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

Ah, Godwin's Law wins again.

Lighten up, Francis wrote:

Oh FFS.

Isn't there a book burning or a rally to get rock music off the public airwaves that you should be organizing right now?

He cheated for a BQ.

Quit making him out to be Hitler.

somebloke wrote:

No Moore Cheaters wrote:

How do you know, speculation like many others, or do you have an inside source?

Sorry if it sounds like I know something, I don't. It's just my opinion -- the DQ is coming.

I hate to burst everyone's bubble, but my source's sources are tell him that not only is a LV DQ is not forthcoming, but that the chances of additional timing mats being added next year are slim. The RD is blowing smoke and not taking any action.

Yes, take it with a huge grain of salt, but if a decision is not reached by the end of the month, then people should either write the RD to voice their disapproval and or face the facts the the issue is dead.

No Moore Cheaters wrote:

I hate to burst everyone's bubble, but my source's sources are tell him that not only is a LV DQ is not forthcoming, but that the chances of additional timing mats being added next year are slim.

Your terrible grammar makes me not believe you.

Lighten up, Francis wrote:

Oh FFS.

Isn't there a book burning or a rally to get rock music off the public airwaves that you should be organizing right now?

He cheated for a BQ.

Quit making him out to be Hitler.

Posters name was "it was a test". People are saying "Doubler" is Mike Rossi. Poster was testing Doubler. It's pretty obvious how he was testing Doubler.

Glad I could explain, Francis.

Nephew I suspect

Here,

I am Mike Rossi.

I cheated to qualify for Boston.

I am a bad father, husband, and runner.

Now, if Rojo matches my IP address to Rossi's he has a scoop for his article. However, as I proved before, I have posts going back to at least 2012.

Doubler wrote:

Here,

I am Mike Rossi.

I cheated to qualify for Boston.

I am a bad father, husband, and runner.

Now, if Rojo matches my IP address to Rossi's he has a scoop for his article. However, as I proved before, I have posts going back to at least 2012.

I don't think you are Mike Rossi, but I don't understand why the fact that you posted in 2012 proof that you are not Mike Rossi?

Neutral Observertard wrote:

Doubler wrote:

Here,

I am Mike Rossi.

I cheated to qualify for Boston.

I am a bad father, husband, and runner.

Now, if Rojo matches my IP address to Rossi's he has a scoop for his article. However, as I proved before, I have posts going back to at least 2012.

I don't think you are Mike Rossi, but I don't understand why the fact that you posted in 2012 proof that you are not Mike Rossi?

I think that Rossi was a non-runner in 2012 so he would not even have heard of this site at that time.

Maybe? Truth is I'm not really following closely enough to do more than WAG.

Yes, that's pretty much it..and the poster that was driving the idea that I am Rossi was requesting evidence that I posted before the Rossi thread was created.

TheBigLiebowski wrote:

Ah, Godwin's Law wins again.

Does Stalin count? Because he came up some 50 pages ago.

Rojo, if you do write your article, and you want to increase the chances of it getting used and quoted by other media, don't forget you need a headline or grab which is easily picked up by them. The thing that grabbed me is "understand how unlikely it is that he ran the full course AND doesn't have any pictures. The numbers have been run and it is less than a .001% chance." so a headline around this might do the job, or "probability of Mr. Rossi missing all locations by chance, is about 1 in 11 thousand."

'routemaker', first post on page regarding ".001% chance"

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6479539&page=155

'mileage_man', third post from bottom regarding "1in11 thousand":

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6479539&page=54

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The poster who keeps insisting that doubler is Rossi is really stupid because doubler has not posted a single post defending Rossi.

Doubler wrote:

Here,

I am Mike Rossi.

I cheated to qualify for Boston.

I am a bad father, husband, and runner.

Now, if Rojo matches my IP address to Rossi's he has a scoop for his article. However, as I proved before, I have posts going back to at least 2012.

It's pretty easy to prove you aren't Mike Rossi - just say who you actually are. Better yet, take a photo of yourself holding up a piece of paper with your name. It's not that hard.

Saying you've posted since 2012 to somehow show you aren't Mike Rossi is like proving you ran a marathon by posting a picture of you at the start line of the marathon.

And masking/changing an IP address is ridiculously easy. Or simply post from a public computer.

Article headline suggestions?

UPDATE: There has been a vote of no confidence in the RD of the Via Marathon and Mike Rossi has been elected Supreme Chancellor of the Lehigh Valley Senate.

I don't see this ending well for anybody.

Doubler, stop replying to these idiots and giving them oxygen.

the opposite wrote:

Doubler wrote:

Here,

I am Mike Rossi.

I cheated to qualify for Boston.

I am a bad father, husband, and runner.

Now, if Rojo matches my IP address to Rossi's he has a scoop for his article. However, as I proved before, I have posts going back to at least 2012.

It's pretty easy to prove you aren't Mike Rossi - just say who you actually are. Better yet, take a photo of yourself holding up a piece of paper with your name. It's not that hard.

Saying you've posted since 2012 to somehow show you aren't Mike Rossi is like proving you ran a marathon by posting a picture of you at the start line of the marathon.

And masking/changing an IP address is ridiculously easy. Or simply post from a public computer.

You got me. I changed my IP address in 2012 in anticipation of my taking up running, cheating to qualify for Boston, taking my kids out of school, getting a letter from the principal, posting a response on Facebook and Twitter, having that response go viral, and getting caught cheating By an investigation on letsrun.

I will likely post links to all the various Rossi articles on my blog. Somehow you will use that as further evidence that I am Mike.

Doubler wrote:

You got me. I changed my IP address in 2012 in anticipation of my taking up running, cheating to qualify for Boston, taking my kids out of school, getting a letter from the principal, posting a response on Facebook and Twitter, having that response go viral, and getting caught cheating By an investigation on letsrun.

Its simple, you invented a time machine and just like I would have done you did the above rather than the boring, predictable Lotto jackpots.

Can someone explain how this 18 miler supposedly went? I'm not familiar with Nike +.

http://i.imgur.com/wATc8eJ.jpg

That chart makes no sense.

7'37

10'35 etc is pace per mile.

The vast majority of that run is below what would be 9'00 (midway between 7'37 and 10'25) and yet the average time is 7:55? THat makes zero sense.

Do walk breaks not count?