Asics Wmns Novablast 3 'Metropolis Violet Peach'
Colorway: Metropolis/Dusk Violet · Style code: 1012B288-020 · Release date: January 5, 2023 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Wmns Novablast 3 'Black Sheet Rock' (1012B288-001) · Asics Wmns Novablast 3 'Black Soft Sky' (1012B288-002) · Asics Wmns Novablast 3 'Black Dusty Purple' (1012B288-003) · Asics Wmns Novablast 3 'Piedmont Grey Blue Violet' (1012B288-021) · Asics Wmns Novablast 3 'White Dive Blue' (1012B288-100)
The Novablast arrived in early 2020 carrying a foam the brand had built the shoe to introduce, and an outsole geometry ASICS explained in trampoline terms. Two versions later the recipe had been tuned rather than replaced. The third generation moved to FF Blast Plus (softer, lighter and springier than the FF Blast in the 2), widened the platform to steady a shoe that had been criticised for wobble, and added a millimetre at heel and forefoot while keeping the eight-millimetre drop. Reviewers read it as a daily trainer first, soft and protective across easy and long miles rather than a shoe for sharpening. Metropolis with dusk violet is a grey-and-muted-purple pairing that plays down a silhouette with high sidewalls and a lot of visible foam, which is a fair description of what this model actually looks like.