I have a great giveaway and TWO of you will win!
Asics is the headline sponsor of the LA Marathon. You might have caught on to that, it being called the Asics LA Marathon and all 
Since I am from outside of LA I adore all the LA Love gear the race organizers sell.
I grabbed this tee last year at the expo…
PLUS – the Asics office is only 5 minutes away from where I live in the OC now. So, they invited me to come check out their office and grab some gear.
Obviously they have tons of great running gear. But they have a line of casual shoes that I am digging right now. I have the blue and they’re comfy and cute.
Now I’m passing on that love to you. TWO RER readers will win a $150 gift certificate to the online Asics store. 
You can buy anything you want – even chonies!
To Enter: Leave a comment on this post answering…
What is the closest BIG city to where you’re from originally?
Closes 3/8/14 12pm PST
I am living near Philadelphia now, but I grew up closer to New York. So, I have been able to split my time between the two cities I love most!
I was born in Denver, CO. A great city that isn’t too big 🙂
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!!!
I’m not 100% sure how to answer this. I was born in a suburb of Detroit, MI., but we moved to Florida when I was 5. So I grew up in West Palm Beach and I guess I consider that where I’m “from”. So…Miami!
I’m originally from a town near Boulder, CO!
St. Louis
Baltimore, MD is the closest. About an hour and a half away from where we live.
I grew up about 40 minutes from NYC!
I live in Georgia right out side of Atlanta, so Atlanta it is!!!!!
Washington, DC! Still 4.5 hours away, but the closest bigger city! 🙂
I am from southern Vermont so the closest city is Albany, NY.
Baltimore!
San Francisco!
Hello, I am originally from Boca Raton, FLORIDA. The closest BIG cities were FORT LAUDERDALE and MIAMI both within 20-40 mins away. I live in OHIO now… Burrr!
If Syracuse, NY, doesn’t count, the closest is Montreal, Quebec. Growing up in rural NY FTW!
New Orleans.
wonderful giveaway — thanks!
I grew up on a farm in Iowa, and the nearest city was 3 hours away in Minneapolis, MN!
Dallas–the BIG D!
Vancouver, Canada!!
Chi Town!!
I’m from (the Northeast part of) CT originally so we are in the unique position of being almost equidistant from NYC and Boston.
New York! And now I live here .. just had to get out of the ‘burbs.
Pittsburgh, Pa, yinz!
I grew up in St. Paul, MN so it would be Minneapolis but if you want truly “big” then Chicago. Now I live in Salt Lake City, UT so Vegas or Phoenix, maybe?
20 mins from the loop in CHI-TOWN 🙂
LA all the way!
New York City! Born and raised.
Biggest city near to me is Chicago. And that city is about 3 hours away. Hello, small town living! 🙂
P.S. I wear Asics and am in desperate need of a new pair. I would love to win the gift cert.
New York!
Coming in at deadline to say Philadelphia!
I grew in Maryland just about a 15 minute drive from Washington, DC. Thanks for the giveaway! I think my running shoes are begging to be replaced! 🙂
I grew up in NW jerz but now live in philly. It drives my husband crazy when I refer to NY as “the city”!
I was born in San Francisco and still live less than two hours away 🙂 but I have also lived within two hours of LA (in college) and Paris, France (also in college)!
I was born in San Francisco and still live less than two hours away 🙂 but I have also lived within two hours of LA (in college) and Paris, France (also in college)!
Chicago!!!
Boston!!
I am from a small dairy town in California . I would say the closest “big” city is Sacramento !
Knoxville Tn is closest but too many UT fans so I usually go north to Lexington Ky. Go CATS!
I’m from Houston! I think that counts as a big city 🙂
I’m in a small town now, but Charlotte, NC is the closest big city!
Chicago–and when I used to live there and run the Chicago Marathon I would always buy cool gear highlighting the city and running.
NYC! Ran the marathon last year and loved every minute of it!
As a military brat, I don’t really have a place I’m “FROM”. I’ve lived in quite a few places, both in the US and overseas. Let’s just call Virginia “home” since I”ve been here the longest…and Washington DC is the nearest BIG city. 🙂
Being from Bangor Maine, I guess the biggest city closest to me is Boston. Its about 5 hours away.
New York City!
Minneapolis MN!
I’m from Long Island so New York City!!!!
New York City
Also Los Angeles. Valley girl here.
I live in a small farming town in Victoria Australia; shepparton. The closest city is melbourne 2.5 hours away
The City I LIVE in… The City of Angels!!! Running the LA Marathon as my first full Marathon this weekend!!! Super excited to RUN MY CITY!!!
Seattle!
Philadelphia – my first (and favorite!) marathon 🙂
The City by the Bay! S.F.
Philadelphia, born and raised 🙂
Minneapolis, MN!! Lived in LA last year though 🙂
I’m from Ohio, but the closest big city is probably Detroit.
I grew up in St. Louis!
My closest big city was Detroit. Now I live in Raleigh and we are the big city for this area.
I grew up near the border of IL/WI and Lake Michigan, so Chicago!
Born and raised in New Orleans!
Dallas y’all!!!
Oh gosh, I spent so much time scrolling down here – I forgot the question! I’m from Portland, Maine. It’s a small city. I saw that your Cabot fit teammate FANNEtasticfood Anne is also running on team asics! I think? I guess it’s been a long week for me. Good luck!
I’m from San Jose, so either there or LA if you’re talking BIG city
Pittsburgh, PA!!
I am from a small town in North Carolina, so the biggest city close by is Raleigh!
Milwaukee wi
Closest big city Dayton, Ohio!!
San Francisco!!!!
The closest big city is Richmond, Virginia…not quite as large as most, but you cannot not go wrong with the capital of Virginia.
DC!
I’m from Long Island so NEW YORK CITY(!!!) is the closest big city.
Biggest asics fan ever here! Haven’t run in any other shoes training for 4 marathons and 2 halfs. Would LOVE the gift certificate 🙂
Burlington, VT! Does that count as a “big” city? 😉 It’s the only one in the state!
Boston. <3 Never left!
Philadelphia, PA! I am ashamed to say that I have not run a race in my hometown yet. Hopefully I can make it happen this year.
DC…born in it and have lived right outside it my whole life. It’s the greatest city on earth!!!!
LA!
Closest big city is Columbus, OH. Where I’ll be running my first half in May!
I’ve spent most of my life in or near Indianapolis.
new york city baby!
Closest big city to me is Toronto!
If Hartford counts as big, that would be it…
Currently living in West Palm so the closests city to me would be Fort Lauderdale but I’m originally from a very small town outside of Toronto, a very large city!!
seattle! but i recently moved to Nashville, TN and i am absolutely loving it 🙂
Philadelphia. I’ve been around though – Philly, Chicago, Detroit, and San Diego!
Syracuse or Rochester, NY. I’m right in the middle!
Los Angeles is the big city near Huntington Park,ca where I’m from…I’m running the LA Marathon in two days! so I could really put that gift to use :D!1
NYC!
LA!!! Of course
Grew up outside Seattle, but now I’m in Chicago…which is just a little bit bigger 😉
The closest big city is Los Angeles!!
And boy I would loooove to win.
the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul, MN
I’m from Madison Wisconsin, that’s considered a big city for Wisconsin.
Beautiful Cleveland, Ohio!
Chicago; I live in Michigan. 🙂
I am from GA and live about 30 mins from Atlanta! Love love love Asics.
I guess Charlotte, NC. I’m from Asheville and even though Charlotte is a haul, it’s the closest!
The closest large city to where I was born is Chicago…3 hours away.
I also live in OC so mine would be LA
Live in Jersey! Closest city to me is Philadelphia, PA. However, we are pretty close to NYC too! One of the perks of NJ living…two great cities and many beaches.
I’m from 25 mi outside of Chicago, IL
Charlotte, NC! great place to live and grow up – lots of outdoor activities, 2 hours from the beach and/or mountains, very clean city with friendly people.
I’m from Redlands, Ca – So, L.A. for sure! And it still is 🙂
I’m originally from Rochester, NY. So the closest big city would be NYC!
Washington D.C.
Washington D.C.
I grew up close to Richmond, Virginia. Not the biggest city, but still pretty big!
Washington D.C.!
I’m from a small village in northern Sweden and the closest BIG city is Moscow, Russia.
I am from the San Fernando Valley in CA and the biggest city to my hometown is Los Angeles. I have always wanted to run the LA Marathon but I am not there yet. I will be attending this year though as a part of the support crew for my cousin who will be running.
I’m from rural Michigan! The biggest city near me is Detroit!
NYC born and raised!
Denver is the biggest city to my hometown. But these days I’m in the Austin area. Thanks.
hm. i was born in helena mt…..but i’ve lived in seattle for about 80% of my life…..so i guess seattle is the BIGGEST city closest to helena?
I’m am smack in the middle of Boston, MA and Hartford, CT
Milwaukee, WI! But some people would say Chicago, IL. 🙂
NYC <3
Kansas City girl;)
Los Angeles is my biggest city! Woot Woot!
I’m from South Jersey so Philly for me! I’m about to start running again to lose this baby weight so new work out gear would be awesome!
I’m from Detroit and I couldn’t imagine growing up anywhere else!
Washington, D.C.!
Boston is the closest.
I love Asics running shoes as I have wider feet and they cushion me well:) I grew up in a suburb of Des Moines, IA. It is not a huge city but it has definitely developed a lot in the last several years! We are close to Omaha, NE (2 hrs) and Minneapolis, MN (4 hrs) which are a little bigger:)
New York! 🙂
Our Nation’s Capital, baby!
Well…I’m from Dallas, soooo Dallas 🙂 The best!
I grew up in northeast MA so Boston was the big city near me. Loved taking field trips there as a kid!
I’m from a suburb of Phoenix…which I absolutely love! It’s also home to the Phoenix marathon/half marathon 🙂
Memphis!
I’m from North Jersey so definitely New York City.
I am from the Jersey coast, so New York for the win!
St. Paul, MN
Pittsburgh!!
NYC!!
Chicago baby! The windy city! The Chicago marathon is one of the best!
san francisco
Born and raised in Orlando, FL; now live in Gainesville, GO GATORS!!!!!
