Slow down pardners wrote:
No, I did not say that the Johnson brothers lied. They said themselves they never expected the money to be claimed.
Isn't that the entire point? There is no way Rossi would have been able to have got remotely near even the $10K and everyone knew it.
Once again.... 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. 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.
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.
So, you fault him for running a turkey trot? It looks like he had a good time too, but if it's the one I'm thinking of unfortunately more accusations of cheating followed. I wouldn't want to run either if I would be under intense scrutiny and accused of cheating every time I set a PR. Running is supposed to be enjoyable!
"If Mr. Rossi is going to take LetsRun.com up on either or $10,000 or $100,000 challenge, we want to be notified with at least 72 hours’ advance warning of the race he plans on running so we can check the race out and see if there are intermediate timing mats and if the course lends itself to cutting. If we determine it’s possible to cut, we are insisting that Mr. Rossi allow us to monitor his race from start to finish. If Mr. Rossi is going to take us up on the $100,000 challenge, we request one week’s notice and have the right to conduct one pre- and one post-race drug test. Any positive test (according to WADA standards) or refusal to take a drug test will invalidate our offer."
There were many qualifiers added to the original bet. I wonder if even more were added (possibly privately) that I'm unaware of? In any event, someone not taking this bet does not qualify as proof.
Slow down pardners wrote:
So, you fault him for running a turkey trot? It looks like he had a good time too, but if it's the one I'm thinking of unfortunately more accusations of cheating followed. I wouldn't want to run either if I would be under intense scrutiny and accused of cheating every time I set a PR. Running is supposed to be enjoyable!
Again mysteriously he failed to appear in any photos and from the chip timing clearly waited for all the runners to go then ambled off incognito to the area of the finish. When he judged the moment to be right got close enough for the chip to set off the finish mat - triumphantly claimed a sub 20 on Twitter only to delete the message when the results came out.
You really are doing everyone a favour allowing us to recollect the highlights.
So are you saying that he did not claim to have run faster than the time necessary to collect the money?
ExpertKipWatcher wrote:
Slow down pardners wrote:So, you fault him for running a turkey trot? It looks like he had a good time too, but if it's the one I'm thinking of unfortunately more accusations of cheating followed. I wouldn't want to run either if I would be under intense scrutiny and accused of cheating every time I set a PR. Running is supposed to be enjoyable!
Again mysteriously he failed to appear in any photos and from the chip timing clearly waited for all the runners to go then ambled off incognito to the area of the finish. When he judged the moment to be right got close enough for the chip to set off the finish mat - triumphantly claimed a sub 20 on Twitter only to delete the message when the results came out.
You really are doing everyone a favour allowing us to recollect the highlights.
And then Karma tripped him up with that ankle sprain. Hahahaha.
I forgot that the Brojos covered it
ExpertKipWatcher wrote:
Slow down pardners wrote:So, you fault him for running a turkey trot? It looks like he had a good time too, but if it's the one I'm thinking of unfortunately more accusations of cheating followed. I wouldn't want to run either if I would be under intense scrutiny and accused of cheating every time I set a PR. Running is supposed to be enjoyable!
Again mysteriously he failed to appear in any photos and from the chip timing clearly waited for all the runners to go then ambled off incognito to the area of the finish. When he judged the moment to be right got close enough for the chip to set off the finish mat - triumphantly claimed a sub 20 on Twitter only to delete the message when the results came out.
You really are doing everyone a favour allowing us to recollect the highlights.
Don't forget the "I had a shoe malfunction and stopped to tie my laces at the start then stepped in a hole and sprained my ankle and now I'm in a boot" tale. That was the day the strong man stumbled.
No shortcuts wrote:
ExpertKipWatcher wrote:Again mysteriously he failed to appear in any photos and from the chip timing clearly waited for all the runners to go then ambled off incognito to the area of the finish. When he judged the moment to be right got close enough for the chip to set off the finish mat - triumphantly claimed a sub 20 on Twitter only to delete the message when the results came out.
You really are doing everyone a favour allowing us to recollect the highlights.
Don't forget the "I had a shoe malfunction and stopped to tie my laces at the start then stepped in a hole and sprained my ankle and now I'm in a boot" tale. That was the day the strong man stumbled.
He who excuses himself accuses himself. - Ben Franklin
Sorry, I just gotta see this again.....
Timmy Gunn wrote:
The Color of Woman Beaters:
http://i.imgur.com/w7tCi86.jpg
Jersey Cow wrote:
He who excuses himself accuses himself. - Ben Franklin
My bad, that wasn't my pal Ben, this is:
"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else."
Yep, that's Our Woman Beating Hero, Mike Rossi.
Slow down pardners wrote:
ExpertKipWatcher wrote: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.
A proud, honest, decent man would have immediately run a 3:11 - 3:15 marathon, collected LetsRun's $$$, and donated it all to a deserving local charity. But that guy ain't named Mike Rossi.
ExpertKipWatcher wrote:
You really are doing everyone a favour allowing us to recollect the highlights.
Thanks, yeah I know I'm a troll and you know I'm a troll and we both know I'm not a very good one.
The thing is I've been following the original Rossi thread from the start and never contributed, now I feel I'm part of the party and doing a good deed by causing all these highlights to be resurrected.
I'm going to give myself 5/10 for that at least.
BREAKING NEWS - BREAKING NEWS - BREAKING NEWS - BREAKING NEWS
"Mike Rossi to Counter Charge Heroic Fight Intervener With Assault for Using Excessive Force"
"The use of excessive force can open up the intervening/arresting individual to civil and criminal liability, this is especially true when individuals use excessive force to intervene in such things as common assault."
ExpertKipWatcher wrote:
You really are doing everyone a favour allowing us to recollect the highlights.
yay happy days
http://imgur.com/a/oPbrgTimmy Gunn wrote:
brogan1 wrote:Didn't Mike brag about having a 29" waist? As if that was rare for a runner.
Winner Winner Chicken Dance Dinner!
http://i.imgur.com/2QULgEm.jpg
Not very realistic, the face of the bottom left chicken should be bruised, after Mike hit her 29 times!
Slow down pardners wrote:
ExpertKipWatcher wrote:You really are doing everyone a favour allowing us to recollect the highlights.
Thanks, yeah I know I'm a troll and you know I'm a troll and we both know I'm not a very good one.
The thing is I've been following the original Rossi thread from the start and never contributed, now I feel I'm part of the party and doing a good deed by causing all these highlights to be resurrected.
I'm going to give myself 5/10 for that at least.
^I didn't write that!
7/10 for moi.
Slow down pardners wrote:
Slow down pardners wrote:Thanks, yeah I know I'm a troll and you know I'm a troll and we both know I'm not a very good one.
The thing is I've been following the original Rossi thread from the start and never contributed, now I feel I'm part of the party and doing a good deed by causing all these highlights to be resurrected.
I'm going to give myself 5/10 for that at least.
^I didn't write that!
7/10 for moi.
I didn't write that!
Happy days are here again. wrote:
http://imgur.com/a/oPbrg
Make sure you click on the imgur link to get the full narrative, it's worth it.
