (1011B188-004) · Asics Gel Kayano 28 2E Wide 'Carrier Grey' (1011B188-021) · Asics Gel Kayano 28 2E Wide 'French Blue' (1011B188-400)
The twenty-eighth Kayano was the last of the old guard. It still used Dynamic DuoMax, the wedge of denser foam along the medial side that the series had leaned on for years to slow inward roll, and it paired that with FlyteFoam Blast in the midsole for a softer ride than the shoe had previously offered. A redesigned low-profile external heel counter replaced the taller structure of earlier versions, and a sockliner ASICS called 3D Space Construction, a lattice of flexible geometric shapes, sat under the foot.
That combination lasted a single generation. The twenty-ninth swapped DuoMax for LITETRUSS, a lighter and less intrusive way of managing pronation, and the thirtieth abandoned medial posting altogether in favour of sculpted sidewalls and the 4D Guidance System. Read backwards, the 28 is the clearest picture of what the line looked like before that rethink.
The 2E cut here widens the last through the forefoot and midfoot for runners the standard fit pinches, a width ASICS offers across most of its daily trainers. Black covers the mesh with white on the midsole and heel, and it went out in June 2021.