Did Mike Rossi (viral marathon dad) cheat his way into Boston?

titaniumbolt wrote:

This thread was my favorite book of 2015.

Thank you all.

+1

SuperCooper123 wrote:

3:37:45 but I get your point. He may just wait another couple of years until he only needs 3:30 to BQ or 5 more after that when it drops to 3:40

[quote]EZPass Mike wrote:

[quote]SuperCooper123 wrote:

My guess would be either NYC (deferred entry from last year) but most likely Philly. He hinted at this with a tweet in response to a favorable wedding DJ review where the groom is attempting to jog a marathon in every state (he has already done NY but not PA). Neither are before the Jul 2016 deadline but I don't believe Rossi will try for that.

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think it is a couple of years for a 3:30 over-50 qualifier. Rossi will be 49 when the 2017 Boston window closes in September 2016. If he forgoes the $200,000.00 challenge and just tries to get a Boston qualifier at New York or Philly in November 2016, a sub 3:30 at either of these races would qualify him as a 50 year old for Boston 2018. For most runners with Rossi's 10 and 13.1 PRs (although these are now a couple years in the past), 3:30 is not a huge stretch. If he does this, he can reopen his twitter and tell the 3 people that still believe that he ran 3:11, "See, I told you I was a Boston qualifier."

Barb McKeever will never DQ Rossi. Dave McGillivray must ban Rossi from all future Bostons based on Rossi's cheating to get into Boston 2015. Only McGillivray has the power and moral authority. With apologies to Sheryl Sandberg:

#BANROSSI

3:30 isn't a stretch for a 50 year old - especially with the right training. But I would worry that Mike's duck-like running would kill his knees before his first long run of 13 miles.

EZPass Mike wrote:

3:30 isn't a stretch for a 50 year old - especially with the right training. But I would worry that Mike's duck-like running would kill his knees before his first long run of 13 miles.

No time is a stretch for a cheater of Mike's ilk. Don't forget, he is

and....

Mr. Rossi, your refusal to share the photos that you and your lawyer claim to have yet refuse to share with anyone but yourselves is the proof anyone needs to know that you are a liar, and a bad one at that.

Good luck being the leper of your community as we know how most people you know are laughing and talking about you among themselves and right in front of your face but you are too obtuse to realize or recognize it.

Has McGillivary commented or even been contacted about Rossi? I believe it has been discussed that they won't ban or DQ a runner if the qualifying race - even with an incompetent RD such as McKeever - won't DQ a cheater.

Did anything like this happen to Kip?

Cheat Lie Repeat wrote:

EZPass Mike wrote:

3:30 isn't a stretch for a 50 year old - especially with the right training. But I would worry that Mike's duck-like running would kill his knees before his first long run of 13 miles.

No time is a stretch for a cheater of Mike's ilk. Don't forget, he is

http://imgur.com/N2l7Tqm

and....

http://memegenerator.net/instance/65810050

Mr. Rossi, your refusal to share the photos that you and your lawyer claim to have yet refuse to share with anyone but yourselves is the proof anyone needs to know that you are a liar, and a bad one at that.

Good luck being the leper of your community as we know how most people you know are laughing and talking about you among themselves and right in front of your face but you are too obtuse to realize or recognize it.

Oh, one more thing "get used to it."

Not much going on lately.

I think Mike has finally accepted that he lost.

Mike Rossi lost to Ken Stillman and the 12 Basement Trolls (I want a cut if anyone uses that as a band name).

Mike knows that he is a loser, though he will never admit anything. That's okay, Mike. We know you lost and we know that you know it too. I don't want you to ever come clean because I want you to remain a lying d-bag for the rest of your life. Cheers mate.

Cheat Lie Repeat wrote:

Oh, one more thing "get used to it."

The Cheater Mike Rossi doesn't care about that, it makes him all the more the courageous hero. The cheating is boxed away in a corner of his malfunctioning brain. He's not been DQed therefore he sees himself in a righteous place.

Although his twitter is private he cannot help himself, still posting a profile pic at this moment of the Boston starting line. Couple this with veiled threats and you do have a potentially dangerous mix to himself and others. When something breaks people will say, 'well, although he posted some disturbing things we thought it was the usual bluster being 'ol Mike, never believed he was capable of such a thing.'

Let's see what happens if he is jeered heartily at a race where he is around those who have called him a cheat.

TheDudeAbides wrote:

Cheat Lie Repeat wrote:

Oh, one more thing "get used to it."

The Cheater Mike Rossi doesn't care about that, it makes him all the more the courageous hero. The cheating is boxed away in a corner of his malfunctioning brain. He's not been DQed therefore he sees himself in a righteous place.

