Video Highlights 2015 Boston Marathon
April 20, 2015
gatorade&vodka wrote:
Did anyone post this yet? Lehigh is the lime green ribbon in the very middle:
http://imgur.com/GZvbHNd
This is a tangent, but my god, there are finisher's medals for 5ks now? I don't even know how to respond to that. I guess I know why the registration fee for my local 5k is creeping over $40.
What next? wrote:
So Rojo what is the next step we need to take? It's starting to get picked up by the main stream media an we need your article that you are writing to take it to the next level. Based on the Yahoo article, other meet director are obviously going to say he cheated. We have more than enough evidence to prove he cheated and we just need it sent to his local newspaper so he can get some local attention to.
Is the DQ not enough?
Liar, Liar wrote:
Looking at this blog, he must be really bad at math.
In the Philly Marathon section, he states:
"After the 20 mile mark and turnaround on Main street it was back onto Kelly Drive. My legs were very tired at this point, but my breathing was strong and I wasn't sweating at all. I finally looked at my GPS watch and saw that I was not far from another BQ!"
His splits are here:
http://live.xacte.com/templates/philadelphiamarathon.com/for-runners/race-resultsHis 30K split (18.642 miles) was 2:34:32 - 8:17 pace
To BQ with a 3:25 he needs to be at 7:49 pace. At this point he's nearly 30 seconds per mile off pace, but considers himself to be "not far from another BQ!"
He needed to be 2:25:45 to be on BQ pace - almost 9 minutes off pace. He would need to run the last 7.5+ miles in 6:40 pace to BQ at that point.
Alas, "Then, around mile 22 I had to use the bathroom…and that crushed any chance of a BQ. Bummer :("
If not for having to use the loo, he would have had ANOTHER BQ.
m runner wrote:http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:mikerossi.blogspot.com/
Good stuff.
A friend today called and asked me what I've been up to. I said not much, "I've been too busy reading about this 3:11 marathon cheat." He said, "How can there be thousands of posts" about it? I said it's just interesting.
I mean the guy's blog is a gold mine. In Philly, yeah, he was close to qualifying. No he was 27 SECONDS PER MILE BEHIND PACE AT 30K.
The problem is the average joe doesn't get what 27 seconds per mile is like. I think the bets way to explain it someone is 30 second per mile is roughly the difference between a pro man and pro woman. It would be sort of like Caroline Rotich's coach saying at 30k she was in line to win the men's Boston marathon.
Total joke.
iiagdtr wrote:
"As for the race, the weather was, well...just terrible...cold, rain and 30-40 MPH winds in our faces. One veteran Boston Marathon runner told me it was the worst he's ever seen."
Guess the veteran ran it last year. Ha. It wasn't that bad this year. I felt the wind 2 or 3 times, but I'd take it anyday over the heat of 2012 which I missed.
Again. The guy's blog is a gold mine. He can't even tell the truth on that.
phone records wrote:
Did anybody catch this from his Facebook statement:
"I have a selfie picture of me at the start and there are photos of me at the finish and video of me finishing the race."
So he took a selfie before the race? If he did run the entire race, after he took the selfie, he would have either had to give his phone to someone before the gun went off, or carry it with him the entire 26.2 miles if he attended the event alone. Pictures show he didn't run with it secured to his arm, so it would have had to been in his pocket if he did have the phone with him. The race video and pictures aren't really clear as to if a phone is in his pocket. So...
1. If you did run the race Mike, who did you hand your phone to and is he/she willing to speak up on your behalf? (Isn't there a picture of him at the finish line at Lehigh with his finisher's medal - who took that pic?)
2. If you carried it with you, maybe there is something on your phone that would prove that you ran the entire 26.2 miles.
3. Or was the selfie story another fabrication?
Man, I would love to see his cell phone records during the time of the race. One call or text on that thing while he is supposed to be running... kaboom.
Great post my friend. Great post. So the guy ran the most amazing PR in the history of running while carrying a freaking cell phone in some manner (even if in a fanny pack). Laughable.
From the very first part of that blog... __________________________It's been quite a journey.Who would have thought that a mere 27 months ago, when I first started "running", that I would have the opportunity to take part in the most prestigious race in the world...The Boston Marathon. __________________________The word running in quotations jumped out to me. That's very telling.Inter
rojo wrote:
m runner wrote:http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:mikerossi.blogspot.com/That blog is amazing. Does anyone have the cache of what he said about his Lehigh Valley BQ? How can a guy write thousands of words and not mention his BQ? Can someone summarize the posts before and after the Lehigh Valley race.
