It's also known as "humble bragging." Mike is a master in this field. He is a god.
rexthebex wrote:
The thing about the letter, it so obviously existed solely as a platform for Mike to remind everyone that he ran the Boston Marathon despite some personal "hardships", showing what a hero he was.
To me, it's just one more small piece of evidence that he cheated to get there. Running a BQ time is so far beyond Mike's abilities that he really thought it was something to brag about. Someone that can legitimately BQ knows there are plenty of people faster and that a BQ is not the end all be all of running existence.