Asics Wmns Gel Kayano 30 'Cosmos Ash Rock'
Colorway: Cosmos/Ash Rock · Style code: 1012B357-702 · Release date: December 21, 2023 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: ASICS Wmns Gel Kayano 30 'Triple Black' (1012B357-001) · Asics Wmns Gel Kayano 30 'Black Sheet Rock' (1012B357-002) · Asics Wmns Gel Kayano 30 'Black Blue Glow Yellow' (1012B357-003) · Asics Wmns Gel Kayano 30 'Black Lilac Hint' (1012B357-004) · Asics Wmns Gel Kayano 30 'Black Thunder Blue' (1012B357-005)
Cosmos with ash rock puts a deep tone against a pale grey on the shoe that rebuilt the Kayano's two defining components at once. Version 30 retired the visible heel GEL for PureGEL, an internal insert under the centre of the heel that the brand rates as sixty-five per cent softer than what it replaced, and swapped LiteTruss for the 4D Guidance System, described as working across width, length, height and time with the foot's motion instead of bracing against it. That is a considerable distance from the firm medial post the model was built on in 1993. Reviewers largely agreed on the outcome: the most comfortable stability shoe the brand had produced, closer in feel to a cushioned daily trainer than to anything corrective, and a milestone version rather than a routine annual update.