I'm going to Heps this weekend in Philly. Maybe I'll stop by his house and try to interview him or the wife.
m runner wrote:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:mikerossi.blogspot.com/
Thanks for posting this - pretty insightful. Thinks a 22+ 5k is "pretty decent" and apparently lost about the same time taking sh!t during a marathon that kept him from BQ'ing again.
Rojo it's not missing any part where he talks about his 3:11 because he never wrote about it. That's another piece of evidence to add to the growing pile of shit this guy has created for himself.
You can look at the cached version of each month easily.
October 2014:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:mikerossi.blogspot.com/2014_10_01_archive.html
He posted nothing in the month of September 2014, after his BQ race.
August 2014:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:mikerossi.blogspot.com/2014_08_01_archive.html
The funny one is May, look at the very last post of the month:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:mikerossi.blogspot.com/2014_05_01_archive.html
So from the cached version of the blog...
10.1 miles in 1:17.39 (7:39 pace) on 12/14
18.02 miles in 2:22:21 (7:54 pace) on 3/15
He talks about training hard and feeling good (On 50 whole miles a week!)
Neither one of these runs says you would be able to run a 3:11
Even if he kept same pace that he ran for the 10 miler he would be at 3:21 for the full marathon For the 18 miler it would be a 3:27 marathon. You can see he is already slowing down from 10 to 18 and it only gets slower the last 8 miles....
Hei Fellow Investigators,
Mike's Twitter account via Google cache:
Mike's older blog stuff via Bing cache:
Some Twitter cache:
Facebook cache:
Cheers,
Swedish 5K Runner
rojo wrote:
I mean the guy's blog is a gold mine. In Philly, yeah, he was close to qualifying. No he was 27 SECONDS PER MILE BEHIND PACE AT 30K.
The problem is the average joe doesn't get what 27 seconds per mile is like. I think the bets way to explain it someone is 30 second per mile is roughly the difference between a pro man and pro woman. It would be sort of like Caroline Rotich's coach saying at 30k she was in line to win the men's Boston marathon.
I dunno, sounds kinda sexist. Don't think it would play well in mainstream media. Need a better analogy.. something tying together time and distance.
But you are right, to the general public 30 sec/mile difference is negligible. They don't live their life at the same speed. It's 30 seconds! Big deal!
firsttimelongtime wrote:
"The Morning Call" has a video clip here:
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-video-thousands-race-lehigh-valley-lvhn-via-marathon-20140907-premiumvideo.htmlIt has video of the leaders coming through an aid station and clips of groups going through the same aid station up until 3:40ish finishers (checking bib numbers)...no sign of Rosie, but they may have some extra video somewhere on the cutting room floor...
Firsttime, that is pure gold! I've just emailed the person who wrote the article which that video accompanied (Mr. Gary Blockus,
gblockus@mcall.com). I asked him if we could get ahold of the unedited video, and gave a quick summary of why we wanted it and the allegations against Mr. Rossi while I was at it.
We don't want to flood this guy with emails, but Rojo maybe if you emailed Mr. Blockus (or whoever else at The Morning Call you deem most relevant to getting the video) it would have some more weight.
I love the quote on his medal rack "Always Earned Never Given". True....so true....he earned that BQ.
I've been lurking for a few days now, but thought I'd chime in with this...
Has anyone studied this picture from his blog archive? Probably...but I thought I'd ask again. It's clearly from his finish at the Lehigh Marathon. You can see his GPS watch on. I tried to zoom in on it to see if you could read it, but it's too low-res. Perhaps someone can pull a CSI "enhance!" on it.
anyhoo...fascinating thread. I haven't been this engrossed since the New Yorker article on Kip.
runner_woodworker wrote:
The funny one is May, look at the very last post of the month:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:mikerossi.blogspot.com/2014_05_01_archive.html
Everyone who is too lazy to click the link needs to see his may 20th post.........
Posted by Mike Rossi at 1:48 PM No comments:
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
NoSleepTilBoston #1
I must run Boston.
This is my new goal...no, it's my new committment.
I started running (seriously) just 16 months ago.
In that time I have completed three 5 Ks, one 5 miler, two 10 milers (Broad Street Run), 3 Half Marathons, and a full marathon.
This year I have 4 more 5Ks, 2 more halfs and 2 full marathons on the schedule.
I guess you can say I caught the running bug.
But the holy grail...the race of all races...the one I strive for, is...Boston.
