Asics Wmns Gel Nimbus 23 'White Pure Silver'
Colorway: White/Pure Silver · Style code: 1012A885-100 · Price: $233 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Wmns Gel Nimbus 23 'Black White' (1012A885-001) · Asics Wmns Gel Nimbus 23 'Black' (1012A885-002) · Asics Wmns Gel Nimbus 23 'Black Carrier Grey' (1012A885-003) · Asics Wmns Gel Nimbus 23 'Black Pure Silver' (1012A885-004) · Asics Wmns Gel Nimbus 23 'Smoke Blue' (1012A885-400)
ASICS added the GEL-Nimbus to its line in 1999 as the neutral counterpart to the GEL-Kayano: the same premium tier, the same emphasis on cushioning, but without the medial support structure that defines a stability shoe. Two and a half decades on, that division still holds, and the Nimbus remains the shoe the brand points recreational runners toward for long efforts and recovery miles.
The twenty-third edition is the last of the pre-Blast generation. Its midsole runs on FlyteFoam, the lightweight foam ASICS introduced in 2016, with GEL in the heel for impact; the following year the line switched to FlyteFoam Blast Plus, a lighter and springier compound, and shed weight in the process. The 23 is the softer, more traditionally plush reading of the model.
The colourway is about as restrained as the line gets: white engineered mesh with pure silver on the logo, eyestay and heel, and a white midsole, so the shoe passes as easily off a run as on one.