Minneapolis!
closest tiny city? My darling Providence, RI.
closest big city? My beloved Boston.
I’m from Phoenix, AZ!
I am originally from Costa Rica, once named the happiest country in the world! But our city is a very little city, because the country is a very little country, and because we left more room for beaches and rainforests 😉 — So, the closest big city to it has to be Panama City.
Nashville, TN
Cleveland, Oh is my hometown and I heart it.
Closest big city to where I was raised: Charlotte, NC. But now I live in the largest city in my state: Anchorage!
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada!
The closest big city to me is Oklahoma City. I hope to make next year’s Oklahoma City Memorial marathon my first 1/2 marathon.
Columbus, Ohio 🙂
The closest big city to my hometown is boston
I’m from Canada originally so Toronto would be the closest BIG city to my hometown. Living in Houston now (what a change!)
San Diego!
Chicago!
I am not sure if i get the question since I am not an english speaker! But I am from Buenos Aires, Argentina, which is the biggest city in latin america!!and the most beautiful.. Now i living in Madrid… I would love to win the certificate for Asics, since next week i will be in US, and I was planning to buy 3 pairs of Asics!!! Thanks Monica ,
Philadelphia!
Boston is the closest~!
Boston!
Philly all the way! Although now I’m in San Francisco and I LOVE it!
Pittsburgh!
Hartford, CT!
Toronto was the big city close to me growing up. Rob Ford wasn’t mayor though at the time..
Chicago! Which is fantastic when the weather isn’t garbage.
I was born in and grew up in the “big” city of Lincoln, Nebraska!
I’m from Montana, and the biggest city in Montana is Billings.
Washington D.C, (joint) home of the Marine Corps Marathon! And I love me some Asics. 🙂
im from Maine so closest big city… Boston!
I’m from San Juan, Puerto Rico! 🙂
Milwaukee, WI. Or, Chicago, if that’s not quite big enough 😉
I am originally from Chicago, so that is the closest big city. Now I live in the boonies and the closest big city is Lexington, KY at 4 hours away!
The closest city is SmAlbany, NY, which is why I immediately moved to Boston, the first chance I got.
Closest big city to where I was from originally – I’d say Montreal
Born and raised in boston, baby!
Would love a pair of these shoes – might even inspire me to sign up for another marathon.
it´s boston!!
Washington D.C.
Philly! The city of brotherly love!! When I was younger I didn’t go into the city that often, but now I love going exploring restaurants, bars, art venues and sports events.
Los Angeles!!Santa Ana to be exact. OC all the way!!! Love running in Cali. I go back many times during the year and always spend lots of time running. I will have to for sure check out the Asics office/store next time I am in OC! It looks awesome. Love Asics. I LOVE your blog by the way. You are so funny and your writing style super!
Oh BTW I will be running in the San Diego Rock n Roll Marathon on June 1st. It will be my first 1/2 marathon!
Minneapolis, MN!
Providence is the biggest city in Rhode Island (where I’m from,) but Boston (only 50 minutes away) is definitely bigger!!!
Philadelphia- need to run off the cheesesteaks!
messed up my email the first time!
Philadelphia- need to run off the cheesesteaks!
Anchorage Alaska! There is a marathon there around summer solstice and that is my dream marathon!
Chicago! And I ran that HOT 2007 Chicago Marathon. Take it easy out there this weekend. I live in Michigan now, and have nearly forgotten how hot feels.
The closest big city to me was Detroit!
The closest city is Chicago, Illinois!!
born outside Washington DC but now I live near Philadelphia
I live in Portland, which is the biggest city in Maine, but the closest actual “big city” is definitely Boston!
New Orleans
Philadelphia
New York City!
I live in Wyoming and Denver is the closest big city, 2 hours. A lot closer than where I grew up. The closest city was Salt Lake. It was four hours away. Guess I’m a small town kind of girl.
Baltimore, baby. Home of the amazing Baltimore Running Festival in October!
Miami was about an hour and a half across the state from us!
I grew up a stones throw from Boston. Pretty awesome place to live.
I’m orginially from twenty miles north of Philadelphia! Currently though, living in the middle of upstate ny, with the closest city Rochester, an hour and a half away.
The closest big city to where I grew up would be Jacksonville, FL!
St. Louis!
I grew up near Orlando, FL. I lurve Asics…thanks for the chance to win!
Philly! And I need to start training for a marathon bc 1. I’ve always wanted to and 2. There’s cute gear! Sold!
I’m originally from Oklahoma City, which is of course the largest city in Oklahoma. Now I live close to Atlanta. 🙂
The closest big city to where I am from is Denver. Running at that altitude is wicked, but it’s always gorgeous!
I dunno if you’d consider Pittsburgh a “BIG” city, but it’s where I’m from :).
DALLAS!
Ottawa, ON, Canada!
I live in Des Moines, IA so depending on where you live, some may consider that a ‘big city’ but the next biggest is Kansas City and then Chicago.
Well I’m from a small town in the. Hudson Valley, Rhinebeck…but I guess it depends on your definition of “big city”. I suppose it would be Albany, the capital!
Des Moines is the closest big city to where I grew up. Home of the Living History Farms Run!! Check it out!!
Charlotte
Tallinn, Estonia
I guess it would be Atlanta
I’m from Carbondale, IL. The closest big city is a two hour drive away–St. Louis, MO. That’s where I live now.
The good old Windy City… Chicago!
I’m from Connecticut. The closest city to me is New London but I wouldn’t call that “big” probably New Haven or Hartford. Boston and NYC are both 3 hours away!
I’m from Buffalo…but the closest BIG city is Toronto 🙂
Pittsburgh, pa. I think that’s a big city. If not, NYC, haha
Philadelphia, PA though I actually live in Pittsburgh now!
I love Asics. A friend used to work there and got me hooked on Asics. I’ve been wearing them for almost 15 years. I would love a cute shirt! Good luck on your marathon.
NYC! The big apple!
Atlanta, GA!
I’m only a half hour away from Chicago!
I grew up and still live 20 min north of Milwaukee, WI.
I’m from Northern Washington State… I am originally from a tiny town called Sedro-Woolley, but the largest CLOSE city is Seattle. Which is absolutely beautiful and has GREAT restaurants and a music scene… And the Burke-Gilman trail–great for running!
Dallas! Yee Haw 🙂
Denver, CO (and I miss it every day!)
Washington, DC
Chicago
The Electric city– dirty old Scranton PA!
I grew up a couple hours away from Chicago in Southern Wisconsin.
I am from Latvia. Was born in Madona, lived and went to school there till age 18. The closest BIG city is the capital of Latvia – Riga.
San Fransisco 🙂
NYC! I live in New Jersey and commute there for work everyday, so it’s pretty close!
Detroit, MI 🙂
Thank you RER!
Montreal or Boston!
the closest big city: philadelphia
Melbourne Australia
I’m from England! So the nearest big city to where I’m originally from is London! 😀 One day I will do the London marathon 😀
Love your blog & all the tasty food you post 🙂
New York City! Thank you for all the inspiring posts! I just completed my first marathon in Austin two weeks ago. Your blog helped me through all the training!!
Columbus Ohio
But now would be Nashville TN
You need to come to Nashville and run the Marathon here!
New York City!!
Detroit MI!!!
New Yawk City, baby!
I’m in UK , if I’m ok to enter the closest big city to me is Liverpool
I’m originally from San Diego
Hello! I’m from Pittsburgh and my next biggest city visited would be Louisville,KY. I don’t get to travel much. This is an awesome giveaway!
Goooooooooooooooo Cbus 🙂 as in Columbus, Ohio!! Love the shirt!
Chicago. Miss it!
LA or San Diego!
Toronto!
New York City
I live and grew up in the smallest of the small towns in West Michigan. The closest city to us isn’t even on a major map but Grand Rapids is a “big” city for me and its over an hour away. I absolutely love where I live however, we live on Lake Michigan and when its not 20 below zero in the winter it is beautiful.
Seattle, WA
Los Angeles. 🙂
I grew up in Indianapolis
I was born and raised in Northern LA county! So another So Cal girl here
Cincinnati Ohio
I grew up in Bettendorf, Iowa so the closest BIG city was Chicago, which I LOVED visiting. I now live in a big city, Las Vegas.
Hmm…. Edmonton or Calgary, Alberta. I live practically the same distance between the two cities.
The closest big city to my home town is Detroit, and it’s still 6 hours away!
I grew up 2 hours away from both Atlanta and Birmingham (AL)…While B’ham is “small” compared to ATL, it still has over a million people so I’d say it’s pretty large!
The closest big city to the town I am originally from is Portland, OR. But now where I currently live, it is San Diego!
KL which is probably the smallest among all the cities mentioned here
Minneapolis (twin cities!)
Boston strong baby! And I have missed it every single day since I moved away 🙁
San Francisco is probably closest
West Des Moines Iowa
I grew up 45 min from Tulsa, OK and 3 hours from Oklahoma City!
Kansas City
St. Louis!
Sacramento, CA. I’m from a suburb of there.
Seattle!
Numero uno: did you move??
Numero dos: Probably Portland, OR
I’m from a super small town. The closest big city to me would be Atlanta, GA.
Growing up the closest big city was Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden
Now it is Detroit, Michigan.
Seattle
I was born in Winston, Or. The closest big city to that is Roseburg.
Seattle
dallas!!
LA!
Seattle
San Francisco baby!
San Francisco!
Chicago
Houston, Texas.
Cleveland Rocks!
I grew up about three hours from Milwaukee, and live there now. Not everyone considers it a big city, though, so that might mean Chicago. Either way, I love running down by Lake Michigan in summer.
I’m originally from Oahu so the closest big city back there was Honolulu! Aloha 😉
Austin, Texas and I still live 30 miles away now 🙂
The biggest city near me was Kansas City, MO!
NYC! I grew up on Long Island.
I’m from Duluth (run Grandmas Marathon!!), and the big citay is Minneapolis. GOOD LUCK at the LA Marathon!! 🙂
Closest really big city would be Atlanta. New gear is awesome!
Los Angeles! I now live in Iowa.
