Max stack, no plate
Asics Superblast 3
The cult long-run shoe, ten grams lighter with a full layer of FF Leap on top. A huge amount of foam that somehow still lets you run fast.
The numbers
- Category
- Super trainer
- Stack height
- 46.5 / 38.5mm
- Drop
- 8mm
- Weight
- 239g
- Plate
- None
- Midsole
- FF Leap over FF Blast+
- Surface
- Road
- Best for
- Long runs and workouts in the same shoe
- Price
- R4 700 approx. SA retail, $200 US
The shoe
Asics added 1.5mm of foam and took 10g out. The midsole now runs a full layer of FF Leap, the A-TPU superfoam, over an FF Blast+ carrier, which is how a shoe standing 46.5/38.5mm tall still comes in at 239g. No plate, an 8mm drop, and AsicsGrip in the forefoot.
Slow Miles review
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We only give a shoe a verdict once we have run in it ourselves. The numbers above are the facts. The opinion lands when the miles are done.
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