ASICS Wmns Gel DS Trainer 26 "Blazing Coral"

Colorway: Blazing Coral/Black · Style code: 1012B090-701 · Release date: June 19, 2021 · Lowest resale ask: $89 · Availability: Available now

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About the ASICS Wmns Gel DS Trainer 26 "Blazing Coral"

The DS Trainer more or less created the light-support category. ASICS launched it in 1995 as a lighter, faster take on the stability shoe (half trainer, half racer), and the format has survived three decades largely because nothing else quite replaced it. The twenty-sixth version is a refinement rather than a rework: the knit upper was made thinner and more breathable, a few grams came off, and a slimmer heel counter nudged the shoe fractionally toward neutral within the light-stability bracket it occupies. The FlyteFoam midsole stayed, which is what keeps it usable for tempo work, intervals and races across most distances. Reviewers tend to frame it the same way, a shoe for runners who can handle less underfoot and want one pair covering workouts and racing. Blazing coral over black is race-day dressing on a shoe that spends most of its life doing the training instead.

Written with AI from brand specs; facts checked against our catalog data on Sep 18, 2026.