Worth it? You make the call.

Amazingly enough, the jacket arrived today, three days earlier than expected. Nice when that happens, rare though it is.

So, was it really worth it? As far as jackets go, I don't think so, not particularly. But when you factor in the ego boost of knowing that you earned the spot in the marathon and the cache that comes with it? Yeah, I suppose it is, to an extent. It's an expensive collection, but one I intend to keep building on for as long as my legs will let me.

As far as the characteristics of the jacket...

As noted by others, there is no mesh lining. While it may take a slight amount of time to get used to, as far as putting on the jacket is concerned, I am quite happy to not have that mesh lining, since it was always being shoved out the ends of the sleeves while putting on the other jackets. Similarly, on taking off the prior jackets, it's always a little tricky, especially if wearing my Garmin which far too often got stuck in the mesh. No issue with that, now.

The double-zipper on the front... What's the point of being able to zip/unzip from both directions? Bizarre. But at least there isn't any fabric "cover" to hide the zipper, which previous zippers would frequently get caught in. While that cover makes for a more appealing look, it was always getting in the way.

Pockets... There is the one in back, which I don't really understand the utility of. I have no idea how one would be expected to use it for packing the jacket into it, given its orientation and relatively small size. They don't provide any instructions on the website or with the jacket - god luck figuring out this spacial orientation problem. And then there is the single pocket on the front of the jacket, on the left side. (Whereas most normal jackets and any of its Celebration predecessors have pockets on both left and right.) This pocket is so tiny as to be virtually worthless. Kinda like what I understand is the case in women's pants. You'd be able to fit a flip phone in it, maybe. Certainly not even your entire hand (with nothing else in the pocket). False advertising, in my opinion, where they say "it has plenty of pockets to store your phone and gels." Plenty? Ha! And how many people want to keep their phone in a pocket on the back of the jacket? Because that's the only way you could put a phone in this jacket, with the size of phones nowadays.

With the venting and the lack of mesh, it looks like it might be something decent to run in in cool temps. I don't see any claim to it being water resistant, so not necessarily all that helpful if you're running outside in wet conditions.

No embroidery. Come on, man! That's one of the aspects of the prior jackets that helps the cache of the jacket. Merely printing on the logos, now? Sigh. Definitely cheapens the jacket, even though not reducing the price of it at all.

And there's a label awkwardly placed inside the back pocket where you can write your name and finishing time. Ooh, ahh. Maybe if there were a known way of folding the jacket into the pocket inside out (as depicted on the Adidas website), thereby having the label on the outside, it might be possible and slightly meaningful - for identifying which jacket is yours - but if you want your time emblazoned on the jacket, you'll need to do something else. (I miss the (free) embroidery of finishing times the day after the marathon in 2017 and 2018 - my first two years running it.)

So, do you think the jacket was worth the $120 price? (Thankfully I paid only $100 given a deal on Adidas' website.)