Although his twitter is private he cannot help himself, still posting a profile pic at this moment of the Boston starting line. Couple this with veiled threats and you do have a potentially dangerous mix to himself and others. When something breaks people will say, 'well, although he posted some disturbing things we thought it was the usual bluster being 'ol Mike, never believed he was capable of such a thing.'

Let's see what happens if he is jeered heartily at a race where he is around those who have called him a cheat.

Not "if" he is jeered but when he is jeered, and he will be jeered. Messages have been sent to some RDs in the area alerting them and asking to be notified if he registers for their race so that the proper recognition can be bestowed on

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Cheat Lie Repeat wrote:

Not "if" he is jeered but when he is jeered, and he will be jeered. Messages have been sent to some RDs in the area alerting them and asking to be notified if he registers for their race so that the proper recognition can be bestowed on

http://imgur.com/N2l7Tqm

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Awesome. Guess he'll have to jump the shark near his extensive Myrtle Beach compound or Orlando.

TheDudeAbides wrote:

Although his twitter is private he cannot help himself, still posting a profile pic at this moment of the Boston starting line. .

It's a selfie (of course!) at the FINISH line, probably a day or 2 before the marathon. He's wearing the Boston Expo entrance pass around his neck.

bored troLLer wrote:

TheDudeAbides wrote:

Although his twitter is private he cannot help himself, still posting a profile pic at this moment of the Boston starting line. .

It's a selfie (of course!) at the FINISH line, probably a day or 2 before the marathon. He's wearing the Boston Expo entrance pass around his neck.

Of course, it was all part of the pedantic learning experience about the ends justify the means.

TheDudeAbides wrote:

Did anything like this happen to Kip?

Kip was DQd by many RDs e.g.

but the occasional one didn\'t feel they had enough evidence I seem to recall.

I don't understand why he locks down his Twitter account, but keeps changing his publicly viewable profile picture. He clearly feels the need to fight the trolls.

I also noticed that his Twitter post count is going down. That means he's deleting his posts again. He has so many regretful things to manage.

Maybe, Mike can take a lesson from the "great" Jason Giambi. Jason apologized for actions without directly saying what he was apologizing for.

Here's part of his statement:

"I feel like I let down the fans, I feel like I let down the media, I feel like I let down the Yankees -- not only the Yankees, but my teammates," Giambi said that day. "I accept full responsibility for that. I'm sorry, but I'm trying to go forward now. Most of all, to the fans, I'm sorry."

Mike, admit your mistakes and move on. Otherwise, this thread and your miserable situation live on.

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

Kip was DQd by many RDs e.g.

http://races2run.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/world-record-runkip-litton.html

but the occasional one didn't feel they had enough evidence I seem to recall.

Has Kip been banned at Boston?

Btw I was looking up entrants for Boston and this poor slob shares his name:

Rossi, Michael 53 M Warrington PA USA USA

Wonder if he gets much grief?

That seems like a reasonable method of damage control--qualify legitimately in M50 and then say "see? I did run that 3:11." The thing is, he'd still have to cut 14ish minutes off of his PR at an older age. That would mean he'd actually have to train to do it.

During the process of completing his first ever legitimate marathon training cycle, I wonder if he'd realize how much work it is and why his cheating rubbed so many people the wrong way.

multivitamin wrote:

That seems like a reasonable method of damage control--qualify legitimately in M50 and then say "see? I did run that 3:11." The thing is, he'd still have to cut 14ish minutes off of his PR at an older age. That would mean he'd actually have to train to do it.

During the process of completing his first ever legitimate marathon training cycle, I wonder if he'd realize how much work it is and why his cheating rubbed so many people the wrong way.

Can't see him doing it. The hardest thing he has done in his life is to make his twitter feed private. Would love to watch him try to hit the workouts of a 3:11 guy though.

I've been off this thread for a week and am catching up.

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

DevilsAdvocate wrote:

but what about it having to be a certified course?

Good point, there was a particular lying troll who maintained that if the distance isn't specified as certified then a course can be any length at all.

It needs to be certified. The whole challenge is based on him legitimately running 26.2 miles in 3:11:45. If the course is found to be short, like Salazar in NYC, we don't pay. What part of common sense do people not understand.

He can't run a local 5k in 20:52, call it the Mike Rossi Marathon, and claim both my $200,000 and the IAAF world record.

bored troLLer wrote:

It's a selfie (of course!) at the FINISH line, probably a day or 2 before the marathon. He's wearing the Boston Expo entrance pass around his neck.

Right, my mistake, I know that place (finish line not starting line). What a prick he is.