Memphis, TN or if some don’t consider that large, Dallas,TX
Kansas City…I mean is that technically considered a big city?
Washington D.C.!! I love giveaways!! 🙂
The City by the Bay! San Francisco 🙂
New York!
Grew up 45 min outside LA, now I love right in the heart of downtown LA!
Being stuck in the middle of oklahoma, my closest big city would be Dallas…
LA is the closest big city to me too.
Cleveland, Ohio!
Originally from Santa Cruz, CA (which I don’t think qualifies as a MAJOR city) but grew up most of my life outside of Sacramento.
Cleveland, Ohio!
I’m originally from Long Island so closest largest city is NY! Now I live outside Boston… The city is really excited for the marathon next month and I’m always curious what the weather will be like 2012 was soo hot they encouraged people not to run, but it is usually rainy & cold…
I can really use some new shoes since outside running season is around the corner asics gift card would be awesome!!
I’m from Boca raton, Fl. I guess the closest city would be Miami. Love me some asics GT 2000!!!
Buffalo, NY was the closest “big” city to my hometown.
San Francisco, which I have a huge crush on.
Savannah, GA
The closest BIG city is Seattle, for me. Home of Starbucks, Amazon, Pike Place Market and the Space Needle. 🙂
Seattle! Despite the “rainy” weather, it is a beautiful city!!!
Sweet home Chicago;)
I’m from Ohio (a little city nobody’s ever heard of…ha). The closest big city to me was Columbus, about 90 miles away. I actually lived there for the first 31 years of my life & just in December moved to the Raleigh, NC area. Had to get away from all that winter 😉
New Orleans
Washington DC!
Originally NYC, and now Wichita!!
Santa Barbara, California ☀️
Detroit.
I would say Wichita, KS!! Maybe Kansas City, KS qualifies as “big” if that doesn’t. I would love to win a giftcard!
I’m from Manchester, NH – Boston would be the closest, about 45 minutes away. This is such a sweet giveaway! The Gel Kayano is the first running shoe I ever fell in love with and it will forever hold a place in my heart. I still have my first pair and even though they are totally blown out I can’t bear to part with them.
Dallas!
Closest big city as a kid was San Francisco. Currently, I live just out of the Denver metro.
Orlando, FL
Does Milwaukee count? If not, Chicago. I love Asics gear especially their shoes.
Boston
Richmond, VA
New York City!
I’m from Indy so the closest big city is Chicago. Fun place to visit! Hope to do the marathon there one day 🙂
Washington D.C!
Minneapolis, MN. 🙂
Toronto, Ontario, Canada!
Philadelphia !
I’m in WI now but grew up in NC. I was about an hour from Raleigh.
Philluphya (Philadelphia)
Boston!
NYC!
Chicago!
I am originally from a small town outside of St.Louis. So St. Louis is my nearest city!
DC!
Bostonnnnnnn!
Buffalo is where I’m from, not sure that classifies as BIG. So I’d say Toronto! 🙂
Detroit!
I’m from Pittsburgh!!!
Toronto!
I live near DC
I’m from Vidalia, GA so the biggest city near me is Atlanta, GA! 🙂 my running clothes ARE very stinky!
NYC:-)
I grew up outside of St. Louis.
I’m from Hawaii….Over the ocean to San Francisco or the other way to Tokyo, Japan 🙂
Thanks for offering this giveaway!
Philly is the closest big city to my childhood hometown.
I grew up 20 minutes outside of NYC! 🙂
Pittsburgh, PA!!
Pittsburgh!
Shreveport, LA!!
Originally I’m from WY but the biggest city to where I lived there was Billings, MT.
Dallas, TX baby! 🙂
I’m from Richmond, VA…not sure if that counts as a big city or not. If not, then Washington DC 🙂
I live in Vancouver, Canada now but the closest big city to my hometown is Toronto!
Baltimore is the biggest city where I grew up and they have a great ruuning festival every fall.
New York City! But proud to say I’m from New Jersey 🙂
Baltimore
Salt Lake City!
Indianapolis, IN!!
I was born in Hawaii so it would be Honolulu, but I consider virginia my home so that would be Washington, D.C.!
Raleigh!
Cincinnati, OH.
New York City!
Closest big city is Chicago for me!
Phoenix! 🙂
It may be three hours away, but it’s all I got: Pittsburgh
I’m from Minneapolis, MN!! I love that city! Also, this is an awesome give away! I’ve been needing some new shoes!!
Philadelphia!
Omaha, NE
Dallas
The largest city by me (upstate NY) is NYC. I’ve only been twice, but I love seeing the Rockets and wandering around in Central Park. Typically I don’t actually enjoy the hustle and bustle of the city.
I grew up on a farm with my nearest neighbor was about a mile away so my nearest town was 5 miles away. Nearest city was about 75 miles away which is Sioux Falls, not a big city by any means
I’m from MIAMI!
Charleston
Nashville, TN
I’m from mid-Michigan. The biggest city near me is Lansing, our state capital!
I grew up in central PA, about equal distance from both Philly and Pittsburgh. I live in Pittsburgh now and it’s a great city to run in!
I was born near Seattle!
I need new gel kayanos!! Biggest city near me was Cincinnati… I’m from Kentucky, not many big cities there 🙂
I am from Louisville, so during derby we thought we were big, but Chicago is definitely closest.
NEW YORK CITY. though I now live in the pathetic excuse for a city known as Washington DC.
I’m a Phoenix AZ girl so I was the closest city 🙂
The closest big city I grew up near is Detroit (and I moved back to the area about 15 years ago so I must like it). It’s becoming an active area too – Detroit Run City now – Not Rock!
Well, I live in Normal, IL. But I am most definitely not normal and the biggest city is actually hard to say because I am an equal distance from Chicago and St. Louis.
Originially from a tiny town right outside of Chicago…. Now I live in a suburb right outside St. Paul!!
Los Angeles – your neck of the woods!
NYC!
LA!!!!!! and coincidentally I will be runninggggggg that city this weekend! YEYE
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Hello Monica,
The closest big city to where I lived originally/as a child is Denver, CO. But I currently now live in beautiful Phoenix, AZ! I could REALLY use winning this $150 ASICS gift certificate! I would buy a new pair of running shoes, b/c currently, my shoes have holes in the tops of them and the tread is wearing, but I’m tight on my budget already this month.
~Amy 🙂
Currently it’d be Kansas City, Mo!
LA! I’m between LA and Santa Barbara
Burlington, VT… or if you’re asking about a “real” city, I’d say Montreal or Boston! 🙂
Chicago! What a great giveaway… thanks Asics!
I am from a small town in Indiana. The closest biggest city would be Chicago.
I am from a tiny Midwest town so the nearest BIG city was Kansas City. Now I live just outside of, and work in, NYC!!
If you’re a basketball fan, Syracuse..otherwise NYC!
FREEZING COLD NYC!
New York City is the closest city for me!
Houston!
New York, new YORK!!!
I live in a big city, New York City. Can’t imagine living anywhere else! But Cali is pretty nice, wouldn’t mind trading weather.
I grew up in Holy Cross, AK so the only big city is Anchorage, AK.
Boston!!
I’m originally from a town in Indiana outside Chicago. Happy to live in FL now!
Omaha!
I have three big cities within a two hour radius which are Cleveland, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh. All three have marathons in May which made my first marathon a tough choice.
I’m from Richmond, Val the closest big city to me is Washington, D.C.
Grew up outside Indy, but moved away. Miss big cities sometimes.
Houston, Tejas
Cleveland, OH! I’ve run two 1/2 marathons there and one full. Wish I were running this spring but runner’s knee has me totally side-lined. Keeping busy cross-training:)
Toronto
Dallas!
I am originally from a small town just out side of Minneapolis, MN. 🙂
Growing up I could see San Francisco from my high school’s track/football field.
I’m from Topeka. The largest city close to us was Kansas City
I grew up close to St. Louis! And Chicago was 5 hours north.
The closest big city I lived near growing up was good ol’ Fargo, ND. Now I’m in Minneapolis and live by the best lakes to run around!
The closest big city from where I grew up is Detroit.
Houston, Texas!
Madison, Wisconsin!
St. Louis, MO
I’m originally from New Hampshire – Boston is the biggest (and best, in my opinion) city to me!
New York City-I grew up on Long Island!
I’m from Ann Arbor, MI and while we like to think of ourselves as a big city the closest real big one is Detroit!
Phoenix, AZ!
Pittsburgh!
New York City!
Chicago!
Houston. Not exactly big city, but next up would be Dallas (which is where we live now)
NYC is the closet big city to where I’m originally from. Great giveaway.
I’m from Riverside, so LA is the “BIG” city near me. But I did live in Taiwan and ran in extremely tiny towns so there’s the opposite of what you were asking for 😉
Beantown….Boston!!
Detroit, MI!
Boston!! But now I live in Cali where the weather is 100x’s better 🙂
San Diego…does that count as a BIG city?
New York City
I’m originally from this small town in Northwest Washington. The closest big city in the USA is Seattle. Although distance-wise Vancouver, Canada is closer.
I’m from southern Maine, so…..Boston!
St. Louis, Missouri!
Chicago 🙂 I LOVE running along the lake! Sometimes it’s windy, but the views are always worth it.
The closest city to me is Philadelphia. It’s about a 45 minute drive to catch a concert or a ballgame which is perfect!
The closest BIG city to where I’m from originally (Fontana) would be Los Angeles!
I live in southwest VA, so there’s not many big cities around. I’d say Knoxville, TN is the closest.
I am from Piedmont, CA and the closest big city is ( 15 min away) San Francisco. I know like in a small ski town called Steamboat Springs, Co and the closest city is Denver about 3 hours away. I would love to win this giveaway!
Good old Columbus, Ohio!
I grew up in Alabama, so I guess the nearest “big city” is Atlanta. But now I’m in upstate NY and much closer to several bigger cities.
I’m from St. Louis and I think that counts as a big city! But for like…REAL BIG city it’d be Chicago!
The closest big city to my hometown is Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway!
Philadelphia! 🙂
St. Louis! I grew up about 35 minutes from downtown. Now, I still live 35 minutes from downtown, but I live in a different state!
