Asics Wmns GT 2000 11 TR 'Nature Bathing - Papaya'
Colorway: Nature Bathing/Papaya · Style code: 1012B389-700 · Release date: January 3, 2023 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: ASICS Wmns GT 2000 14 GTX 'Black Vanilla' (1012B844-001) · Asics Wmns GT 2000 7 'Baked Pink' (1012A147700) · Asics Wmns GT 2000 10 GTX 'Carrier Grey Red' (1012B103-025) · ASICS Wmns GT-2000 14 GTX 'Black Misty Pine' (1012B844-002) · Asics Wmns GT 2000 7 'Black' (1012A147-003)
The TR suffix marks the road-to-trail members of the Nature Bathing pack, which ASICS builds on a flexible rubber outsole meant to work on pavement and light trail without committing to either. The collection takes its name from shinrin-yoku, the Japanese idea of restorative time spent among trees, and dresses familiar running models in colours drawn from outdoor settings, with two-tone lacing, heel taping and sockliners carrying the kanji for tree and forest. Underneath sits the eleventh GT-2000, a moderate stability trainer running full-length FF Blast with LiteTruss guidance (support that works at mid-stance rather than propping the arch) in a shoe testers kept under ten ounces despite added stack. Papaya is the pack's warm accent, and on a support trainer it reads as far less clinical than the category normally manages.