I know it may be a little bit of a reach, to qualify for the world's greatest marathon in only my second year of running. But I am going to do whatever I can to qualify for the Boston Marathon.
For the next several months, I will be blogging about my training.
I hope to qualify for Boston at the VIA Marathon in the Lehigh Valley this September.
Until then I'll be keeping you updated on my races, my training, my diet and my state of mind.
Running a marathon is not easy. How may people do you know that have completed 26.2 miles?
Running the Boston Marathon is the ultimate.
I must run Boston.
nh_runner15 wrote:
I've been lurking for a few days now, but thought I'd chime in with this...
apparently not lurking long enough to know it's been discussed around Page 40
nh_runner15 wrote:
I've been lurking for a few days now, but thought I'd chime in with this...
Has anyone studied this picture from his blog archive? Probably...but I thought I'd ask again. It's clearly from his finish at the Lehigh Marathon. You can see his GPS watch on. I tried to zoom in on it to see if you could read it, but it's too low-res. Perhaps someone can pull a CSI "enhance!" on it.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4E-_J9rBMJ4/VC2MHn1LNWI/AAAAAAAAB1k/FqXVW2WdWEg/s1600/10645233_10203463727808515_5208063563261582270_n.jpganyhoo...fascinating thread. I haven't been this engrossed since the New Yorker article on Kip.
Just a bit of sanity - if it was my watch, it would read the time of day because would have hit "stop" at the finish. That said the guy's a douche bag whether he cheated or not. (and I think he did)
Mike Rossi, on his blog, wrote:
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
NoSleepTilBoston #1
I must run Boston.
This is my new goal...no, it's my new committment.
I started running (seriously) just 16 months ago.
In that time I have completed three 5 Ks, one 5 miler, two 10 milers (Broad Street Run), 3 Half Marathons, and a full marathon.
This year I have 4 more 5Ks, 2 more halfs and 2 full marathons on the schedule.
I guess you can say I caught the running bug.
But the holy grail...the race of all races...the one I strive for, is...Boston.
I know it may be a little bit of a reach, to qualify for the world's greatest marathon in only my second year of running. But I am going to do whatever I can to qualify for the Boston Marathon.
For the next several months, I will be blogging about my training.
I hope to qualify for Boston at the VIA Marathon in the Lehigh Valley this September.
Until then I'll be keeping you updated on my races, my training, my diet and my state of mind.
Running a marathon is not easy. How may people do you know that have completed 26.2 miles?
Running the Boston Marathon is the ultimate.
I must run Boston.
"But I am going to do whatever I can to qualify for the Boston Marathon."
"I must run Boston"
"I hope to qualify for Boston at the VIA Marathon in the Lehigh Valley this September."
Interesting. So, Mike had planned on getting a BQ at VIA at least by May, four months before the race. I wonder if he thought he could actually get that much faster in four months or if he planned to cheat all along. I'd lean towards the latter since the VIA just happens to have no mid-race timing mats, but that might have just been a bit of serendipity for old Mike as he realized in the lead up to the race that he was not even close to BQ shape.
dreamin wrote:
runner_woodworker wrote:The funny one is May, look at the very last post of the month:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:mikerossi.blogspot.com/2014_05_01_archive.htmlEveryone who is too lazy to click the link needs to see his may 20th post.........
Posted by Mike Rossi at 1:48 PM No comments:
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
NoSleepTilBoston #1
I must run Boston.
This is my new goal...no, it's my new committment.
I started running (seriously) just 16 months ago.
In that time I have completed three 5 Ks, one 5 miler, two 10 milers (Broad Street Run), 3 Half Marathons, and a full marathon.
This year I have 4 more 5Ks, 2 more halfs and 2 full marathons on the schedule.
I guess you can say I caught the running bug.
But the holy grail...the race of all races...the one I strive for, is...Boston.
I know it may be a little bit of a reach, to qualify for the world's greatest marathon in only my second year of running. But I am going to do whatever I can to qualify for the Boston Marathon.
For the next several months, I will be blogging about my training.
I hope to qualify for Boston at the VIA Marathon in the Lehigh Valley this September.
Until then I'll be keeping you updated on my races, my training, my diet and my state of mind.
Running a marathon is not easy. How may people do you know that have completed 26.2 miles?
Running the Boston Marathon is the ultimate.
I must run Boston.
I doubled over laughing reading that.
ahhh..ok, I figured. Carry on then!
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Red Bull (who sponsors Mondo) calls Mondo the pole vaulting Usain Bolt. Is that a fair comparison?
