The Asics Magic Speed 3 is about as close as you can get to a super-shoe experience without buying a super-shoe. It’s a plated super-trainer that, while it doesn’t use the best foam Asics has available, has all the other ingredients of the brand’s super-shoes—the Metaspeed Sky+ and Edge+—including a full carbon plate.
It’s a terrific shoe for speed sessions and races, and will appeal to those who don’t want to splash out on one of the best carbon plate running shoes. However, it doesn’t offer the same level of performance as a super-shoe like the Asics Metaspeed Sky+, and there are other plated trainers that offer more versatility.
