Asics Noosa Tri 14 'Tropical - Black White'
Colorway: Black/White · Style code: 1011B368-002 · Release date: November 28, 2022 · Price: $1026 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Noosa Tri 14 'Tropical - Black Pure Silver' (1011B368-001) · Asics Noosa Tri 14 'Tropical - Hazard Green' (1011B368-300) · ASICS Noosa Tri 14 'Tropical - Island Blue' (1011B368-401) · Asics Noosa Tri 14 'Tropical - Safety Yellow' (1011B368-750) · ASICS Noosa Tri 14 'Tropical - Cherry Tomato' (1011B368-800)
The Noosa Triathlon has been run in Noosa, Queensland since 1983 and has grown into a multi-day festival around a standard-distance race. ASICS named a shoe after it, and the line has kept to the event brief ever since: everything about a triathlon running shoe is shaped by the fact that the athlete arrives at it wet, in a hurry and without socks.
That explains the details. Quick-tie elastic laces remove the need to tie anything in transition, the tongue is fully gusseted so it cannot fold under a foot jammed in at speed, and the upper is built to be worn against bare skin for the length of a 10K without shredding it. Testers have run double-digit mileage in them sockless.
The fourteenth version is firm-riding and rockered, with a slightly softened FlyteFoam midsole and traction that only really works on dry pavement. This black pair is dated to late November 2022, at a hundred and thirty dollars.