The Gel-Cumulus 23 AWL (All Winter Long) Running Shoes help you focus on the distance ahead as you move towards your personal best specifically during the winter months. It's a high-mileage trainer that's designed to make your stride smoother and your mood brighter.
Water-Repellent Upper
The upper is designed to protect you during winter conditions. The water-repellent nature of the upper repels water and wet weather conditions keeping your feet feeling dry all day. Enhancing your safety during winter the upper features reflective accents helping to improve your visibility in low light conditions, ideal for the winter months when the nights draw in quicker. Provides a secure fit the upper has a toggle speed lacing system that makes the shoes easier to take on and off, so there is no wasted time messing about with laces.
Gel Technology, Flytefoam and a Gender-Specific 3D Space Construction Midsole Constuction
To improve cushioning and flexibility, ASICS has added a 3D Space Construction to the top layer of the midsole. This technology is implemented through a series of strategically planted pillars within the midsole, allowing runners to experience more compression in a specific area without reducing durability or stability. These pillar formations are tuned differently in the men's and women's models to address each gender's biomechanical data. By helping runners appropriately compress the foam during the landing phase of their stride, this shoe promotes a smoother ride and improves shock absorption. A softer Gel Technology unit is positioned under the heel to improve cushioning, protecting the joints and muscles in the foot and ankle during footstrike, reducing the risk of injury. Flytefoam helps create a smoother and more supportive ride, providing further cushioning and springy rebounds. This is done by utilising the force from your last step to power you into your next one, which reduces energy loss and fatigue - so you can go further than ever before.
Winter-Specific Outsole
The Gel-Cumulus 23 AWL have been fitted with a winter-specific outsole designed to support you along surfaces and conditions you encounter during the winter months. The outsole features snow rubber and a lug configuration that provides better grip in cold and wet conditions. ASICS' lightweight, high abrasion rubber is a tough rubber compound used at the heavy-contact or high wear areas which helps to cut down on excessive wear. The high abrasion outsole provides a strong grip and works to protect itself from damage, and protect users from losing control and slipping. Creating a strong bond with the ground beneath it, the outsole allows you to stay in full control at all times. Flex grooves also adorn the outsole to provide added traction underfoot, the grooves allow for natural foot flexion for easy, unhindered paces. An impact guidance system exists underfoot to enhance the foot's natural gait from heel-strike to toe-off. The guidance line exists to enhance gait efficiency while increasing the shoe's torsional rigidity to prevent it from twisting. Lastly, deep flex grooves create smoother transitions from midfoot to toe-off.
