4D GUIDANCE SYSTEM™

New innovative way to provide support in the midsole without using conventional support features. The highly sculptured midsole design with new midsole geometries focuses on the loading sites this runner encounters, allowing shoe deformation while stabilising landing speed and medial frontal forces in response to landing, hence providing effective support. A system that combines the features outlined below to deliver adaptive stability and unprecedented levels of comfort for the entire duration of the run.

1. Wider Basenet

Wider basenet providing stable platform (+4/5mm)

2. Midsole Geometry

A. Increased lateral heel bevel designed to help control initial ground contact forces and control speed as the runner moves into midstance.

B. Medial midsole bulges convexly to cradle the excessive medial rearfoot spill.

C. Lateral decoupling groove, for a smooth landing.

D. Lateral midsole at the forefoot is splayed to give a larger surface area to disperse a greater forefoot load.

3. Guidance Line

Newly designed lateral guidance line acts to stabilise landing speed and medial/frontal forces.

4. High-energy Foam

Allows the foot's medial deviating motion to reset and spring or push off effectively at propulsion. The new foam provides comfort for the fatiguing foot through midstance into propulsion.

The GEL-KAYANOTM series has also been at the forefront of transparency in sustainability, with GEL-KAYANO™ 17 being the prototype of our previously conducted ‘Lifecycle CO2e emission” research in partnership with The Massachusetts Institute of Technology back in 2012

The GEL-KAYANO™ 30 model continues this important legacy

Not only is the shoe’s carbon footprint 14% lower than the industry average*, it is also the first ASICS shoe to label the amount of lifecycle CO2e emissions – evolved from the original research we completed with MIT – as another step forward in sustainability.

*Assessed using consistent methodology across ASICS’ carbon footprint methodology and the most comprehensive reporting available for industry average running shoes, conducted by MIT (report).

BREAKDOWN OF GEL-KAYANO™ 30 LIFECYCLE CO2E EMISSIONS