The New Balance Warped Runner Rolls Out In Navy And White

The first leather look for the silhouette hits shelves in the coming weeks.

Matt Varga February 6, 2024

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The New Balance WRPD Runner, one of the handful of the brand’s styles introduced in the past year, is adding a new twist to its formula. Clad in an understated navy and white, the model trades in suede for leather for the first time in its young history.

The suede & mesh mix of materials on the first half dozen New Balance WRPD Runner releases almost undercuts the unorthodox design choices of the model compared to mainline NB releases. The new look featured here emphasizes the chunkier, rounded design here, a risk reigned in by the relatively conservative pallete on display. Initially introduced as NB’s take on “where style & performance meet,” each release features FuelCell technology, New Balance’s latest innovation included on most of its premiere running sneakers.

Though no official release date has been set just yet, the arrival of official photos indicates that they’ll be hitting shelves sooner than later. Once they do, they’ll carry a retail price of $150.

In other news for the Boston brand, they announced the start of a new buyback program and pre-owned marketplace with New Balance Reconsidered.

WHERE TO BUY

New Balance WRPD Runner

SKU: UWRPDMMB

RETAIL PRICE: $150

RELEASE DATE: Mar 1, 2024

US 03/01/2024 Friday

Retailer	Release type	Status
New Balance US	Coming Soon	Coming Soon
Concepts	Standard	Check Site

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Matt Varga, Junior Editor

Matt Varga is an Editor at SneakerNews. Initially earning a degree in Video Arts and Technology, he got his start in the music world, video editing and writing coverage primarily on hip-hop and electronic. A long-standing interest in sneakers eventually led him to switching over to the footwear side of things. An avid collector, his time in the hobby stretches back more than a decade. Though always a contentious argument, his favorite sneaker of all time comes down to the Air Jordan 1 “Black Toe” and Air Jordan 5 “Laney,” his first ever pick-up. When he’s not writing, you can find Matt cooking, traveling, attending concerts and when weather permits, on the handball court.