I'd love to go to Tokyo but not to run a marathon! I do like Berlin as a city but again would probably rather just go for a visit than to run there, it's probably the only one I'd consider though as for the US ones I don't fancy a transatlantic flight and jet lag just to do a marathon. It's still very expensive though, I looked at the ballot last year then didn't bother when I saw the entry fee knowing I needed to add flights and hotels on top of that. I don't travel much anyway and any of those cities I'd rather just go to visit and for the experience than to run there. I'm not particularly interested in visiting Boston generally though the friends who have been said it was a brilliant city to visit. I'd rather spend that money on somewhere I have a real desire to visit though instead of just to say I've run Boston marathon which only really means something to other runners anyway so it's box ticking in the community.
Social media makes this and general doing LOADS of races worse, I also find it at my running club where some people seem to be at a different event every week. Fine if that's what you want to spend your money on but it quickly adds up, when I first joined I got talked into so many events and felt I had to keep up with everyone and their collection of race t-shirts and showing off for "medal Monday". I've really backed off now, I mostly do smaller local events and then maybe one or two bigger races that cost a little more per year and that's fine, doesn't make me less of a runner.
Social media makes this and general doing LOADS of races worse, I also find it at my running club where some people seem to be at a different event every week. Fine if that's what you want to spend your money on but it quickly adds up, when I first joined I got talked into so many events and felt I had to keep up with everyone and their collection of race t-shirts and showing off for "medal Monday". I've really backed off now, I mostly do smaller local events and then maybe one or two bigger races that cost a little more per year and that's fine, doesn't make me less of a runner.