Phoenix, Arizona! i was born and raised in Tempe which is just down the street from Phoenix, and went to college in Tucson, Beardown!
Born and raised in Los Angeles. On a clear and smogless day you can see the mountains.
I was born and raised in St. Louis but I’m now living in Tucson, Arizona.
Richmond!
Houston, on big smoggy city!
Pittsburgh … city of fries on your salad.
I am from Wichita, KS, so the biggest city is Kansas City or Oklahoma City!
Well I was a military brat, so not really “from” anywhere lol. But I have lived in Seattle for 14 years so I say I am from Seattle. 🙂 We love the rain, wear northface, and are hippies 🙂
My closest big city has always been Kansas City. The Missouri Side. Thanks for hosting this great giveaway.
I don’t know if you’d consider this a “big city”, but Fargo is the closest city to me, and that’s 1 1/2 hours away!
I’m lucky enough to be close to quite a few big cities. I’m in Harrisburg, PA and we have Philly, Pittsburgh, D.C., Baltimore and NYC all within a 3 hour or less drive!
TORONTO!!!!!!!!!
Washington DC!
I’m from a big city.. MIAMI! 🙂
LA! 🙂
I am from San Jose, Ca which is a big city in itself. The closest big city is San Francisco….got to luv the diversity around here. =)
Chicago! Love Asics! Ran in my new Kayano 20’s today.
Denver! 🙂
Boston, MA- a great running city!
san francisco
San Francisco is only a short 4.5 hour drive south. Yep. Life exists above San Francisco, although it doesn’t seem that way.
I grew up as a military brat, so I lived near big cities all over the U.S. but I’m from Texas, so I’d have to say the biggest city that I’ve lived near is San Antonio, TX!
Los Angeles
Minneapolis!
Love following your blog, since I also grew up in the OC with LA as the closest Big City. But, now I’m living all the way in Japan, so now Tokyo is my closest Big City! Luckily Japan has an amazing running community!
I live just 1.5 hours from NYC. We live close to the train station so it’s a quick trip down with no traffic!
Knoxville Tennessee, which is also the city I was born in.
I moved to OC from Denver, which I think it best big/little city ever! Anyone who hasn’t been needs to go!
I grew up an hour from Nashville….Music City!!!!
Closest city to me would have been either South Bend, In or Chicago, Il. I am originally from Elkhart, In!
Jacksonville
The closest big city to me is Louisville, KY.
New York City!
I grew up in Dayton Wyoming… Population 600. Nearest big city… Sheridan wyo population 15k
I grew up in Fort Worth, TX. Some might say the closest big city is Dallas, but I’d argue that Fort Worth is, itself, a big city! Fort Worth has close to 750,000 people and is the 16th largest city in the country, but only the 5th largest in Texas (after Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and barely Austin).
LA…I’m from San Clemente, CA (practically your neighbor)!
Boston! I even drive from the burbs to work there now!
LA! I ran the marathon 2 years ago…I want to do it again in 2016! Olympic Trials weekend!!!
Boston!! Not the easiest city to be a runner in but there is this one amazing marathon every year!
Los Angeles!!!
Closest big city is Minneapolis, but it’s still over 3 hours away. Small town Iowa girl, right here. 🙂
Los Angeles! Sadly, not running this weekend though!
New York City!
Chicago! and I’ve run that giant marathon 4 times 🙂
Kansas City, Missouri!
Montreal!
Montreal!!
NYC!
I grew up in Arizona in a small town, so the closest city was Phoenix 3 hours away. Now I live in Southwest Michigan, close to Chicago.
San Francisco! Looking forward to the day I get to go home, and race on the hills.
I’m originally from northern/central California and the biggest city closest to where I grew up is Sacramento! I LOVE asics so I’d love to win this!!!
Was born in Boston and have always lived right outside the city… Home of the greatest marathon in the world 🙂
Boston (strong) !
Raleigh, NC! The state capital!
Phoenix for me 🙂 and AWESOME giveaway
Charlotte, NC
Cincinnati Ohio is the closest big to where I am from, but now I live really close to Philadelphia! (a way bigger city!)
STL! Go Cards! 🙂
Hi, I live by Sacramento. Home of CIM.
Detroit! It is actually a pretty amazing city with lots of potential in the right hands of leadership. It looked pretty darn good when I ran the Detroit Marathon!
Denver! (I’m from Littleton.) Still love this town.
Philly – born and raised 🙂
Minneapolis
A “BIG” city is tough considering I grew up in a town with about 1,400 people. I guess I would say Portland, Maine or if I travelled a few more hours Boston.
I am halfway between Indianapolis and St. Louis 🙂
naci y creci en Oaxaca, Mex.. now livig in Rialto, ca.. biggest city near by is L.A… saludos guapa
The closest big city to where I’m originally from is Omaha, NE. Now it’s Minneapolis or St Paul, MN. 🙂
Asics are my FAVORITE!!
I’m originally from Dallas, so it would be Dallas.
Lived right outside Atlanta (where the playuhs play) my entire life! (:
Memphis is closest biggest city.
Would love some new running gear!
Boston! Still is and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I am from a small town in Iowa so you either have to go an hour south to Sioux City, IA or an hour north to Sioux Falls, SD. Not sure if either are considered BIG cities! 🙂
I was born in Washington, D.C. and spent my first 18 years outside of it! 😀
NYC!
Chicago, IL !
Columbus, OH…it’s big enough 😉
Biggest city near me is Cincinnati. Hope I win the prize:)
Philly is home growing up, but DC is home now! Both are great to explore during a run!
I was born in NYC and grew up in a suburb just outside of the city
Charlotte, NC
Omaha, Nebraska
Rochester, NY!
St. Louis, MO!
Have always lived right outside of Philadelphia, PA
New York City!
Milwaukee, WI!!!
I grew up in Washington, DC aka Chocolate City. Not much of a true “city” there. So I guess the closest typical city is Baltimore, Maryland. Charm City. Pronounced Balmer, Hon.
Denver!
The Motor City, Detroit, is about 20 miles from the town I grew up in.
I am from Montgomery, Alabama which is the Capitol City but not sure about it being large! haha
Boston and Hartford CT!!! I love to run in both places 🙂 City running is the best, IMO!
I am originally from Milwaukee and although it’s big around here, I would say that the closest BIG city is Chicago.
San Francisco!!!
St.Paul, MN
Chicago:)
Memphis Tn-can you even consider that to be a “big” city ?
Cleveland, Ohio was the closest big city to where I am originally from!!
Now I live in Atlanta, Georgia with all the other peaches 🙂
I love, love, love Asics and those casual shoes are so cute!
I was born in NYC
Washington DC!
I’m from Northern Wisconsin, and the nearest “big” city is a tie between Milwaukee, WI and Minneapolis, Mn! 4 hours away!
I’m from Northern Wisconsin, and the nearest “big” city is a tie between Milwaukee, WI and Minneapolis, Mn!
Washington, DC
Omaha, Nebraska!!
Philadelphia PA for me
I’m originally from Colorado Springs, CO but now I live in the Seattle area! Both are beautiful places to run 🙂
Chicago!
LA!
New Haven, CT . . . but I prefer to think of NYC when I say ‘the city’.
I’m from Omaha, NE, so probably Chicago or Denver are the closest big cities!
I grew up in a small town. Atlanta was the closest big city, about two hours away!
I’m from Redwood City, CA originally, so I think SAN FRANCISCO is what comes to mind when people say “going into the city”!
Dallas!
NYC! (I’m pretty lucky!)
I was born in Sacramento (closest big hospital that had a preemie unit), so that would be it! But it’s equal distance to San Francisco. But then I grew up in a tiny town in Washington, and the closest big city was Seattle. And then I went to college in San Diego. Basically, I’m a confused nomad.
Boston is not too far!
Pittsburgh, PA
I’m about equal distance from Boston and NYC
Im from Jersey so that would be New York City! It’s been my dream to run in the NYC marathon and Im slowly getting there =)
I’m from upstate NY, so as much as I hate to admit it (being from upstate and all), New York City is my closest big City. Love the city, just love upstate and our waterfalls and wineries more!
I grew up equidistant from Des Moines, Iowa and Chicago. And clearly headed the Chicago way after college!
From Eugene Oregon – home of Hayward Field and Oregon Duck Football!!!! largest city Portland Oregon. Love ASICS gear!!
Washington, DC. I still live there now!
Chicago!! My kind of town!
I live right across the river from Portland, Oregon. That probably counts as a big city.
Washington DC – a great city to run through Capitol Hill!
I’m actually within 2 hrs of a few big cities, Philly, Washington DC, Baltimore
Los Angeles!!! I haven’t lived in CA since I went to college, but still have very fond memories of growing up there!
Chicago, the windy city!!!
Detroit! I was born and raised in the suburbs and still live there today!
Cincinnati, Ohio. Home of the Flying Pig Marathon. It’s very hilly!
Los Angeles, California!!!
Miami
San Antonio was biggest growing up. Now it is D/FW Metroplex.
LA!
I’ll be at Mile 22 with my rag-tag trio of dogs cheering! Will be on the lookout for you. Good luck.
Long time no-see! Hope all is well 🙂 See ya then!
Seattle!
Does Green Bay, WI count as big? Otherwise, Madison.
I don’t really care about football, but Go Pack Go!
Raleigh, NC!
I was born in Mobile, Alabama – Home of Mardi Gras. And me.
I’m from Phoenix so I guess the closest big city would be Vegas, San Diego or la! All fun places to visit!
Closest big city to me is Atlanta, GA!
New Haven! (best PIZZA in the world 🙂 )
I live in little Peterson Minnesota and the closest BIG city is Minneapolis!!
Dallas TX
Born and raised in Cleveland! Left for adventure and am now happily back!
I grew up equal distance from Milwaukee, WI and Chicago, IL. I still live pretty much in the same area.
Daytona Beach, FL which doesn’t seem like a BIG city to me, but since we host the Daytona 500, Bike Week, were once-upon-a-time the go-to-hotspot for Spring Break and have the Daytona Beach Half Marathon (which goes from the Speedway through the city to the beach and back)… so, I’m claiming it!
