Two-minute review
The magic speed is a neutral running shoe that says ASICS, it is done for the races and to go to training races. Unlike the sky and the edge of ASICS Metaspeed, the speed is a more affordable option that takes some of the characteristics of those more expensive performance shoes and still gives you that quick and fast feeling.
ASICS uses its foam from half of half the FF to offer a sensitive and light cushioning, with a half-length carbon fiber plate and a curved guidesol rocker design to offer that feeling of forward propulsion without feeling taxes On the legs.
The upper mesh designed has a ventilated design to keep things breathable, with flat cords, a thin tongue and a minimum heeled necklace that maintains the total weight of the shoe. Underferms, the outer sole is made of two types of rubber to make sure it is durable and is designed to excel both wet and dry roads.
It is a shoe that feels better to the fastest steps, and while the damping is a bit on the firm side, it is very well receptive and still feels like a controlled and stable shoe to run as well.
Combine that with a clear and thin upper that offers a closed adjustment down, and it is a good price shoe that is well maintained against other rapid daily trainers such as Seponia Endorphin Speed 2 and Puma Nitro speed.
Review the sample provided by SportShoes.
Date of launch and price
The ASICS MagicSpeed began at 2021 million March and costs £ 145 / $ 150 / AU $ 250 from ASICS.
Design
The magic speed sees ASICS Continue His love with a red and white color of dawn that began in the malariacer, and we have zero complaints about it for speed. This is another excellent view that feels done for careers.
Apart from its striking appearance and curved silhouette, it is also a pleasantly light shoe, which weighs in 187g for women’s shoe and around 230 g for men’s choice. It is not as light as the metaspeed sky, but it is around the same weight as the shoes of a similar price, such as Saucaony endorphin 2 speed, 2.
A lot of that is reduced to the upper part of the mesh, which is thin and perforated to keep things ventilated and breathable. There are flat cords to get a good closed fit, and there is very little to the tongue, which after a little girl playing around her feels comfortably against the top of the foot. ASICS has also been minimized on the heel’s neck, but look inside the shoe and you will see that there is a little filling to prevent that thin neck from rubbing towards the back of the heel.
The adjustment is definitely wandered on the narrow side, so some with wider feet can be adjusted. Our United Kingdom size 8 was fine with our narrow feet, with enough space in the box box, but it is undeniably shoe with which you want to explore the options of its size.
Specifications: It has a drop of 5 mm as the Metaspeed sky, with a slightly higher battery height of 29 mm at the height of the front pile and 34 mm on the heel. The explosion cushioning of Flytefoam based on EVA from ASICS is planted in the midsole, maintaining the weight of the shoe, but it is also assured that it is durable. This is a shoe built to withstand the regular pounding.
There is a carbon plate here too, but it is not a full length. Instead, it covers the curved anterteing to give you the feeling of future propulsion that carbon can help to comply.
In the appeal, ASICS is using a combination of rubbers to offer a strong abrasion resistance to make sure it does not wear rapidly and that it offers a lot on the path of traction. It does not completely cover the outer sole, with a foam exposed in the heel, but the grooved design in the antefé follows the single curved design to be an agile shoe when it is twisting and moved routes and more complicated courses.
Performance
The magic speed runs very differently from the Metaspeed sky, but that is not a big surprise when that shoe is a really arrested answer to the vaporly and Alphafly Nike shoes. There are also some notable differences at the top, cushioning and distances in which they seem to excel.
n a 10K race, the general feeling was that when you want to run fast in this shoe, you are rewarded. The foam of the average half of the ASICs’ Flytefoam Blast feels firmer than the foam of the explosion of Flytefoam Blast that is used in the metaspeed sky and the foams used in rival shoes as the speed of endorphin of Saucania 2. Although it responds to speed, and that the carbon plate half length and the guideline. Rocker means it offers. A remarkable forward thrust without being aggressive.
t was a similar story for tempo and interval route sessions. When you raise the rhythm, this shoe feels fast and pleasant to run, but it never gives you that it feels unstable, as you can get full and stacked carbon plate shoes.
In longer training races, it is a generally comfortable shoe, and one that can be pressed to those larger periods. However, when you fall the speed, or even walk, simply do not feel well fit for those slow and easy steps.
While that upper part is pleasantly light, comfortable and is minimal with the neck of the heel, the padding strategically placed inside means that it is stable as well. The rubber sole offers a satisfactory grip on dry and wet roads, and feels more durable than the Metaspeed sky.
When we ventured off the road, the feeling of the feet was not great, so it is one so that they definitely adhere to the road and the runway running if you want the distance in the front of durability.
If you compare the magic speed at what else can enter around this price, you are looking at the tastes of the Speed Endorphin Speed 2, the Hoka One One One Carbon X2 or even the cheapest Nitro Puma speed.
Speed 2 and nitro speed definitely feel more versatile in terms of working in a range of steps, while x2 has a more spacious upper and upper cushioning. However, the magic speed is in good company, and in general it is a shoe that has been pleasant to run quickly.
