Mike Rossi hits "rock bottom", vows to "become a better person" after being arrested for "simple assault" of woman

Slow down pardners wrote:

I see, so it's wrong of Mr. Rossi to harass you (allegedly), but it's ok for you to harass him.

"Harass" ? Why are you so concerned about us not letting this subject go until he owns up to what he did? Its not as if we are quoting movie lines about killing people and referring to guns is it?

Is there even any incontrovertible proof that Mr. Rossi cheated? I have yet to see any.

There's this quote as well, which I thought was interesting:

"Actually 7:50/mile falls right in line with McMillan's recommended paces for a 3:11 marathoner. If he really held sub-8 for 18 miles, which he did by evidence of the Nike log then his training pace is indeed in line with a marathon in the 3:1X range.

Read more:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6479539&page=12#ixzz4qhDJDCCr

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I welcome any proof you are willing to provide.

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

Slow down pardners wrote:

I see, so it's wrong of Mr. Rossi to harass you (allegedly), but it's ok for you to harass him.

"Harass" ? Why are you so concerned about us not letting this subject go until he owns up to what he did? Its not as if we are quoting movie lines about killing people and referring to guns is it?

I suppose it's simply a matter of standing up for what is right. Harassment and bullying shouldn't be taken lying down. We all have a responsibility to make our society a better place, and that includes speaking up for justice and fair play.

Slow down pardners wrote:

Is there even any incontrovertible proof that Mr. Rossi cheated? I have yet to see any.

Know anyone in the history of marathon running who ran 4 10K PBs back to back whilst simultaneously not appearing in any on-course photos?

He followed this feat up by turning down an easy $100000 from this site for running slower than this.

Slow down pardners wrote:

Once again.... wrote:

I never harassed Rossi I've only replied to your posts. If you want I can show you proof of harassment that even you may believe but I doubt it. You and I both post on this board and that makes us equally guilty of nothing. Keep throwing your generalizations and below average trolling around, its actually adding to the vitriol you are questioning us about.

I welcome any proof you are willing to provide.

Proof? Like a promised set of data? Some race photos?

Yeah, that kind of proof is tough to come by.

Starbucks?

Slow down pardners wrote:

Once again.... wrote:

I never harassed Rossi I've only replied to your posts. If you want I can show you proof of harassment that even you may believe but I doubt it. You and I both post on this board and that makes us equally guilty of nothing. Keep throwing your generalizations and below average trolling around, its actually adding to the vitriol you are questioning us about.

I welcome any proof you are willing to provide.

Slow down pardners wrote:

"If he really held sub-8 for 18 miles, which he did by evidence of the Nike log..".

Right. "IF".

Nike logs are editable:

Laughable wrote:

Nike logs are editable:

You have reminded me of that comedy gold moment where Rossi has a film of a Nike log on some device where he edits the film to look as if he did a 5 mile training run faster than his 5K race pace which led to the "Well-known workout - 5 Miles at 5K race pace" joke.

Slow down pardners wrote:

I welcome any proof you are willing to provide.

Apparently you were napping when Mike made the death threats. It is not our responsibility to educate someone whose agenda is elsewhere.

Do you refute Mike Rossi of Jenkintown, PA, made death threats? Because we saw them, I know people who received them and the brojos have proof. If legal proceedings are required perhaps you will want to be a character witness for the wife beater Mike Rossi. That would be special.

If Mike's legit serious - I'll find him a good psychologist/psychiatrist to work with in the Philly area. Seriously.

Slow down pardners wrote:

A question for those of you that continue to harass Mr. Rossi:

What is your goal? Do you feel he should be punished in perpetuity for his alleged (unproven) cheating? Is it just that piling on him makes you feel better about yourselves? Are you jealous that he was able to run Boston and you were not? I'm trying to understand the mindset here.

