After last year's orange, this year we get purple.
And yet another stupid looking design
I appears that adidas just assumes with the captive audience, the Boston runners (especially the first-timers) will buy the jacket no matter what it looks like.
After last year's orange, this year we get purple.
And yet another stupid looking design
I appears that adidas just assumes with the captive audience, the Boston runners (especially the first-timers) will buy the jacket no matter what it looks like.
that looks like sh*t
I think that jacket is for chicks only...I think a basic color wheel would not recommend pink on blue.
Jacket should be BAA yellow with BAA blue stripes/accents.
Want to change it up every now and then? Invert the color to BAA blue with BAA yellow stripes/accents.
Boston has the most recognizable running jacket I've seen. You can spot one a qtr mile away. Colors should be classic and consistent (like the race), just change the text to reflect the year.
I love it.
I love it. It'll go well with a raspberry beret.
I hope there's matching arm warmers.
I've broken the qualifying time for Boston many times but never ran the race. I guess I can understand the appeal, historic significance etc, but it blows my mind that people blow all kinds of $ on these "bragging rights" merchandise items. I believe they charge well over $100 for the flimsy jacket alone.
News flash: the general population cares that you ran Boston about it much as it admires the 13.1 and 26.2 decal on the back of your Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Someone mail me theirs and I drop a turd on it and film the process for YouTube?
Sure you have. LOL
McRan wrote:
I've broken the qualifying time for Boston many times but never ran the race.
McRan wrote:
I've broken the qualifying time for Boston many times but never ran the race. I guess I can understand the appeal, historic significance etc, but it blows my mind that people blow all kinds of $ on these "bragging rights" merchandise items. I believe they charge well over $100 for the flimsy jacket alone.
News flash: the general population cares that you ran Boston about it much as it admires the 13.1 and 26.2 decal on the back of your Jeep Grand Cherokee.
To bad you don't know what your missing.
Not everyone goes there to buy gear.
McRan wrote:
I've broken the qualifying time for Boston many times but never ran the race. I guess I can understand the appeal, historic significance etc, but it blows my mind that people blow all kinds of $ on these "bragging rights" merchandise items. I believe they charge well over $100 for the flimsy jacket alone.
News flash: the general population cares that you ran Boston about it much as it admires the 13.1 and 26.2 decal on the back of your Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Oh boy, here we go. The guy who criticizes others to compliment himself.
Have you ever considered that when someone purchases an item like this, it has nothing to do with you or anyone else? That maybe they like to have a remembrance of that race and that training cycle?
Also, have you noticed the race has functioned quite nicely despite the great void left by your non-participation?
As a proud member of the Greater Boston Track Club, I would prefer to wear my new GBTC jacket that we just got for $60 each over that flashy piece of garbage.
Anthony
I prefer to wear my $60 Nike track jacket with my University embroidered on it that I get for FREE. Gotta love being an collegiate athlete.
I prefer to wear my cock-sock that has been required apparel during the last few days.
runr over wrote:
Jacket should be BAA yellow with BAA blue stripes/accents.
Want to change it up every now and then? Invert the color to BAA blue with BAA yellow stripes/accents.
Boston has the most recognizable running jacket I've seen. You can spot one a qtr mile away. Colors should be classic and consistent (like the race), just change the text to reflect the year.
I'll go one further and say that the color scheme (whether yellow with blue stripes or the inverse) should not change at all from year to year. The only difference should be the year embroidered on the back.
The reason they change colors is to stimulate sales. Fewer people would buy a jacket that looks just like the prior year. However I think it would be much classier to stay consistent. A good design is timeless.
Having said all of that, I don't buy the jackets and would feel like a dork wearing one of them in public, regardless of the color.
Wait, so do you actually put a sock over your package to keep it warm during runs? I've thought of doing this but didn't want it to bother me during the run.
Yes. When it was -1 yesterday morning. And pretty much whenever it's below 20 degrees and really windy.
If I made a list of body parts that I would be ok with getting frostbitten - that would be last on the list. It's only a mild annoyance, and quite worth it IMO.
Who cares how ugly the jacket is, Boston Marathon runners will buy it so everyone they see or meet knows they ran Boston.
Going to church? Wear your Boston jacket.
Kid running 5k? Wear your Boston jacket.
Funeral? Wear your Boston jacket.
Going to get groceries? Wear your Boston jacket.
-2 degrees outside? Wear your Boston jacket (with your real warm jacket underneath it)
tattooman wrote:
As a proud member of the Greater Boston Track Club, I would prefer to wear my new GBTC jacket that we just got for $60 each over that flashy piece of garbage.
Anthony
BAA > GBTC any day of the week.
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Red Bull (who sponsors Mondo) calls Mondo the pole vaulting Usain Bolt. Is that a fair comparison?