Flashes of Panic

The gentleman I was just talking to assumed I was running the marathon, because of the jacket I’m wearing. I didn’t want to take the time to explain that I’m not, but I’m sure someone else will leap to the same conclusion before the weekend is over.

If you see someone in Boston, tonight or tomorrow, wearing a jacket with long stripes from the shoulders to the elbows (the ones for sale to the runners seem to have short stripes like cross-hatches below the elbows) here’s how to know what they’re here for:

• Black with orange stripes: Media, unless otherwise noted on the back. (Some USATF officials also have black jackets.)
• Orange with black stripes: Volunteer.
• White with orange stripes: Medical team.
• Grey with orange stripes: Organizing committee (i.e. BAA employee.)

I’ve seen red and blue jackets as well, but they’re almost always from previous years; last year’s volunteer jacket, for example, was blue with red stripes, but otherwise indistinguishable from this year’s. The date is right under the seal on the wearer’s left, or on the back.

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