Asics Novablast 2 'Black Glow Yellow'
Colorway: Black/Glow Yellow · Style code: 1011B192-002 · Release date: June 6, 2022 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Novablast 2 'Black Pure Silver' (1011B192-001) · Asics Novablast 2 'Metropolis Clear Blue' (1011B192-020) · Asics Novablast 2 'White Black' (1011B192-100) · Asics Novablast 2 'Birch Black' (1011B192-200) · Asics Novablast 2 'Clear Blue' (1011B192-400)
The Novablast arrived in February 2020 as an odd shoe for ASICS, a brand known for gel units and posted stability launching a daily trainer whose entire argument was bounce. The midsole took its shape from a trampoline: a scooped, concave platform that flexes under the foot and pushes back. ASICS filled it with FlyteFoam Blast instead of its usual GEL inserts, and finished it with AHARPLUS outsole rubber the company rates at roughly three times the abrasion resistance of its standard compound.
The second generation refined rather than reinvented. It kept the trampoline geometry and the full-length foam, tightened the upper and stayed in the same price band. What it did not do is turn into a race shoe. The Novablast remains a cushioned everyday trainer that happens to feel lively, which is exactly how ASICS pitched the original at runners who wanted the miles to be fun as well as efficient.
Black with Glow Yellow is the loudest that restraint gets: one high-visibility accent on an otherwise blacked-out shoe.