Asics Hyper Speed 3 'Sunrise Red Black'
Colorway: Sunrise Red/Black · Style code: 1011B701-600 · Release date: November 29, 2023 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Hyper Speed 3 'Black White' (1011B701-001) · Asics Hyper Speed 3 'White Black Red' (1011B701-100) · Asics Hyper Speed 3 'White Sunrise Red' (1011B701-101) · Asics Hyper Speed 3 'Illusion Blue Glow Yellow' (1011B701-400) · Asics Hyper Speed 3 'Blue Expanse Illuminate Green' (1011B701-401)
The Hyper Speed exists because not every fast shoe needs to be a carbon shoe. Where most of ASICS's speed range is built around plates and tall foam stacks, the third version of this model is deliberately conventional: a thin FlyteFoam midsole, a 7mm drop, and a stack low enough that the runner feels the ground. It weighs about 6.8 ounces in a men's nine.
The absence of a plate is a design decision rather than an omission. A racing flat asks the foot and calf to do the work a plate would otherwise do, which is why this shoe suits track intervals and shorter road races and why reviewers warn against taking it to a marathon; there is not enough material between the runner and the road to protect the legs over that distance.
The upper is recycled engineered mesh in two layers, and AHAR rubber covers most of the forefoot and both sides of the sole. This pair runs red over black.