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

WWRD wrote:

See if he signed up for a ride,

You need to read this, hard to keep up I know, but no excuses for not reading the page before your post, one a hundred pages back maybe...

gatorade&vodka wrote:

You are correct, last year only had bus service to the start, so legit runners either parked at the finish and took the bus to the start, or got a ride to the start.

I don't remember being asked about whether I planned to use the shuttle bus, but even if they polled runners about if they planned to use it, the bus option definitely didn't require preregistration or a ticket.

It would be an interesting thing to ask Rossi about, but if he had any brains he'd say he was on that shuttle and I doubt anyone can prove he wasn't.

Try and keep up. wrote:

hard to keep up I know, but no excuses

Mike had the same problem but had a solution and excuses.

HeCheated wrote:

What assumption am I making? They announced every one of those things in interviews a few days ago.

The conclusions you drew from each of those announcements are your own assumptions. ("That tells you...." "That shows...").

I like this guy's comment on the Hal Higdon post (it's public, but I won't put his name):

"As somebody who knows Mike Rossi personally I can tell you that your analysis of his personality is spot on.

I only knew his casually because we are both in the wedding industry and I would see him a couple times a year at a wedding. He was always nice to me, but then again he really doesn't have a choice. A Dj that is not cooperative with other vendors looks very bad to couples having weddings. So when a few of his fellow DJ's described him as a complete douchebag and the worst human on the planet I just laughed it off.

And then I did him a couple favors related to his business, and I found out the hard way that those descriptions were accurate. I won't go into detail except to say that he screwed me over and turned out to be one of the phoniest industry "friends" I have ever met.

Most of the couples that he DJ's for will tell you he is a swell guy. And that's because he is swell if he needs you to make money. But to everyone else he is a complete ass and will throw you under the bus without a blink of an eye - just as he did to that school principal.

He did offer an apology to the principal, but not until way after the damage was done. And it was just a quick blurb on his Facebook page and Blog, but of course he made no attempt for his apology to go viral. because he could never publicly admit that he was wrong. And a public letter from the superintendent of schools backing the principal was vastly ignored as well.

And just like he would never come out and admit to the world, or his family, that he was wrong about the principal's letter, he will never admit to the world, or his family, that he cheated to get to Boston. He will stay in hiding and try to convince the people around him that others are just jealous of him, and the marathon officiants are idiots who planned a bad race, and the photographers along the race route and morons or they would have done their job properly and gotten a photo of him.

We'll have to wait to hear from the marathon organizers and they will DQ him. And then I imagine Boston will have to DQ him since he doesn't have a qualifying time. But you'll never hear an admission or apology come out of his mouth. Because he is a sociopath."

nobodyimportant wrote:

That being said, if someone could find a smoking gun pic of this clown walking off the race course or sneaking back in, that would be freeking hilarious.

This is not only incriminating but also explains the dog.

(Sense of humor required).

Why are people talking about a dog? I know I should have read the entire thread but I admit that this seems a daunting task to me at this point. Just clue me in on the dog if you would be so kind.

Thanks in advance.

jury is in wrote:

I agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute with Via Events, Inc. (and/or its affiliates Via of the Lehigh Valley, Inc. or Via Foundation, Inc.) with respect to this event registration, waiver and release resides in the courts of the State of Pennsylvania and I further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of the State of Pennsylvania in connection with any such dispute If any provision of this event registration, waiver and release shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this event registration, waiver and release and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

That is the legal out. As a PR rep for numerous races, I was thinking more about their PR statement/out.

Y Man wrote:

Why are people talking about a dog? I know I should have read the entire thread but I admit that this seems a daunting task to me at this point. Just clue me in on the dog if you would be so kind.

Thanks in advance.

I believe they are referring to a guy who finished around the 3.06 mark with his dog. The dog got skittish and stopped about 50 yards before the finish line. The runner picked him up and staggered around before losing his balance and basically body slammed the lab. Was pretty amusing (unless you were the dog).

d2xccoach wrote:

Integrity is a good way to put it, and it works both ways. You want to remove those who cut, but you also don't want to screw somebody whose chip malfunctioned.

Fair enough! I'm happy to hear it taken seriously.

NotABQer wrote:

Y Man wrote:

Why are people talking about a dog? I know I should have read the entire thread but I admit that this seems a daunting task to me at this point. Just clue me in on the dog if you would be so kind.

Thanks in advance.

I believe they are referring to a guy who finished around the 3.06 mark with his dog. The dog got skittish and stopped about 50 yards before the finish line. The runner picked him up and staggered around before losing his balance and basically body slammed the lab. Was pretty amusing (unless you were the dog).

It was a Golden Retriever (not a Lab) and I bet the dog was smarter than the owner. Sad. Don't do this at home.

PredictorGal wrote:

jury is in wrote:

I agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute with Via Events, Inc. (and/or its affiliates Via of the Lehigh Valley, Inc. or Via Foundation, Inc.) with respect to this event registration, waiver and release resides in the courts of the State of Pennsylvania and I further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of the State of Pennsylvania in connection with any such dispute If any provision of this event registration, waiver and release shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this event registration, waiver and release and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

That is the legal out. As a PR rep for numerous races, I was thinking more about their PR statement/out.

Um... why does the Via waiver not use the name "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania"?

Here is a picture of Rossi running towards the finish line! He is on the left!

I found 2 photos. 1st photo he is on the left.

Second photo you can see him behind the guy in the neon yellow shirt in the distance.

http://images.partypics.com/events/26764939/00134/13321.jpg

http://images.partypics.com/events/26764939/00134/13307.jpg

Do you know which Hal Higdon FB post that comment is on (about the person in his industry?) Is it his first post or his follow up? I am trying to find it and can't. Do you still see it?

Mr. Mellotron wrote:

PredictorGal wrote:

That is the legal out. As a PR rep for numerous races, I was thinking more about their PR statement/out.

Um... why does the Via waiver not use the name "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania"?

Interesting. I suspect many smaller races use a template or cut/paste another race's waiver. There is no advanced (or any) degree for race management that I know of, God bless them....

My guess is the guy has some sort of personality disorder. Maybe he likes this attention ?

Ten years ago the regulars here laughed if you talked about qualifying for Boston. I remember reading that "any decent athlete can qualify for Boston".

Having qualified several times and having run it twice I'd agree. Maybe the bombing changed the status of running this event ?

Randy Oldman wrote:

nobodyimportant wrote:

That being said, if someone could find a smoking gun pic of this clown walking off the race course or sneaking back in, that would be freeking hilarious.

This is not only incriminating but also explains the dog.

http://tinyurl.com/lytgxjo

(Sense of humor required).

Ah yes, Dick Dastardly and his dog Muttley from the Wacky Races.

Follow up.

It's in the follow up. It's down in the comments, fairly far down.

Cheat Heat wrote:

Do you know which Hal Higdon FB post that comment is on (about the person in his industry?) Is it his first post or his follow up? I am trying to find it and can't. Do you still see it?