Asics Wmns Gel Nimbus Lite Show 'Mint'
Colorway: Lite Show/Mint · Style code: 1012B203-400 · Release date: April 6, 2022 · Price: $239 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Wmns Gel Nimbus 21 'Mid Grey' (1012A156021) · Asics Wmns Gel Nimbus 20 'Tokyo Marathon' (T8B6N9090) · Asics Wmns Gel Nimbus 21 'Classic Red' (1012A235001) · ASICS Wmns Gel Nimbus 26 'Paris' (1012B743-750) · Asics Wmns Gel Nimbus 23 'Tokyo' (1012B140-600)
Lite-Show is a collection, not a colour. ASICS runs it as a recurring seasonal release built around reflectivity (panels positioned on the lateral side and heel of the shoe, backed by apparel with matching reflective detailing), aimed squarely at runners whose only available training window is before sunrise or after dark. It is one of the few pieces of running kit whose entire justification is being seen by a driver. Putting it on the Nimbus makes sense: this is the brand's cushioned long-distance model, dating to 1999, and long runs are exactly the sessions that spill into low light at one end or the other. A mint upper is an unusual base for it, softer than the blacks and fluorescents the collection normally uses, and it leaves the reflective sections to do their work only when headlights find them.