Asics Novablast 4

“I haven’t seen many people posting long-term updates on the Novablast 4, so I figured I’d post a bit on the subject. My purpose for the shoe: Daily trainer and long runs. What I paired it with: Asics Evoride Speed 2 as a tempo and workout shoe. Brooks Glycerin 20 as an easy mile/recovery shoe What I’ve done with it thus far: I have used this shoe as a daily trainer for the past 2 months and it has mainly been used for my long runs and simple zone 2 runs. I have done a little bit of tempo work in them, but not much. I have used them in the rain, dry, and treadmill. Of the miles on the shoe, I would presume there were roughly 100 miles done on the treadmill, 50 miles done in the rain, and 150 miles in the dry. These shoes have 325 miles on them at the moment and have nothing left to give in my opinion. What are my thoughts: I have been a loyal Asics user and more specifically Novablast user since the first iteration. I have always used the Novablast as my daily trainer, and occasionally a tempo shoe until this current iteration. These are definitely not the Novablast of the past, and that’s not a bad thing. They’re a bit more stable and a bit more firm, which is great in my opinion as a daily trainer, but not fantastic when picking up the speed a bit. As a daily trainer they started off fantastically for soaking up my daily miles on both the treadmill and the roads, and the added stability has been nice on the longer runs when I’m a bit tired at the end. The grip however has been pretty bad after the 200 mile mark, to the point that I stopped using them in the rain in favor of the Pegasus 40. The foam itself felt good until about 305 miles and then took a pretty sharp downturn. I was hoping to get 400 miles out of these, but the last 2 runs I did left me in a bit of pain that I don’t feel in any of my other shoes. As much as I loved these at the beginning and nearly through the end of their life, this is the first Novablast that I did not buy at least a second pair of. I have since replaced these in my rotation with the Nike Invincible 3 and don’t have any regrets about that thus far. With that being said, these gave me an incredible 300 miles of use, but the lack of grip in the rain as they aged really made them a no-go for me moving forwards. If they come out with these in some new colorways, I’ll probably succumb to buying another pair, however the Superblast 2 will probably be my next Asics shoe. These shoes did fantastic at medium and slower paces and really soaked up the miles for me. Although they were firmer than other Novablasts, they felt extremely comfortable for the occasional recovery run and didn’t seem to lose any steam on the long runs. I’d have no issue recommending them for marathon distances, however I definitely wasn’t setting any PBs in these. They are truly a great daily trainer if you live in a dry area, but if rain ever happens around you I’m not the biggest fan of these. The upper was certainly breathable and proba”