Karl Hungus wrote:
They're ugly jackets. I'll never have one to wear, but man, people get all butt-hurt about "defending the integrity of the Boston Marathon."
Karl, when I find one at TJ Maxx in June, I'll buy you one so you can have one to wear. It's on me, buddy, what size?
Personally, I'd never wear a jacket/shirt/etc. of a race I hadn't run. But I'm totally ambivalent about it when it comes to other people. Last year at the Boston expo, there was a really cute couple in line ahead of me with two jackets in their pile of merchandise. I overheard the guy say to the woman: "I know I won't ever be fast enough to run this race, but I'm so damn proud of you that I am going to wear this jacket proudly and brag to everyone I meet about my amazing girlfriend." It made me smile.
Real runners don't care about the jacket because they don't wear them. Boston Marathon jackets are for people who actually find the qualifying standards difficult in some way. Every time I see someone in one, I think, "There's someone who had to work hard to run a 3:05 marathon or even slower."
KEBRuns262 wrote:
Totally agree on all points. These jackets are hideous, and I hate that they are (once again) different for men and women. Seriously, what are they thinking? While I hated the bandaid-looking stripe, last years was palatable (the glow in the dark logo was a kind of cool touch). But the weird green the year before? Ugh. And, of course, the fact that MY jacket had to have a pink strip instead of the black on the men's was insulting. Do they think people won't realize I'm a woman? Or that I care?
Sigh. I was so hoping for decent jackets this year. I'm equally annoyed at the "storm" jackets, which I've liked a lot more than the celebration jackets over the last few years. One of the best things about them: both men's and women's came in black (though, of course, there were still distinctions so that I wouldn't forget that I'm a girl). This year, they didn't even have the courtesy to provide an alternative to the celebration jacket, as even the women's storm jacket is "coral," while the men's remains black with burgundy.
The women's jacket for 2017 indeed was worse. Band-aid stripe. The men's 2017 looks okay.
The men's 2016 green actually looks cool. The women's 2016 green is horrible.
This 2018 one looks a something a volunteer would wear at the Beijing Olympics. Or a Cleveland Browns fan.
truth be told...... wrote:
Boston Marathon jackets are for people who actually find the qualifying standards difficult in some way. Every time I see someone in one, I think, "There's someone who had to work hard to run a 3:05 marathon or even slower."
Yup - you can tell how hard it was for someone to qualify by how much Boston gear they own.
darkwave wrote:
truth be told...... wrote:
Boston Marathon jackets are for people who actually find the qualifying standards difficult in some way. Every time I see someone in one, I think, "There's someone who had to work hard to run a 3:05 marathon or even slower."
Yup - you can tell how hard it was for someone to qualify by how much Boston gear they own.
BS. I buy the jacket every year. And I have never had any problem qualifying by 19-40+ minutes in 13 years. Your facile generalization is wrong.
Do you buy it even if it looks like a life jacket?
This'll be my first Boston and I'm currently somewhere between a Hobby Jogger and Real Runner level of fitness should I get one?
biogen wrote:
This'll be my first Boston and I'm currently somewhere between a Hobby Jogger and Real Runner level of fitness should I get one?
I'm getting it. First boston too. The storm jacket is nice, but the logo is a graphic, not embroidered.
safety orange FTW wrote:
biogen wrote:
This'll be my first Boston and I'm currently somewhere between a Hobby Jogger and Real Runner level of fitness should I get one?
I'm getting it. First boston too. The storm jacket is nice, but the logo is a graphic, not embroidered.
Maybe it is embroidered, can't tell.
adiBRO wrote:
https://www.adidas.com/us/boston-marathon-celebration-jacket/DJ2103.htmlMeh.
If I owned this jacket I would have the same look on my face as this model.
Orange is ugly.
The one and only 'thon I ran was in 2001. 2:52. I never ran Boston, but it looks like I can pick up a 2002 jacket for 30 bucks or so on ebay. Am I aloud to celebrate my BQ even though I didn't run the race? Just curious as to how the runners code is interpreted.
See, two decades later you still regret not getting the jacket. And you didn't even run the race! Buy it!
Celebration jacket has 1 star rating at adidas.com. Has that ever happened before?
Hounddogharrier wrote:
Uhh, you do know they retired that color combination after the bombing ?
Is this even true or an urban legend? I see hundreds of people on instagram asking for blue and yellow.
lbconway wrote:
Have you seen them? What were they thinking with this color choice?
The whole point of wearing these is to get attention, so mission accomplished.
Negativesplitter wrote:
darkwave wrote:
Yup - you can tell how hard it was for someone to qualify by how much Boston gear they own.
BS. I buy the jacket every year. And I have never had any problem qualifying by 19-40+ minutes in 13 years. Your facile generalization is wrong.
You're definitely in the minority here. The vast majority of people purchasing these are sloooooooooooow hobby joggers or people who aren't even running the actual race. I don't know anyone who has ever bought one....
havrav wrote:
Negativesplitter wrote:
BS. I buy the jacket every year. And I have never had any problem qualifying by 19-40+ minutes in 13 years. Your facile generalization is wrong.
You're definitely in the minority here. The vast majority of people purchasing these are sloooooooooooow hobby joggers or people who aren't even running the actual race. I don't know anyone who has ever bought one....
I am surprised to hear a guy running it 13 years and still buying a jacket. I qualified by 40+, bought the jacket both times I went, and don't even want to go back again let alone buy 11 more jackets.
I do have a friend that, much to his wife's dismay, ran it thirty years in a row. She made him quit when he turned 62, and the only thing he kept from the last 29 he ran was the medal.
running commenter wrote:
lbconway wrote:
Have you seen them? What were they thinking with this color choice?
The whole point of wearing these is to get attention, so mission accomplished.
+1
https://www.adidas.com/dis/dw/image/v2/aaqx_prd/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-adidas-products/en_US/dwfddee053/zoom/CW3565_21_model.jpg?sw=840&sh=840&strip=falseChange @ Park wrote:
running commenter wrote:
The whole point of wearing these is to get attention, so mission accomplished.
+1
https://www.adidas.com/dis/dw/image/v2/aaqx_prd/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-adidas-products/en_US/dwfddee053/zoom/CW3565_21_model.jpg?sw=840&sh=840&strip=false
Yes the BQ t-shirt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I saw this on the Adidas site and almost died I was laughing so hard.
I love the Boston Qualifier t-shirt. You might as well put "Look at me! I'm better than you" on that shirt .
