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

morebrains wrote:

morecameras wrote:

Then again, I guess cheating wasn't such a problem until recently either.

Is cheating really a problem now?

That is a good question. There have been infamous marathon cheaters for decades now. There certainly seems to be a market for it, and while these are probably the exception it's become more common from the back-mid packers. Races are bigger so it's somewhat easier to do, but social media, cameras and technology make it someone easier to catch them. But it's almost like policing, there has to be some sort of 'probable cause.' That is they're winning prize money or age groups, or they're attn 'hos.

The only reason this guy got outed is that he made such a fuss on social media and someone (was the original sleuth from from here?)

seriously... wrote:

progman wrote:

I think Sara is my new hero.

Imagine if she was your girlfriend, I wouldn't make it a long weekend without gnawing my arm off to get away.

Gee thanks. You'll be surprised to hear then that my husband still has both of his arms :p

Yeah I love it. Guys who ran BQ's (dozens of minutes on the plus side mind you!) in their mid-late 40's on just 45 mpw after just 18 months of taking up running are suddenly everywhere. They're like the rule now instead of the exception.

Sub3HourMarathoner: I ran with Mike during the Lehigh marathon. He slowed down a bit at the end. I was surprised he didn't finish with a better time.

If you're still around, why don't you identify yourself? And link us to your facebook account so we can verify this.

Whotheheckisthisguy wrote:

it's pretty interesting that this came from a duplicate-posting account on the same IP address Rossi uses.

Sub3HourMarathoner: I ran with Mike during the Lehigh marathon. He slowed down a bit at the end. I was surprised he didn't finish with a better time.

Ha. When I read that post I thought it was an anti-Rossi poster making a joke.

I don't understand the obsession with IP addresses, though. If Rossi is defending himself under 5 different names it's dumb and sad and he's a liar, but it doesn't prove he's a cheater.

SaraB wrote:

Gee thanks. You'll be surprised to hear then that my husband still has both of his arms :p

He's never going to be able to cheat on you, that's for sure.

gatorade&vodka wrote:

Whotheheckisthisguy wrote:

it's pretty interesting that this came from a duplicate-posting account on the same IP address Rossi uses.

Sub3HourMarathoner: I ran with Mike during the Lehigh marathon. He slowed down a bit at the end. I was surprised he didn't finish with a better time.

Ha. When I read that post I thought it was an anti-Rossi poster making a joke.

I don't understand the obsession with IP addresses, though. If Rossi is defending himself under 5 different names it's dumb and sad and he's a liar, but it doesn't prove he's a cheater.

No but it speaks to a lack of character and a desperation for attention

The race begins at a parking lot of a hospital. If he ran the initial part of the race he would probably have had to wait till he got out of the hospital area before leaving the course. That's just my opinion based on how the start is. It's more likely he ran to the porta pots that sit about 75 yards from the start. You could run across the start and then duck into a porta pot, cover your bib and come out and get in your car. No one would look twice.

The whole world is outing this guy and he's still fighting. Either he's crazy or innocent.

I wonder if he's told anyone (his wife) the truth.

I'm 99% sure he cheated, but that 1% will make everyone on here look pretty bad.

I had a friend that wasn't a runner do a 20:45 5k in last April, and then a 3:16 marathon by the end of last summer. Granted he was a good athlete with a runners build and 26 years old, but it is possible.

I bet he wished he would have finished at 3:24, I feel like it would have went unnoticed if he did.

gatorade&vodka wrote:

SaraB wrote:

Gee thanks. You'll be surprised to hear then that my husband still has both of his arms :p

He's never going to be able to cheat on you, that's for sure.

Love it!

Mike has deleted both of them posts he made in the Dopey Challenge group now. Am glad my morning coping, pasting and scribbling over names wasn't in vain :)

T BONE wrote:I had a friend that wasn't a runner do a 20:45 5k in last April, and then a 3:16 marathon by the end of last summer. Granted he was a good athlete with a runners build and 26 years old, but it is possible.

No offense, but going from 20:45 to 3:16 at age 26 is not even remotely similar to going from 22:00 to 3:11 at 47 in 70F weather. You can't even mention the two performances in the same sentence that is how different they are.

Certainly not Mike and not emotional even a little bit(I know its tough to believe that more than one person on earth thinks you are a loser). I have a life so I don't get as fired up about all of this as you. Just pointing out that you asking questions to yourself is a bit sad and egocentric.

SaraB wrote:

Love it!

Mike has deleted both of them posts he made in the Dopey Challenge group now. Am glad my morning coping, pasting and scribbling over names wasn't in vain :)

Awesome work!

T BONE wrote:

The whole world is outing this guy and he's still fighting. Either he's crazy or innocent.

I wonder if he's told anyone (his wife) the truth.

I'm 99% sure he cheated, but that 1% will make everyone on here look pretty bad.

I had a friend that wasn't a runner do a 20:45 5k in last April, and then a 3:16 marathon by the end of last summer. Granted he was a good athlete with a runners build and 26 years old, but it is possible.

I bet he wished he would have finished at 3:24, I feel like it would have went unnoticed if he did.

It's way less than 1%. It's less than 0.001%.

So I've read this whole thread, and the one thing that astonishes me the MOST is the fact that (unless I missed it?) a "pics or it didn't happen" joke has only been made once, and not until this thread had over 100 pages!!!

Anyway, this has to be one of the all-time classic "pics or didn't happen"s.

BTW genius, a question does not prove guilt. Maybe the imaginary answers you'll never get could though...

wowzersss wrote:

Certainly not Mike and not emotional even a little bit(I know its tough to believe that more than one person on earth thinks you are a loser). I have a life so I don't get as fired up about all of this as you. Just pointing out that you asking questions to yourself is a bit sad and egocentric.

Because repeatedly visiting a thread to pour scorn on the motives of those taking part (which includes you) is so much nobler I see. While you are at it, why not visit every thread on this site to which you don't personally approve and tell them what losers they are, go on, everyone will thank you for such a valuable service.

i like changing the "run daddy run" to "run dirty run", and it is not stealing if you make a few changes here and there. Not stealing. Do it.

runDirtyrun wrote:

Girl In Motion wrote:

Er, yeah, do this is you want to be a douchebag like Mike Rossi. I'm sure he didn't design the shirt, but whoever did would not appreciate anyone stealing the design.

I'm not talking about selling them.

Probably a topic for another thread, but, I'm "stealing" if I make up a few shirts for my 10K's and annual turkey trot?

I tried, unsuccessfully. Need someone with actual talent to take a shot at this haha.http://tinypic.com/r/wwauk9/8

not a meme maker wrote:

I'm disappointed nobody has made a meme yet with that picture.