Gotthe Runs wrote:
It's half price now on the adidas site... they waited a month this time.
I got it, because who knows how much longer I'll be blessed with the ability and opportunity to run marathons. Nice to have a meaningful memento of this period of my life if things take a turn someday. And if not, I'll be pretty stoked to be a 75 year old running Boston 2053 and wearing this vintage 2018 jacket.
I got the jacket last year when it when on sale for 1/2 price about 3 weeks after the race. This year it did not go done until a month after the race.
I saw someone wearing the 100th race jacket (1996) at the airport after the race this year. I asked the older gentleman if he had run it this year. He said no but he came to see his son run it. Nice to see the tradition of running Boston carry on to the next generation.
Easily identifying other marathon runners around Boston and the various airports after the race game me the opportunity to strike up a conversation easily with others.
A Boston runner leaving the parking lot at my work recently saw me in my 2017 jacket on one of the few days I have worn it to work. He ran it in 2017 and 2018 also. It was nice to meet another marathon runner at work. Meeting him would not have happened if I had not worn the jacket.