Leave it to Beaverton wrote:
A Boston Marathon jacket is for anyone who is dying for someone to ask, "Gee, did you run the Boston Marathon?" This will be my third Boston and I've never once considered buying a jacket.
Probably true for some. But I wear it for myself; it is a physical embodiment and reminder of an always powerful, usually wonderful, sometimes magical experience. I really don't care to be asked whether I ran it. I just feel good about it.
I do wish the thing weren't so loud with that huge patch on the back.