If some of the new people here could see Mike's Boston Marathon run video you would probably understand what a narcissistic douche nozzle he is. I have it and it's a laugh riot.
It starts with Shipping Up to Boston by The Dropkick Murphys.
And then shows lots of shots of Mike running the race to dramatic music, with a narrator quoting Teddy Roosevelt:
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
Some is clearly home movies, but the rest appears to be professionally-ish filmed. And they are on the course so he must have paid for them to get a press pass. And maybe he is even narcissistic enough to pay an East Coast employee come shoot it for him.
So he gets him number, and holds it up with his MIKE t-shirt on. And the photos of his kids holding up signs that say Run, Daddy, Run and Go MikeGo.
Then he's on the shuttle. Then shots of him stretching his legs as he looks directly into the camera saying, "Let's do this."
The next minutes are just him hobbling along and looking into the camera saying things like, "Still in the game, baby", "What's up, Philly. Philly to Boston, baby", "See you at heartbreak hill", "Heartbreak hill....coming up"
Then the video does slow motion, Rocky-style, for the last 20 seconds as he flashes a victory sign. Then some wonderful iMovie Ken Burn effects for his finish line photos as well of his family, holding a sign that says "There's Only One Rossi Posse"
Then it fades to just text - #NoSleepTilBoston
No Sleep Til Boston, indeed.