Asics Tarther RP 3 'Blue Coast Black'
Colorway: Blue Coast/Black · Style code: 1011B465-401 · Release date: June 2024 · Price: $1026 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: ASICS Tarther RP 3 'Black Blue' (1011B465-001) · ASICS Tarther RP 3 'White Diva Pink' (1011B465-100) · ASICS Tarther RP 3 'Deep Ocean' (1011B465-400) · ASICS Tarther RP 3 'Illuminate Mint' (1011B465-403) · ASICS Tarther RP 3 'Illusion Blue' (1011B465-404)
Running shoes are usually replaced annually whether or not anything needs changing. Racing models are the exception: they sell in far smaller numbers, cost more to develop, and are bought by people who care about the specific platform rather than the newest number, so brands leave them in the range for years. This one had a long run, still receiving new colourways well after the launch season and at a higher list price than it started with, the kind of quiet mid-life increase that only happens to a shoe the brand has no plans to replace. The platform is the third Tarther RP, a Japanese racing lineage on modern foam, keeping the low, grippy proportions of a flat while softening the landing. Blue coast over black is about as plain as the line's colour options get.