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NEW RELEASE SHOES
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New Release Shoes
Asics
Gel-Nimbus 25
£175|asics.com|Tester Esther
|| These are those rare beasts: running shoes that make you want to run in them immediately. They’re deeply comfortable without feeling like marshmallows ||
The fit? Spot on. I have high arches meaning that some shoes can feel narrow across the mid-foot, but these fit across the top of my feet well, and there’s a finger-space of room in the toebox.
The comfort These are those rare beasts: running shoes that make you want to run in them immediately. They’re deeply comfor table without feeling like marshma llows – there’s plent y of energ y tucked away in there, pinging you for ward on each step.
How do they differ from their previous version? ASICS has thrown the lot at this update – they look like an entirely different shoe from their predecessor; it’s not just been little tweaks here and there. The 24 was a good shoe, but the fit of the 25 is superb, and the ride is effort lessly smooth. Both those wedded to the old Nimbus and those new to ASICS will be impressed.