#255 Talking with ASICS about the New Sonicblast and Megablast!

#255 Talking with ASICS about the New Sonicblast and Megablast!

On this special episode, Nathan is joined by Paul Lang, ASICS's Senior Manager of Global Performance Footwear, to talk about two brand new models to their "Blast" line of shoes!. Coming September 1 are the Sonicblast, a brand new PEBAX-plated trainer, and the Megablast, both featuring their new FF Turbo Squared foam! These new additions join the team-favorite Novablast and Superblast models to round out the Blast family of shoes. Nathan and Paul discuss how ASICS plans, designs, and tests their shoes, the specific features of the two new shoes, what's next for ASICS in the upcoming months, and more.

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Chapters

  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 4:08 - ASICS's design & development philosophy
  • 12:43 - The new Sonicblast
  • 27:18 - The new Megablast
  • 34:33 - The composition & characteristics of FF Turbo Squared
  • 40:17 - What's on the horizon for ASICS
  • 44:02 - Wrap-up

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#224 Mailbag! The Best and Worst Shoe Characteristics for Knees? How Does Stability Impact Gait?

#224 Mailbag! The Best and Worst Shoe Characteristics for Knees? How Does Stability Impact Gait?

We love a mailbag episode, where we get to answer your questions! Nathan, Matt, and David field listener questions about everything from walking in carbon-plated shoes, the impact of different styles ...

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#223 Our Favorite Shoes of 2024, Part 2

#223 Our Favorite Shoes of 2024, Part 2

Here's part 2 of our favorite shoes of the year! If you missed the previous episode, we covered daily trainers, stability shoes, long run shoes, and trail shoes. Onto the fast stuff for part 2: workou...

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#222 Our Favorite Shoes of 2024, Part 1

#222 Our Favorite Shoes of 2024, Part 1

It's that time of year again, now that 2024 is coming to a close we'll wrap up the year with our favorite shoes. On this special two part episode, the entire four-person team (Nathan, Matt, David, And...

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#221 Buy or Sell: Are Vaporflys Not the Best Super Shoe Anymore? Are Stability Shoes the Best They’ve Ever Been? Do We Like that Shoes are Over 40mm?

#221 Buy or Sell: Are Vaporflys Not the Best Super Shoe Anymore? Are Stability Shoes the Best They’ve Ever Been? Do We Like that Shoes are Over 40mm?

Your favorite game show is back! Matt and David play Buy or Sell with a number of end-of-year topics. They talk about the hot new trend of trainers skyrocketing pass 40mm, discuss whether stability sh...

11 Joulu 202453min

#220 2025 Shoe Preview with Saucony, Brooks, and Puma!

#220 2025 Shoe Preview with Saucony, Brooks, and Puma!

On this very special episode, we're joined by some of our friends at Saucony, Brooks, and Puma to get a sneak peak at what's coming for them in 2025. We get to hear about the Saucony Endorphin Speed 5...

4 Joulu 20241h 24min

#219 The Science of Running Footwear Biomechanics 2.0: How Elite Athletes Fit In, Rethinking Shoe Categories

#219 The Science of Running Footwear Biomechanics 2.0: How Elite Athletes Fit In, Rethinking Shoe Categories

On this episode, Matt is joined by two special guests from Brooks, Jennifer Sumner and Evan Day, biomechanists and researchers on the Brooks' Run Research Team. They give a behind-the-scenes look at h...

27 Marras 20241h 7min

#218 How Would We Pick Our Running Shoes Today if We Weren't Doing Doctors of Running?

#218 How Would We Pick Our Running Shoes Today if We Weren't Doing Doctors of Running?

We talk a lot about how to find the right shoe for you, not a mythical "best" shoe. On this episode, Matt interviews Nathan and David on how they go about picking their shoe through a normal training ...

20 Marras 20241h

#217 Mailbag! Stable Marathon Shoes? Does Drop Cause Shin Pain? Wide Toebox Shoe Recommendations?

#217 Mailbag! Stable Marathon Shoes? Does Drop Cause Shin Pain? Wide Toebox Shoe Recommendations?

We love a mailbag episode, where we get to answer your questions! Matt & Andrea take on a bevvy of listener quandaries. Tune in for discussions about stable marathon racing shoes, the link between hee...

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