If you need me to go bigger… we’ll count Orlando! 🙂
Originally – closest to Philadelphia
Now – I live in Richmond, but some don’t consider that a big city so I guess DC?
I guess Atlanta, GA even though it is about 3 hours away!
My big city is Seattle!
Little Rock, Ark.
Chicago 🙂
Salt Lake City, Utah!
Good old Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Columbus, Ohio, 1.5 hours or Cincinnati, where the infamous Flying Pig race is held!
I live outside of Chicago.
Born and raised in LA, Asics are the ONLY running shoes for me. I hope I win, pick me!!!
Boston 🙂 Boston Strong!
Kansas City,MO
Boston, MA
Denver, CO. The place I recently ran my first ever half!
The closest city to me is Dallas.
NYC! I’m originally from a small town in northwest NJ.
Harrisburg, PA…not a huge city, but it is the state capital.
I am from Pittsburgh, Pa. Grew up about 30 miles outside of it and now live closer! I am running the Dick’s Sporting Goods Marathon so I can become a runner of steel!
I have a few to choose from; I have Boston, MA (90 minutes); Hartford, CT (45 minutes) and NYC (3 hours). They are all drivable. 🙂
Boston! Great giveaway. Thanks!
Milwaukee, WI! That’s big, right?
Minneapolis, MN!! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!!!
It’s a doozey….Topeka, KS. Population 127k! Now I’m in OC 🙂
Oklahoma City!
Omaha! Not huge, but not a whole lot else in Nebraska, lol.
chicago!
Chicago!!
Closest major city to me is Toronto, Ontario, Canada EH!!
I’m from Terre Haute, Indiana, which only about an hour drive from Indianapolis, which has a lot of great running events (including the AWESOME 500 Festival Mini-Marathon)!
Detroit!
I was born & raised in Louisville, KY … big city to us – not big compared to other big cities 🙂
Growing up in NC, the closest BIG city is Atlanta…none of the NC are especially huge 🙂
Well I’m from Baltimore, but I don’t think that’s really considered a “big city” so let’s say New York 🙂 Just moved out to the SF bay area though.. switching coasts!
Pittsburgh, PA
I grew up about 40 minutes away from Chicago!
I am a Boston girl through and through!!!
Los Angeles.
San Francisco. I miss it sooo much!!
Since I’m originally from Reading, PA the BIG city that I’m closest to is good ole Philadelphia, PA!
Which is where I ran my first and second half marathons. RnR Philly love!
Chesapeake, VA or Virginia Beach, VA
Minneapolis baby!!!
Philly!
Boston!
Well, the closest city to where I was born is St. Petersburg, Russia. Top that.
I was near Tampa, FL growing up but Washington, DC is my jam now (still terribly muggy in the summer!).
Pittsburgh! (Is that considered big?!?!)
Providence, RI 🙂
Boston!
Well I was born in Tucson and that’s kinda big, but I’d say the closest truly big city would be Phoenix.
I’m from just outside of Oslo, Norway. Biggest city in the country, but it’s not big at all. 600 000 ppl. I love it here nevertheless.
I live just a few miles outside of Portland, OR and I absolutely LOVE it! Couldn’t imagine a better place to live….rain and all 🙂
Dallas!
I’m originally from Central Jersey so my closest city was good ole NYC. I would LOVE to eventually run the NYC Marathon, even though I live quite a ways from there nowadays. Who knows, maybe I’ll head that way some day 😉
Atlanta!
new york city. 🙂
The closest city up to age 5 was Seattle!
Milwaukee, Wisconsin!
I’m a Jersey girl…so that would be New York City! We used to go all of the time–just a quick ride on the train and you were there!
The biggest city closest to my hometown would be Dallas–which is about 3 hours away.
Good ol’ Cleveland!!
Dallas was the closest big city when I was growing up.
I’m from Pittsburgh, which is the smallest big city! I love it.
The biggest city close to where I grew up was Calgary Alberta Canada. It was a big deal when we got to go to the big city. I thought my cousins that grew up there were SO COOL. Yep, I was a hick!
NYC !
Los Angeles born and raised!!
Nyc is just a train ride away, it’s amazing!!!! I love it!
The closest big city to where I am originally from would be Syracuse, N.Y. if you consider that a big city.
It was and still is – Denver
Boston born and bred!:)
Milwaukee, Wi!
San Antonio, TX…born and raised!!
yay chonies 🙂 haahaa!
I’m from Vancouver, WA so the closest ‘big’ city was Portland, OR. 🙂
Philadelphia. So glad I moved down south and have avoided the polar vortex!
Minneapolis/St.Paul – the Twin Cities:)
Seattle!
Minneapolis/St Paul! Brr.
I grew up in Arizona and the closest big city was Phoenix
Memphis TN! You can tell from my Southern accent and love of bbq 🙂
City of Brotherly Love. That’s “Philadelphia” in Philadelphian.
Born in Seattle, grew up outside Chicago, now live close to Tampa! From one end to the other! 🙂
I grew up in Michigan, so it’s gotta be Detroit!
The closest city to me is Pittsburgh! 🙂
Washington DC! Well, technically London since I was born in England, but since I moved here when I was 4, I consider Maryland my hometown.
Good luck this weekend! I’m from Ohio, and the closest BIG city is Chicago. I’m guessing Columbus, Ohio doesn’t really count 🙂
I am from Sheboygan, WI, (of Home Alone fame: “Kenosha Kickers…very big in Sheboygan”) so the closest big city is Milwaukee, where I live now. I grew up and ran away to the big city a whole 50 minutes from my parents’ house.
San Diego! I grew up here and still live here 🙂 Just a SoCal kinda girl!
closest big city to where I grew up is Las Vegas. about 2 1/2 hours away 🙂
I am from Edmonton, KY, that is 50 miles east of Bowling Green, KY which is the 3rd largest city in KY. You may have heard about it recently on the news. Home to the Corvette, where 8 vettes, one-of a kinds, anniversary editions, fell into a sinkhole…yeah there!!! 😉
Chicago!!!! And p.s. The Chicago Marathon is a must!
Chicago or Kansas City!
I’m from right outside of Pittsburgh, PA! I LOVE everything Pittsburgh! 🙂
Born and raised in Boston!
San Francisco, and I love everything about it!
Columbus, OH
Philadelpha, PA
Big city I would have to say Pittsburgh. Even though Erie, PA is the snowiest city in the US with a population over 100K people. So does that count since it isn’t a big city?
Chicago, lllinois – best city in the world and a great place to run!
I love Asics! I currently live in Chicago but grew up in the middle of nowhere Iowa. Does Des Moines count as a big city?! Haha… If not, then it’s definitely Chicago 🙂
The closest big cities are either Baltimore or Washington, D.C. Both about equal distance
Jacksonville Florida
St. Louis!
I am from the city of Charleston,SC.
LA! Woot! Woot! I’m excited to run the marathon this Sunday!
Kansas City!
Im from a small town in Alabama and the biggest cities to us are Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, and then Atlanta
Kansas City MO! St. Louis is about the same distance!
Ottawa, Ontario!
Kansas City!!! I moved away years ago but still miss it. Great city!
St. Louis
Los Angeles!
I love this question!! I grew up in a town that had about 500 residents, so the closest big city was Greenfield, MA which is where I live now and that has about 20,000 residents. I guess the “Big” city is Springfield, MA. I love Asics- I wear them all the time for my runs and working out!
I guess Sacramento would be the biggest BIG city near me. If that’s even considered big? Or maybe San Franciso. Both of those are 2 hours from me.
I’m from LA. I still live in LA County, but I’m about 45 min outside of LA.
Phoenix!
Living in Spearfish SD, the closet BIG city would be Denver, CO
Syracuse NY! It’s crazy cold here right now too, I could use some appropriate weather gear!
i grew up 30 miles northeast of Dallas
Seattle
I grew up and still live 30 miles south of Boston.
The biggest city by where I live is Chicago!!
MEMPHIS!!! But I’m originally from LA 🙂
I am from a suburb of Cleveland (if that still counts as a big city).
Philadelphia!
I was born in Toledo, Ohio. The biggest city near there would be Detroit. However I grew up in sunny Florida.
I am from/live in Gaithersburg, Maryland. So, the closest big city is our nations capitol, Washington D.C!
I am from a small town about halfway between Denver and Kansas City. In other words, the middle of nowhere.
I was born in Toledo, Ohio. The biggest city near there would be Detroit, MI. However, I grew up in sunny Florida and now I live in Hawaii. Good luck at the LA marathon!
Kansas City, KS
Philadelphia!!!
NYC!!
Well how big is big? I was from a suburb of Rochester NY, but that is pretty small, so I would say BIG city would be Toronto!
I’m from Columbus, OH!!!!! New shoes and gear!!!!!
San Francisco!
Vancouver, Canada!
Queue up Randy Newman’s “I Love LA” (We love it!!!) and take me to a Dodger game… 😀
Would love, love, love some ASICS LA running gear.
Great give-away, Monica! Good luck this weekend.
I am from Akron, Ohio so the closest big city I am near is Cleveland.
Seattle!
Washington, DC! It may not be BIG like LA or NY, but it’s mighty (or at least everyone here thinks they’re mighty)… I’ll be honest, I grew up here when I was a kid and came back as an adult (even if I don’t feel like a ‘grown up’) and I still get a little warm and fuzzy when I run/walk/commute by the White House or Washington Monument….
I live closest to Chicago 🙂
I’m originally from Georgia, so Atlanta 🙂
Cleveland, Ohio (if that counts as a big city! ha!)
That would be Atlanta, GA
I am just north of LA! Running the LA marathon this weekend as well – it will be first full! Nerves are definitely starting to kick in.
I would love this gift certificate though – asics are my favorite shoe brand!
Louisville (KY)
Minneapolis, MN 🙂
Oakland (California)…
Oh geez, is Honolulu considered “big city”? If not, then it’s gotta be Los Angeles.
Well seeing as though I am a military brat, that’s always a hard question to answer… But I was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, so the closest big city would have to be Frankfurt, Germany (Mainz is closer, but still not quite as big). I LOVE Asics and your blog! Very inspiring!
