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

Flnlsher medal wrote:

RunDreamRun wrote:

McKeever and/or Via can quit hiding their faces and fix their huge mistake. They also lied about the process itself. No account of any runner (200? ha!) being contacted by them who should have been near Rossi.

No pictures have been seen that Rossi claims to have. His threats of lawsuits were a bullying tactic that his lawyer is aware of if not then then now for sure. All Rossi did was have a stupid C&D letter sent to a fellow DJ about a completely unrelated business issue.

What the hell is wrong with Barb McKeever and Via? If you don't know what you are doing get competent people in charge who do. Disqualify Mike Rossi NOW!

I thought about this quite a bit. I'm not sure a DQ is the best for anyone but Mike at this point. Right now the anti cheating movement is steaming ahead and he certainly is the poster child. This year I am in the same corral as he was last year. I can't imagine that this whole episode won't be the conversation of the day. If mike comes clean or is DQ'd it will most certainly be accompanied by the typical feel sorry for me statement.

As someone before has stated right person,right place.

For now.

The Boston Globe wrote:

ast July, LetsRun.com, a website where many runners air suspicions of cheating, offered Rossi $100,000 if he ran 3:11:45 again on a legitimate course. No 3:11:45 yet, and Robert Johnson, co-founder of LetsRun.com doesn’t expect one before the offer expires in a few months.

When asked why he offered the reward, Johnson said, “I did so because I wanted the world to know there is zero chance Mike Rossi ran a 3:11:45 marathon. Zero. By offering the money, I thought that was an easy way for people to understand how convinced of this fact we are.

“People who may not truly understand running might think it’s possible he did it. We wanted to say to them, ‘Our lives are dedicated to understanding this sport. Trust us, he didn’t run that time. We’re so confident we’ll pay him $100,000 if he can replicate it.’ “.

rojo wrote:

Not sure if anyone has posted this article yet (I'm on the plane to Boston so can't seardch), but Rossi and yours truly are in the Boston Globe today.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2016/04/14/cheating-running-joke-boston-marathon/b8ncQDuDT4OAiUnfhK5XSI/story.html

The Boston Globe wrote:

ast July, LetsRun.com, a website where many runners air suspicions of cheating, offered Rossi $100,000 if he ran 3:11:45 again on a legitimate course. No 3:11:45 yet, and Robert Johnson, co-founder of LetsRun.com doesn’t expect one before the offer expires in a few months.

When asked why he offered the reward, Johnson said, “I did so because I wanted the world to know there is zero chance Mike Rossi ran a 3:11:45 marathon. Zero. By offering the money, I thought that was an easy way for people to understand how convinced of this fact we are.

“People who may not truly understand running might think it’s possible he did it. We wanted to say to them, ‘Our lives are dedicated to understanding this sport. Trust us, he didn’t run that time. We’re so confident we’ll pay him $100,000 if he can replicate it.’ “.

rojo wrote:

Not sure if anyone has posted this article yet (I'm on the plane to Boston so can't seardch), but Rossi and yours truly are in the Boston Globe today.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2016/04/14/cheating-running-joke-boston-marathon/b8ncQDuDT4OAiUnfhK5XSI/story.html

The Boston Globe wrote:

ast July, LetsRun.com, a website where many runners air suspicions of cheating, offered Rossi $100,000 if he ran 3:11:45 again on a legitimate course. No 3:11:45 yet, and Robert Johnson, co-founder of LetsRun.com doesn’t expect one before the offer expires in a few months.

When asked why he offered the reward, Johnson said, “I did so because I wanted the world to know there is zero chance Mike Rossi ran a 3:11:45 marathon. Zero. By offering the money, I thought that was an easy way for people to understand how convinced of this fact we are.

“People who may not truly understand running might think it’s possible he did it. We wanted to say to them, ‘Our lives are dedicated to understanding this sport. Trust us, he didn’t run that time. We’re so confident we’ll pay him $100,000 if he can replicate it.’ “.