Asics Wmns Gel Jadeite 'Sun Coral'
Colorway: Sun Coral/White · Style code: 1012B233-700 · Release date: September 8, 2021 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Wmns Gel Jadeite 'Black Rose Gold' (1012B233-001) · Asics Wmns Gel Jadeite 'Black Pure Silver' (1012B233-003)
The GEL-Jadeite belongs to the older school of stability running shoes, the ones that correct rather than guide. Its medial side carries DUOMAX, a firmer density of foam built into the midsole to resist the foot rolling inward. Around it sit FlyteFoam for weight and GEL for impact absorption, under an engineered mesh upper.
That approach has since gone out of fashion at ASICS itself. The GEL-Kayano, the brand's long-running support shoe, dropped its DuoMax post at the thirtieth version in favour of a 4D Guidance System that works through platform width, sidewall height and midsole geometry. The GEL-Kayano Lite had already made the same argument earlier, using shape instead of a post.
Against those, the Jadeite is the straightforward version: a medium-weight daily trainer with a firmer wedge on the inside edge, doing stability the way the category did it for thirty years.