Hrm, I suppose that’s Denver. But I live in Montana, so it’s really not all that close!
Los Angeles! So hoping I win. I run in Asics, and am way overdue for new running shoes.
The closest big city would be San Francisco.
San Francisco!
Boston!!
The closest big city I am near is good ol’ Los Angeles!
Orginally from fort myers,fl so Miami and Tampa are both about 2 hours away!
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Sydney
well if you count Birmingham , AL as a big city, that was it haha. Otherwise, Atlanta was it, but it was about 4 hours away!
I’m from Chicago but currently live in LA. All this LA Marathon talk is kinda making me want to try it next year!
Well, I was born in DC so technically I guess that’s it. But I grew up in a suburb of San Diego (which is what I still consider home). And I LOVE Asics…and I always think that since it’s literally across the street from my house I can’t believe I don’t know anyone who works there and can hook me up with a giant discount!!
CHICAGO!
Charlotte, NC !
Originally and currently Boston! I haven’t gone far 🙂
I didn’t know they had casual shoes too! Cool! I grew up in a very small, mountain resort town and the closest city was L.A. Good luck on Sunday!
LA!
Atlanta!
Austin is a big city right? If not then Houston!
I grew up right outside of San Diego! It’s smaller than LA, but definitely a big city! There are a lot of great places to run all over Southern California, and I only wear Asics when I run 🙂
I grew up outside of Raleigh…and I currently live in Raleigh. It is not BIG city per se, big I love living here!
Washington, DC! I still live wight outside of DC!
Boston! There’s nothing like a run along the banks of the river Charles! Masshole through and through.
Richmond, VA!
Chicago!
I grew up in a tiny town about an hour from Ft. Worth, TX.
Love Asics!!
The City of Angels
Kansas City, MO. From Kansas City, KS 🙂
I grew up in upstate NY, the closest BIG city would have to be Toronto. I’ve thought a lot about trying the Toronto marathon! there’s two – a spring and a fall.
Pittsburgh = prepping for the marathon here now!!!
Ottawa, Canada!!
I am originally from Boston! My dream is to run The Boston Marathon one day! Right now I reside in Dallas, TX! I love Asics!
Tampa, Florida baby!
Seattle WA! And I’m hoping to run the Rock and Roll half marathon in June there! A gift card would help me on my way to styling in my first half!
I’m from VA originally and Richmond was the closest big(ish) city to me. But if you’re talking real BIG cities I was only a few hours away from Washington, DC.
Does Portland count as a “big” city? If yes, then I’ll go with that. If not, then I go with Seattle. Big cities are few and far between in the PNW.
Also, I’m surprised you went with the blue shoes when there are pink ones too!
Well the closest city would be Seattle, WA 🙂
The closest to my hometown is Minneapolis, nice and cold 🙂
I live in Earlham, Ia and the biggest city is Des Moines, IA
I’m from a small city–but live relatively close to Toronto! It’s one of the top 5 largest cities in North America 🙂
Well, it depends on how “big” of a city you’re talking! I’m from Alabama and live about 2 hours from Birmingham and 3 1/2 hours from Montgomery. Those don’t seem like very big cities compared to some of these others though!
I am originally from Denver but moved away when I was three. I now live in the biggest town in Montana..A whole 162,000 people live here!But no where near any Asics store! I would love one!
Pittsburgh! I’m a Yinzer without the accent!
The biggest closest city to me is probably Detroit, MI! Detroit sometimes gets a bad rap, but the city really is fascinating and there are so many things going on there right now. I truly believe that Detroit is experiencing a come back, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds!
Wet and rainy Seattle is my big city. I grew up here, still live here, and while technically I’ve always resided in a suburb, I tell people I’m from Seattle for simplicity.
Omaha
I love Asics! Their gear is so great!
The closest big city to me is NYC! I live just outside of the city in Westchester!
Los Angeles!!
LA love 🙂
Beijing!
I live outside of boston. Born and raise..although I love having 4 seasons, I am very done with the winter!! #bostonstrong. Are you running boston? I’ll be cheering and this year will be awesome!! #nofears
Little Rock, AR
I am originally from WI and the closest big city to me was Milwaukee. Now I live in Kenai, AK and the closest big city is Anchorage, AK.
Split between San Diego and Orange County. It’s a rough life 😉
Chicago! I wish i could say somewhere warm and cozy. Sadly it is cold and snowy.
St. Louis MO!
There are no big cities in montana! So Spokane, WA probably.
I don’t think that Toledo, OH counts.. Therefore, Detroit, MI.. Which is where I currently live!
The best city in the world…..Los Angeles! 😀 Born and raised <3
Born and raised in sunny Tampa, FL!!
I grew up in Kansas City, although now NYC is the closest big city.
NYC!
New York!
I am from a small town of 300 people in Kansas (seriously, I graduated with 8 people in my class). The closest city to me is Amarillo, TX but the closest BIG city is Denver, CO! If that isn’t middle-of-nowhere, I don’t know what is!
St. Louis!
Charlotte, NC! (That counts as a “BIG” city right?!)
Born in Tucson, AZ so the closest big city is Phoenix, AZ!
I live in San Jose, CA-that is pretty big. Almost a million people. The next biggest would be San Francisco!!
I’m from western Colorado, so I’m closest to the Mile High City: Denver! I love running the paths and trails west of the metro area!
NYC. Born there and lived 5 minutes from there growing up.
Salt Lake City!
I’m from Covington, GA…the closest big city is Atlanta.
CHI-TOWN, baby!!
Phoenix Arizona
Baltimore, Maryland, hon! (We put the ‘hon’ in marathon, lol)
Chicago! I’m a midwest girl, born and bred 🙂
St. Louis! Just returned from a vacation to LA/OC and am totally jealous of the weather you get to run in! 😀
Born: Boston, MA
Grew up mostly in WA, so Seattle.
Fargo, ND
Atlanta!
born and raised in chicago!
I’m quite a few hours away from anything big, but I would say Minneapolis is the closest!
I’m originally from WI and always in between Chicago and Milwaukee
Now the closest big city is Detroit unless Lansing counts…
Columbus, OH!
I’m originally from Indianapolis, but my husband lovingly refers to it as a small town, so I guess Chicago:)
Boston, MA!! Moved to NH for grad school but still consider myself a Boston Girl at heart. My goal is to one day qualify for the Boston Marathon 🙂
New York! Would love to make it out to LA though…Only been to San Diego once and the west coast is gorgeous!
Lincoln Nebraska! 🙂
I’m a big city junkie. Born in NYC. Live in DC now & want to move to Boston soon.
Kansas City
Though I now live in the Ocean State, I grew up in Canada! The big and AWESOME city closest to me was Toronto!
I’m originally from WI and lived an hour away from both Chicago and Milwaukee
Now the closest big city is Detroit
The closest big city to where I am from originally is Cleveland, OH. Now, after being just outside of Raleigh, NC for a year, I have relocated to Columbus, OH and am getting the feel of a city again!
Yikes … Little Rock or Oklahoma City probably!
DENVER!
Detroit! I grew up in a smaller town up north and love having so many more options around here.
I’m from San Jose! Woo Woo 408! Which is one of the biggest cities in Cali so otherwise I guess it’d just be SF. PS I LOVE MY ASICS AND WOULD LOVE TO WIN!!!!
Abrazos from one Monica to another!
XO
I’m closest to Boston.
I’m from Saint Louis, the next biggest/closest is Chicago. Ohh, the windy city…
Toronto, ON!
Portland, Oregon!
The closest big city to my hometown is probably Richmond, Virginia!
The closest big city to me was and still is, Detroit, MI. Though, I’m more inclined to drive to my favorite big city, Chicago, IL! 🙂 I run in Asics and would LOVE this GC! Thanks for the great giveaway opportunity!
closest big city would be seattle (unless you count spokane as “big”)
Minneapolis, MN!! It’s still super cold here for March! haha!
I grew up 45 north of San Francisco, and now live in Seattle. I traded the fog for the mist 🙂
I was born in Miami, but I’m a SoCal girl now!
I grew up in the rural community of Ararat, VA. It is about 2 hours from Charlotte, NC and about 4 hours from Richmond, VA. As a cat lover I always enjoy the pictures you post with Vegas.
San Fransisco… still the closest big city… lots of fun races there too 🙂
Even though I was born in a city of 8 million people, it’s considered a “small” city by Chinese standards. It would make Beijing the closest “big” city to me! And boy is it big.
Denver!
The Big D baby! Dallas, TX all the way! Born and raised and still currently residing here 😉
San Francisco…a great city to run in!
I’m originally from Buffalo, NY but now live about 45 minutes away from beautiful Kansas City!
I grew up about 2.5 hours from MINNEAPOLIS!! Not the biggest city in the world but I love it!! I love Asics running shoes and winning this would be pretty rad!
Chicago!!! My kind of town!!
NYC is the closest to my hometown in Upstate, NY…Though Boston is probably about the same distance as well! Right now, the closest city to me is Detroit and I’m really loving the huge running community that it offers! 🙂
Philadelphia!!!
San Francisco!… and now it’s where I’m going to school!
Nashville, TN is probably the closest BIG city to me with Louisville, KY being a close second.
Chicago, Chicago, that toddlin’ town!
I’m originally from Torrance so LA is my obvious answer. Chicago is the nearest big city to where I live now.
Philadelphia!!
I am an Orange County-an (??) too, so my closest city is LA 🙂
Pittsburgh, PA!
Boston!!
I’m originally from Memphis, TN, which is about as big as it gets in Tennessee!
Minneapolis! A great city for running!!
Hannover, Germany
Los Angeles! And, I’m participating in my first marathon this weekend… LAM of course!!!! I rarely need things but I need this and would take it with much gratitude and appreciation. Thank you for considering this first timer, LA girl!
Boston is the closest big city, but it’s about 2.5 hrs. away. I live in the sticks of NH. 🙂
Washington DC!
Philly! Oh man I love asics! Gimme some swag!!
Im from NC- so I would have to say Raleigh- which probably doesn’t count as a big city 🙂
Minneapolis, MN. Those casual shoes look amazing!! I might have to check them out, even if I don’t win.
NYC!!!
Chicago!
