Runometry Index
24/100
Provisional index · 80 % read
No. 34 of 34
Value for money: Very poor
- Cushioning18 mm
- +0.0 pts
- Lightness308 g
- +12.8 pts
- Foam
- 11.0 pts
ASICS Gel-Kayano 28
Shoe profile
Measurements
- Weight
- 308 g
- Reference size not stated by the source
- HeavyHeavier than 65% of them
- Heel stack
- 23 mm
- Very lowLower than 100% of them
- Forefoot stack
- 13 mm
- Very lowLower than 100% of them
Construction
- Midsole foam
- FF BLAST,FLYTEFOAM,GEL
- Outsole
- Rubber / AHARPLUS (heel)
Who and what for
- Use
- Daily training,Long runs
- Category
- Stability shoes
What’s new since the ASICS Gel-Kayano 27
Same line, new version: here’s what moved, from the published values. Weights are only compared in the same size.
Weight
- Gel-Kayano 28 (2021) · This version
- 308 g
- Gel-Kayano 27 (2020)
- 309 g
- Change
- Sizes differ or aren’t stated: no gap given
Drop
- Gel-Kayano 28 (2021) · This version
- 10 mm
- Gel-Kayano 27 (2020)
- 10 mm
- Change
- Unchanged
Heel stack
- Gel-Kayano 28 (2021) · This version
- 23 mm
- Gel-Kayano 27 (2020)
- 22 mm
- Change
- +1 mm
Forefoot stack
- Gel-Kayano 28 (2021) · This version
- 13 mm
- Gel-Kayano 27 (2020)
- 12 mm
- Change
- +1 mm
Midsole foam
- Gel-Kayano 28 (2021) · This version
- FF BLAST / FLYTEFOAM / GEL
- Gel-Kayano 27 (2020)
- FLYTEFOAM Propel / FLYTEFOAM / GEL
- Change
- New
Runometry Index
- Gel-Kayano 28 (2021) · This version
- 24/100
- Gel-Kayano 27 (2020)
- 23/100
- Change
- +1 pts
| Criterion | Gel-Kayano 28 (2021)This version | Gel-Kayano 27 (2020) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | 308 g | 309 g | Sizes differ or aren’t stated: no gap given |
| Drop | 10 mm | 10 mm | Unchanged |
| Heel stack | 23 mm | 22 mm | +1 mm |
| Forefoot stack | 13 mm | 12 mm | +1 mm |
| Midsole foam | FF BLAST / FLYTEFOAM / GEL | FLYTEFOAM Propel / FLYTEFOAM / GEL | New |
| Runometry Index | 24/100 | 23/100 | +1 pts |
Model history
2026
2025
2024
ASICS
Gel-Kayano 31
- Weight 305 g
- Drop 10 mm
2023
ASICS
Gel-Kayano 30
- Weight 303 g
- Drop 10 mm
2022
ASICS
Gel-Kayano 29
- Weight 299 g
- Drop 10.5 mm
2021 This version
ASICS
Gel-Kayano 28
- Weight 308 g
- Drop 10 mm
2020
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