GEL-KAYANO 28
A stability trainer for everyday mileage and marathon preparation, pairing an FF BLAST upper layer with FLYTEFOAM below and GEL cushioning. Foam beneath the resin TRUSSTIC creates full ground contact, while DYNAMIC DUOMAX and a lower external heel counter support the foot. Engineered mesh balances reinforcement and ventilation for comfort over longer distances.
- Intended uses:
- Daily, Long run
Specs
Among 865 listed shoes, this is a heavier / lower-stack Stability
- Weight
- 308g
- Of 811 known values: 698 lower, 5 equal, 108 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- heavierUpper 13.9%, including ties / average +41g
- Drop
- 10mm
- Of 815 known values: 665 lower, 110 equal, 40 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- higherUpper 18.4%, including ties / average +3.2mm
- Stack height (heel/forefoot)
- 23 / 13mm
- Of 694 known values: 20 lower, 10 equal, 664 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- lowerLower 4.3%, including ties / average -11.7mm
- Carbon plate
- No
- 83% of 786 known models have no carbon plates
- Midsole
- FF BLAST / FLYTEFOAM / GEL
- Outsole
- Rubber / AHARPLUS (heel)
- Reference price
- $160
- US price
Weight measurement and plate details
- Weight note
- ASICS Australia official men's GEL-KAYANO 28 product page for style 1011B189-400 lists 308g / 10.9oz.
- Plate note
- The official ASICS GEL-KAYANO 28 feature identifies a built-in resin TRUSSTIC structure in the full-ground-contact outsole. This is an explicitly named non-carbon structure.
Changes from the previous model
A comparison with the registered values for ASICS GEL-KAYANO 27.
In the registered data, weight is 1g lighter at 308g, heel stack is 1mm higher at 23mm, and forefoot stack is 1mm higher at 13mm.
These are differences between registered values, not a controlled comparison at the same size and measurement conditions. See the notes below the specs for weight conditions.
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Comparison: All data (865 shoes)
Position map
Weight x stack height
registered average: 265g / 34.7mm (686 shoes)
The scatter plot includes only shoes with both weight and stack height registered.
Spec distributions
Weight
This shoe 308g·registered average 267g (811 shoes)
Drop
This shoe 10mm·registered average 6.8mm (815 shoes)
Stack height
This shoe 23mm·registered average 34.7mm (694 shoes)
Items with missing numeric values are excluded. Sample sizes and measurement conditions vary between models; this distribution is not a performance ranking.