Boston 🙂
San Francisco!
Minneapolis, MN..not too exciting.
San diego
San Francisco! It’s about 30-35 minutes away from me, even closer if you drive faster 😉
Houston, TX!!
Kansas City!!!! Thanks for the entertaining reads and laughs!
Philadelphia!!
Well the biggest city would be Berlin, the biggest one in US closest to my hometown would be Maine I guess 😉
Philadelphia!
Minneapolis, MN! If that isn’t big enough for your taste the next closest is Chicago. 🙂
Minneapolis MN
Boston! Masshole pride 🙂
Toronto! Live in TN now
NYC!
Chicago – love the blog!
Dallas, TX!
THE City – New York City! Born and raised in upstate NY.
San Francisco is closest to me…about 20 minutes away my entire life. Love it!
Chicago!
Kansas City, MO.
Hmmm Raleigh or Charlotte, NC but I don’t know that they count as a BIG city especially compared to NYC, San Fran, LA, Miami & so on 😛
Grew up in Herndon, VA, so Washington D.C. would be the closest big city! (Currently I live in China, close to Shanghai where 23 million people reside…. So do I get brownie points for that??? ;):))
(If I win though, I’ll be home in VA this summer for three months and would really be grateful for the giftcard to order some gear to take back to China with me!!!)
Atlanta – thanks for the good reads, RER
I was born and raised in a big city—Houston, TX! THE best city in Texas 🙂
nashville! the biggest little city there is 🙂
Toronto, Ontario!!
Big city near me is Montreal! And it’s an awesome city
I’m originally from Chicago and my family still lives there, but I live in New Orleans now. I love them both for completely different reasons.
Houston, TX…I love Texas 🙂
Los Angeles!
Where I am originally from: NOLA
But I think of the LA area as my home 😉
About the same distance from NYC and Boston
I’m from Michigan, so the closest big city is Detroit! Unless that’s not big enough, in which case, it’s Chicago!
Atlanta! Home of Hip-Hop, lol
New Orleans, LA!
I am from this TINY little town in Northern MN so the closest big city would be minneapolis 🙂
NYC baby!
Honolulu!
My big city is Seattle where we love to run in the rain and recycle! Awesome giveaway RER!
I live 45 minutes from Philadelphia. love going to see a show or try a new restaurant
I’m from St. Louis -home of Cardinals, Anheuser-Busch, and Nelly 🙂
Minneapolis, MN
Haha well I’m originally from Germany so that would be a little tricky but I’d say now where I live the next biggest city would be NYC 🙂
Chicago!
Oklahoma City is the closest big(ish) city to me!
I was born near St. Louis, MO., but spent a large part of my childhood in New Orleans.
i was born and raised in LA 🙂 i’ll be watching the marathon on ktla this weekend!
Orlando florida.
And I LOVE asics. Used to get awful blisters in almost every shoe until I discovered the kayanos.
Well, I am from the City of Buenos Aires in Argentina and that’s probably the biggest city we have there and now live in the suburbs of Chicago so my closest city is… CHICAGO! I love Asics! (I heard on the news last night BoA is having issues preventing people from registering to the Chicago Marathon this week. Not that I plan on running it -unless I am guaranteed 1-on-1 QT with Tom Hiddleston- but it’s a bummer!)
My closest big city is Kansas City! I love the Midwest although I am jelly of your nice temps when it’s been an iceberg here.
I live in Dutchess County, NY. Closest city The Big Apple NYC!
I grew up in a tiny city two hours from Memphis!
Boston!
Might not count as a big city to Americans, but my nearest big city was Dublin in Ireland!
I grew up near St. Paul Minnesota!
I grew up not far from Minneapolis.
Born and raised in The City aka NYC 🙂
Grew up in Salt Lake City. Turns out it’s not too big.
Indianapolis baby! I LOVE Asics. They have always been my running shoes.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS!!!! =) REMEMBER THE ALAMO! 😉
Boston! Home of the Boston Marathon!
The Valley of the Sun! Phoenix, AZ.
Louisville, KY
Dallas!
New York! (originally from Stamford, CT)
Oklahoma city was 1 hour away from me, we always loved to go to the city as kids.
San Antonio, TX!
From a small town about an hour away from Dallas, TX!
Boston 🙂
Wow what an awesome giveaway! I currently live in S. Setauket, which is located in Long Island, NY. I was born in Flushing Queens, NY, about an hour away from where I live. I was born and raised as a NY and I don’t think I can ever leave.
Chicago!!
I was born and raised in a small town outside of Washington, DC. I live in Ocean City, MD now. I would love to win and would get a new pair of shoes. Thanks for the op and have a great run this weekend!
PS – A friend of mine (Diane) is the 4hr pacer. Go say “hi” – she’s super sweet and an awesome pacer. Tell her I sent you her way! 🙂
Toronto, ON!
I’m a Navy brat, or just a brat. Either way, San Diego is home!
Vancouver!
I grew up outside of Indianapolis, but if that’s not a BIG enough city, Chicago was 4 hours north.
I was born in Singapore which is actually a city/state/country. But I grew up near Memphis, TN.
I am from Raleigh, NC which is a pretty big city in itself but I would say Charlotte, NC which was about 2.5 hours away!
Nashville, TN is the closest big city to me. I’ve lived here all my life and I love it.
I’m originally from the tiny island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean so the closest big city would probably be Athens, Greece!
Ohh awesome giveaway! I could use some new shoes:) I’m from Iowa so the closest big city is probably my current city, Chicago!
Dallas!
Chicago!
I live equidistant between Baltimore and Washington D.C.!! Washington D.C. is definitely the bigger of the two.
Biggish city would be Omaha, Nebraska or Kansas City.
Downtown Chicago is a only short 45 minute drive from my small Indana town.
I grew up blocks from Cleveland, OH! A small big city, but a pretty fantastic one.
baltimoreee.
I grew up right between St. Louis and Chicago!
Nashville
I’m from middle of no where Western Nebraska, so that makes Denver, CO the closest big city!!!
Well I grew up in Nashville…but I guess Atlanta is the biggest nearby city!
Closest big(ish) city to me is Cleveland!
Philadelphia! 🙂
I grew up on the Jersey Shore (yep that place) and our closest city was NYC!! Now I live in Washington, DC. So I guess I gravitate to the East Coast.
Seattle!
The closet big city to me is Cleveland. One of these days I am going to sign up for a race there!!
Closest big city was Phoenix AZ
Greenville, SC
Chicago…one of the greatest cities in the world!
San Francisco! Go Giants!
“big city” would be Hartford, but no one knows that. So the real big city is Boston which is about 1.5 hours away. Even better is you can get on the T pretty far out and not have to drive in! 🙂
Grew up just over the border from D.C. Now I live in the middle of the city.
Gainesville, FL! Go Gators!
I was born right in the big city – Atlanta, GA! Go Braves!!
Los Angeles. I’ll be at LA Marathon this year too…but quite a ways behind ya 🙂
This is funny…the closest big city of where I’m from ORIGINALLY, is Taipei. I’m actually going back to Taiwan this year to run the Taroko Gorge Marathon in November. Excited!
Detroit 😀
Well I live in Columbus, Ohio and some would consider it a big city. I’d probably consider Chicago the closet BIG city though. I love asics. I wear my black and teal tigers all the time.
Boston!!!
Which is the marathon i will be running next month! WOO HOO!
NEW ORLEANS!
I was born in Concord so Boston, MA!
The closest big city to where I’m from is Minneapolis….but if that doesn’t count, then it’s Chicago!
I am originally from a suburb of Chicago, but now live in Madison!
NYC!
Im a military kids so I can’t think of one specific place Im from. I was born in Utah though, so Salt Lake City it is!
Closest big city, big to me anyway, is Grand Rapids, MI.
Dallas. 🙂
Atlanta, GA!
Spokane, Washington!!!
Chicago is the closest big city…Indiana is home!
Grew up on LI, so NYC
I love Asics, it’s my choice in running shoes. Biggest city would be either San Jose or San Francisco. I think San Jose is larger in population but San Francisco more well known.
Originally it’s San Diego!! But now I live in Fresno…
Detroit, baby!
Baltimore, MD!
I live in RI – our big city is providence or basically RI is just a suburb of Boston 🙂
AUSTIN, TEXAS
The mile high city! Denver, CO
Charlotte, NC!
I grew up close to Pittsburgh! The city of bridges.
Not sure what constitutes big, but Des Moines or Omaha.
I’m from Ventura, so I guess that would be LA!
Minneapolis, MN at 45 minutes 🙂
Los Angeles!
Cleveland, OH!
San Antonio!!!
Dallas, Texas is the nearest big city and its 2 hours away!
The greatest city in the world – San Francisco!!!
I’m from San Jose, Ca.
hahaha closest BIG city to where I grew up is Halifax, NS which was still an hour away…
Originally…Milwaukee Wisconsin. Pittsburgh now!
Columbus, OH
I’m from Green Bay so the closest big city to there us Chicago. Thank goodness I live in AZ now. Too cold there for this chica! This is an awesome giveaway by the way. I only wear asics gel nimbus running shoes. I’m rocking some hot pink ones now.
Orlando, Florida.
Hmmmmm The midwest makes this a lot more challenging! I guess we’ll go with Kansas City at 4 hours, 6 hours to Minneapolis, 8 hours to Chicago.
Seattle!
I live just 20 minutes outside of Denver and equally close to the mountains, I love it!
I grew up near Chicago (75 minutes away) but now I am closer to Indianapolis (90 minutes).
Where I’m from originally Philly now I’m in beautiful Tampa !!
I’m originally from Newport, RI so the closest city would be Providence, RI.
The closest big city to where I live is Boston. Boston Strong baby!!!
I lived in a small town in Iowa across the river from Nebraska so the big city to us was Omaha, NE. But I guess in Iowa it would have been Des Moines. I now live in one of the biggest cities in the country, Chicago, and I absolutely love it!!
Is Richmond, VA considered a big city? If not, I’ll say DC. Just moved to Dallas though and am LOVING it!
I am originally from Southeastern Kentucky so the closest biggish cities near me are Louisville, KY or Cincinnati, OH:)
If Louisville, ky counts as big, that’s it!
