Transferring onto the midsole, Asics has unveiled its latest Flytefoam, of which there appear to be limitless variations at this level: Blast, Blast+, Blast Max, Turbo, Turbo+, Turbo Squared, Leap, and so forth. As talked about within the intro, the Megablast makes use of Turbo Squared, an ATPU that’s each bouncy and resilient. A number of manufacturers are transitioning from PEBA to ATPU and I’ll straight up let you know– I’m all-in on it. It’s been nice within the Puma Quick-R 3. It’s been pretty within the Tracksmith Eliot Racer. These sneakers are each $300 and it’s simply as improbable within the Megablast, even when it’s stripped of all the opposite carbon-covered bells and whistles.
I liked the Superblast in each its varieties, however I all the time felt it required just a bit an excessive amount of work to maintain it going, particularly at quicker paces. It was light-weight and cozy for any distance, but it surely didn’t fairly have that bounce to make issues easy. The Megablast has that bounce, plus some. I wore it for a gradual, straightforward day run and it felt nice. I wore it for a future with some quicker closing miles and it felt nice. With a forty five mm stack top, it’s loads of cushion, however at solely 8 ounces, it’s race-day gentle. The extra pronounced rocker isn’t tremendous apparent, however the transition appears smoother on this shoe than within the Superblast. After I completed my future, I felt like I might do one other 10 miles within the shoe, straightforward.
In truth, I feel that’s the place this shoe has an actual probability to fill a sure area of interest– people who desire a non-plated race day shoe that may maintain quicker paces, present stable consolation, and as a bonus– present dependable stability. Sure, for a excessive stack shoe, it’s surprisingly secure. The large platform helps, for certain, but it surely’s the ATPU composition that seals the deal. The ATPU provides it a barely firmer really feel to the contact with much less foam compression, offering a extra secure feeling all through. This additionally provides to the sturdiness, which means you may actually have a shoe that does every part, from straightforward runs to race day.