I'm trying to understand the mindset of you Mike. The judge in the Kenny Chesney arrest case let you off easy with anger management class (an epic fail obviously) The brojos did you a big favor and the original thread was locked and for awhile the "12 trolls" had no outlet for their venom, and actually left mommys basement and discovered there was a world outside with other things to do, and you had more time to become mr. political analyst and mr. trip advisor expert on cities in the south instead of constantly monitoring and responding to the trolls both on here and your continued veiled threats on social media and taunting journalists, which only served to have your enemies continue to stalk you and law enforcement & court blotters looking for your next dumb move. So why do you keep getting into trouble over & over again? You should take the trolls example and stay in your basement too, instead of the roundhouse.

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

Slow down pardners wrote:

Is there even any incontrovertible proof that Mr. Rossi cheated? I have yet to see any.

Know anyone in the history of marathon running who ran 4 10K PBs back to back whilst simultaneously not appearing in any on-course photos?

He followed this feat up by turning down an easy $100000 from this site for running slower than this.

What you describe is a basis for suspicion, but not proof.

Also, I am sure any reasonable person would not expect the owners of this website to pay $100,000 based on the outcome of a race. Such an effort was likely made to raise the profile of Let's Run and was not in any way a serious offer. If someone offered you $100,000 to complete a run at a time of his or her choosing, would you not be the slightest bit suspicious? Especially if that offer came from a website with many anonymous posters who had been harassing you and your family? Mr. Rossi appears to be a proud man and I don't think it's out of character for him to refuse to perform on command.

Arresting Personality wrote:

Slow down pardners wrote:

I welcome any proof you are willing to provide.

Apparently you were napping when Mike made the death threats. It is not our responsibility to educate someone whose agenda is elsewhere.

Do you refute Mike Rossi of Jenkintown, PA, made death threats? Because we saw them, I know people who received them and the brojos have proof. If legal proceedings are required perhaps you will want to be a character witness for the wife beater Mike Rossi. That would be special.

I have not seen anything like that, no.

Karl Hungus wrote:

If Mike's legit serious - I'll find him a good psychologist/psychiatrist to work with in the Philly area. Seriously.

Thank you. That is very kind of you.

Slow down pardners wrote:

What you describe is a basis for suspicion, but not proof.

Also, I am sure any reasonable person would not expect the owners of this website to pay $100,000 based on the outcome of a race.

So the owners of this website publically lied ? I forgot incidentally that it was raised to $200K

He did perform on command at the turkey trot, the lowest of the hanging fruit. We have his twitter posts from that day as proof but hey we're just a bunch of anonymous posters.

Like you.

Slow down pardners wrote:

Arresting Personality wrote:

Apparently you were napping when Mike made the death threats. It is not our responsibility to educate someone whose agenda is elsewhere.

Do you refute Mike Rossi of Jenkintown, PA, made death threats? Because we saw them, I know people who received them and the brojos have proof. If legal proceedings are required perhaps you will want to be a character witness for the wife beater Mike Rossi. That would be special.

I have not seen anything like that, no.

Then you come here after the fact and from a position of ignorance. I know of at least 2 people who begged Mike to sue them so the facts could come out and one of those is a lawyer. Mike was all about threatening lawsuits - information you can research yourself - but none ever appeared. The reason was clear, the cheating would be exposed and Mike knew it.

Ok, spin away. The truth is often ugly yet there it is.

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

Slow down pardners wrote:

What you describe is a basis for suspicion, but not proof.

Also, I am sure any reasonable person would not expect the owners of this website to pay $100,000 based on the outcome of a race.

So the owners of this website publically lied ? I forgot incidentally that it was raised to $200K

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/07/one-largest-cash-prizes-road-racing-history-goes-unclaimed-48-year-old-pennsylvania-viral-marathon-dad-mike-rossi-misses-200000-challenge-replicate-marathon-personal-best/

Thank you for the link. Interesting reading.

No, I did not say that the Johnson brothers lied. They said themselves they never expected the money to be claimed.