Asics Gel Kayano 28 2E Wide 'Black'
Colorway: Black/Graphite Grey · Style code: 1011B188-001 · Release date: July 16, 2021 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Gel Kayano 28 2E Wide 'Black Electric Red' (1011B188-002) · Asics Gel Kayano 28 2E Wide 'Black White' (1011B188-003) · 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)
Few running shoes survive long enough to reach a twenty-eighth version, and fewer still keep the same job description throughout. The Kayano arrived in 1993 as the top of the ASICS support range and has never moved from that slot, absorbing every midsole material the brand developed along the way while the brief stayed fixed: cushion a long run, and stop the foot rolling inward as the miles wear form down. That longevity is why the line is sold on several lasts rather than one. This is the 2E build, wider through the forefoot than standard, aimed at feet the regular version squeezes rather than at anyone chasing a look. All black is the least demonstrative finish ASICS offers on the model, and on a shoe this structured it makes the amount of engineering underfoot easy to miss entirely.