A genuinely good speed trainer that finally finds its niche between the GlideRide Max and the Metaspeed/Metaplus, but the £170 price is hard to justify when a Metaspeed Sky Tokyo is the same price and can also race. — FORDY RUNS
A genuinely good speed trainer that finally finds its niche between the GlideRide Max and the Metaspeed/Metaplus, but the £170 price is hard to justify when a Metaspeed Sky Tokyo is the same price and can also race.
Best for: Threshold workouts, intervals, marathon-pace tempo runs as a dedicated speed trainer in an ASICS rotation between a max-stack daily and a race-day shoe.
A meaningfully reworked Magic Speed — trimmed stack, more premium FF Leap-style foam, race-flat feel — that rewards heel strikers and tempo work but felt too firm and unprotective at easy paces for forefoot strikers.
Best for: Heel and midfoot strikers looking for a tempo / up-tempo shoe that can also race 5K-10K distances.
Reviewers note: Fits true to size; tongue is not gusseted and can move around.
Per FORDY RUNS.
The ASICS Magic Speed 5 weighs about 201g (men's 9), has a 36.0mm heel stack and a 7.0mm heel-toe drop.
Reviewers compare the ASICS Magic Speed 5 to ASICS Magic Speed 4, ASICS Metaspeed Sky Tokyo, Adidas Adizero Takumi Sen, ASICS GlideRide Max 2.
Per FORDY RUNS, Kofuzi.
Next Pair aggregates 2 expert reviews of the ASICS Magic Speed 5, including FORDY RUNS, Kofuzi.
Per FORDY RUNS, Kofuzi.
Compared to other road speed training in the same lane.
