Asics Metaspeed Sky review

 The Metaspeed Sky sees Asics lay down the gauntlet to Nike and Adidas and prove that it can make a shoe that’s built for going fast and helping maintain that speed over the course of your run or race. 

Announced alongside the Metaspeed Edge and therefore the Ride shoes, the Sky has been shaped by research from Asics that means when some runners run fast, they increase their stride length. 

The Sky is that the shoe for that specific sort of runner, and help extend that stride and obtain you to the finishing line quicker. It sees the debut of Asics’ new FF Blast Turbo midsole foam that’s combined with a full length carbon plate to make a soft, durable cushioned ride, while still giving that feeling of being propelled forward. 

Asics keeps things light too because of a skinny mesh upper, minimal padding within the heel collar and a thin tongue to match that light, midsole foam. It’s spacious too, making it an honest fit wider fit, though we weren’t an enormous fan of the braided-style laces and we’d have opted for an upper that offered a more locked down fit. 

It’s a shoe that feels best running at speed where you’ll really reap the advantages of the nicely responsive cushioning and therefore the spring forward you get from the carbon plate and therefore the curved sole design. It doesn’t feel as enjoyable once you ease off the pace and just about rules this out together to place in some easy miles with.

The rubber outsole won’t allow you to down though and feels great on dry and wet flat roads and pavements. Though the noticeably exposed foam near the heel means it’s one you wouldn’t want to try to to all of your sessions in. The Metaspeed Sky certainly isn’t cheap and comes in pricier than the Nike ZoomX Vaporfly Next% 2 and therefore the Adidas Adizero Adios Pro. If you’re after a shoe, which feels light to run in, spacious and enjoyable going fast, then you’ll have tons of your time for the Metaspeed Sky.