Buffalo! I live in a small suburb of Buffalo, NY, the home of chicken wings, beef on weck and all great bar food!
I live in the suburbs of DC
Does Duluth, MN count as a big city? If so, that would’ve been the closest. If not, then Minneapolis would be second closest. But it would be a 3 hour drive away.
Ottawa, Canada 🙂
Originally? Santiago, Chile
Currently? Boston
Probably a tie between Atlanta and Nashville!
NYC! babeh.
Chicago!!!
NYC!
I grew up in Cape Coral, Florida. So I think that makes the closest BIG city nearest me – Miami!
Portland, Oregon baby!
Boston! Go Sox! 🙂
Seattle, the Emerald City! 🙂
I’m from Winnipeg, Manitoba, so the closest large city was Minneapolis. And that’s where I live now!
I’m from southern Indiana, so either Nashville or Indianapolis! But now I live in northern Indiana, and Chicago is only 90 minutes away, which is nice!
Toronto!
Sacramento
Every city I start to type isn’t actually a big city. I live in Montana. The whole state’s population isn’t even at “city” numbers. 🙂
Chicago, Illinois!
I live near NYC!! Have you run the NY City Marathon? If you ever do, I’ll gladly cheer you on.
Seattle!
NYC!
Ahhh…I grew up about 8 hrs from Denver – closest big city!
Philadelphia!
I grew up in Fresno….closest big city would be San Francisco I guess!
Boston!
Minneapolis!
OMG I need to win this! How exciting!
The closest BIG city to where I’m from is probably DC. I’m from Roanoke, VA and live in Norfolk, VA now. DC is about a 3 hour drive from both.
Originally from Puerto Rico, it’s hard to be close to a BIG city when you live in an island, but San Juan is about 300K people so I think that counts!
The closest big city to my hometown is Minneapolis, MN.
I’m 20 minutes from Baltimore and from D.C…. so both? Although I guess D.C. is the bigger city 🙂
Virginia Beach, VA!
Well, I’ve always lived in NC so I guess I’d say Raleigh but I don’t know how big that is in comparison!
Portland, OR is the closet big city!
I moved around a lot, but Las Vegas was the biggest city that I lived in for the longest.
Indianapolis, IN and proud of it! I’ve lived in (and loved) Chicago, but my heart belongs to Indy. Most underrated city in the country!
Philadelphia is the closest city to me!! I am currently living where I grew up…in the exact same house…hehe
Oh gosh, I am originally from a super small town. Does Green Bay, WI count as a big city?! Otherwise Chicago might be my closest at 4.5 hours away!
I’m from a suburb outside of Milwaukee, but seeing as that still isn’t HUGE the closest BIG city would be Chicago!
Wait… before I go to the bother of commenting, is there at least a CHANCE that I’ll win BOTH prizes?
And as for your question, I like to think that ANY city I’m born in is a big city. I KNOW IT’S NOT TRUE. I JUST SAID I LIKE TO THINK IT!!!!!!!
Philadelphia
NYC! Didn’t realize ’til I moved away how convenient it was to live so close…currently, though, the closest city to me is Toronto, which is also not so bad 🙂
Guess it would be Pittsburgh, PA – if you consider 4 hours away close.
Chicago!
New York City!
NYC!
PS- LOVE those sparkly gold and coral casual sneakers!! I’m always looking for snazzy sneakers for commuting. As no one in LA walks, pretty much EVERYONE in New York walks.
Denver, CO. Mile High City!
Guatemala City, Guatemala 🙂
Boston!!
Cannot wait for April/Marathon!!!!
There’s only one city where I live, not big but it’ll have to do… Reykjavik is my city 🙂
The closest big city to Omaha,NE is Chicago.
San Antonio, TX!
Denver! At least I can always count on my Asics gear to help me look cute when I am huffing and puffing during my runs at altitude!
Milwaukee, WI. But if that doesn’t count, Chicago 🙂 And I love my Asics. I currently have 4 pairs and could add more to the stash!
Closest ‘big’ city. Lincoln, Nebraska!
Born and raised in Houston, Texas!
Toronto is a couple hours away!
Portland, OR!
Chicago for me! Love it!
Probably Minneapolis? Minnesnowda represent!
Miami, FL!
Detroit!
New York City for me!
Atlanta!
Minneapolis is 2 hours away.
NYC or Philadelphia- About 4 hours away from both
Well, I from Miami, so that’s already a big city, but in guess I’ll go with Atlanta since it’s the “closest”. I’d love to win some new gear…..it gets expensive to buy it on my own 😉
Atlanta!!
Boston!
I grew up about an hour and a half south of Nashville!
I’m sandwiched right in between Chicago and Detroit.
Phoenix AZ!
Born and raised in Brooklyn ,NY…….love NYC
I grew up in Toronto, Canada!
Los Angeles!
This is funny. I live in West Virginia, the southern part of the state. So the closest city is Charlotte, N.C. But most people wouldn’t say that is big enough. Our town is so tiny we think Charleston, W.Va., is big or Roanoke, Va. haha. 😉
I am closest to the Big Apple (or New York City for those who don’t live on Earth and know it’s nickname)
I grew up in a small mining town called Bagdad (no h), AZ. The biggest city was Phoenix, AZ which is where I currently live. I didn’t stray too far from home.
Seattle!
I was born in Gilroy, Ca…..so I guess the closest big-ish city would be San Jose…or San Fransisco? We moved to Fresno when i was real young and stayed there till i was a teen….Fresno has enough people to.be its own state…hahaha. Then we lived in Washington closevto Seattle…..now im in Tulsa, Ok,….:)
San Francisco ❤️
I grew up about an hour south of Saint Louis, MO
NYC!
Boston is the biggest city closet to where I lived BUT I was born in a hospital in Boston – just did not live there.. 🙂
Vancouver 🙂
Cincinnati, Ohio !
Austin, TX!
The closest cities to where I am originally from (small town in southern Illinois) are Indianapolis and St. Louis. I love Indy races!
Chicago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was born just outside Boston, which is part of why the Boston Marathon is a race I’m hoping to run.
Indianapolis!
My answer is sort of complicated because I grew up smack dab in the middle of PA. Both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia are about the same distance from me and considered large cities. And I really have no preference from one over the other – I have run races that I have loved in both!!
The closest BIG city to my hometown would be Memphis, TN!
CLEVELAND!!!! I’m from Chardon, OH maple syrup hometown of the world and just 30 miles east of the 216.
NYC! About 2 hours from me 😀
I grew up just outside of Boston!!
Boston, your my home.
I grew up in Connecticut, and I’m pretty sure none of the “cities” there count — so I guess it’s either Boston or NYC!
I actually live smack dab between Baltimore and DC
The city of runnerly or brotherly love, Philadelphia. Love it!
well, I grew up in the boonies of northern South Dakota. so probably Minneapolis, but that was about a 5 hour drive. so glad I’m over that. haha
Indianapolis, IN!
Is Portland Oregon big? If so, that’s my hometown!
Boston!!!
Denver, Colorado
The closest city to me is Washington D.C. I honestly hate going into it though; I’d much prefer LA!
I live in the Detroit metro area! Detroit is definitely a hidden gem and I encourage everyone to check out it’s history and culture! Ran my first half marathon in Detroit last October which takes you across the Ambassador Bridge to Canada and then back through all of Detroit’s major sites!
Boston!
The closest big city to me is Chicago (LOVE!)
Vancouver, BC. It’s a beautiful place to run!
!!! I need new running shoes and I’ve been putting off buying them, trying to find them on sale… what a joke.
I grew up right outside of Richmond, VA, but apparently, most people don’t think that’s a real “city,” so I guess I’ll have to say DC! I live in DC now anyways!
St. Louis!
I grew up outside of Boston
I grew up and STILL live in the beautfiul city of Pittsburgh, PA…I LOVE LOVE LOVE Asics and would love to win this!
Your blog rocks!!!!!
LA definitely! 🙂
Oh gosh. Well, I guess currently it’s Kansas City. Where I grew up, it depends on how BIG big cities have to be? Springfield, MO is about 180,000 people — so not really BIG, but definitely big when lots of the towns in the state have 0-2 stoplights in the whole town that may or may not be just flashing red…
I am from a very small island off the coast of Maine so after the boat ride the biggest city is Portland Maine, still pretty small but after that it would be Boston!
Vancouver, Canada!
Philadelphia!
I grew up in the middle of Wisconsin, so Milwaukee would be the biggest city near me. Milwaukee’s still a smaller city for some people though 🙂
Small town USA is where I’m from, so I’d say Pittsburgh. Still small, but giant in comparison!
NOLA
I grew up in Minneapolis/St. Paul. While some people say its not a big city, and its really not compared to NY/LA/Chicago, its got just as much going on, just with less traffic 🙂
Hmm. I guess Houston would be the closest to where I was born. I kind of claim New Orleans though, since that’s closest to where I spent my high school days. And since I’m an Army wife, I’ve also been close to OKC, San Fransisco, and Atlanta. All of them are great places to live or visit!
Chicago was the big city growing up. A great place for runs along the lake!
NYC! 🙂
Denver! I lived about 45 minutes away. I also lived 45 minutes away from Cheyenne, but that is far from a “big city” ;). Now I live in DC, so it’s a whole other perspective!
The closest big city to little ole Elgin, TX is Austin! I live in Raleigh now and can’t wait to get some runs in over the holidays in the ATX!
Seattle, an amazing city to run in!
Minneapolis, MN!
New York City
I live right outside Denver, CO – the mountain view is amazing!
Closest big city = St. Louis – make my arches happy and pick me. 🙂
Montreal, Canada 🙂
I’m originally from a really small town.. so the closest sort of big city was Thunder Bay, ON.. but the closest actually big city would have been Toronto
I am from a tiny town in MN so the closest real city is Minneapolis! And I love it there – they have a ton of trails and lakes to run around. Also, Asics are my favorite running shoe. They are actually the only ones that I wear!
Well….I’m from Vermont, and the largest city in VT is Burlington.
But if we’re getting really technical it would be Montreal which is only about 2 hours from where I grew up! Love me so Asics!