Asics Gel Pulse 13 'Black White'
Colorway: Black/White · Style code: 1011B175-002 · Release date: September 12, 2021 · Price: $77 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: ASICS Gel Pulse 13 'Black Shocking Orange' (1011B175-005) · Asics Gel Pulse 13 'White Bright Lime' (1011B175-100) · ASICS Gel Pulse 13 'White Lake Drive' (1011B175-101) · Asics Gel Pulse 13 'Thunder Blue Glow Yellow' (1011B175-401) · ASICS Wmns Gel Pulse 13 'Black White' (1012B035-001)
The Pulse occupies the part of the ASICS road range that rarely gets written about: a ninety dollar neutral trainer sold in volume through general sports retailers rather than specialty running shops. It uses AmpliFoam in the midsole with a GEL unit at the heel, not the FlyteFoam compounds reserved for the models above it.
That places it firmly at easy paces. Reviewers put it at its best above roughly five and a half minutes per kilometre, with a plush, slightly heavy ride and a toe box wider than average, which suits beginners and works against runners with narrow feet. The thirteenth version kept a ten millimetre drop and made no structural departure from the twelfth.
Black with white is the plainest way it was sold, and probably the most common. The shoe is dated to September 2021, aligning with the autumn refresh ASICS ran across several entry-level models that year.