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

IndeedALoser wrote:

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

Making a video from the photos makes no sense. Videos are 30 frames per second. How would looking at 30 photos in one second be helpful? Stop asking for a video. It's a dumb idea.

Hi Mike!

Your "Hi Mike"s make you sound like an idiot.

Just thought you should know.

Hi Mike's mom!

Pointing Out the Obvious wrote:

IndeedALoser wrote:

Hi Mike!

Your "Hi Mike"s make you sound like an idiot.

Just thought you should know.

Poop or get off the pot already Lehigh Via Marathon!

I spend too much time reading about this, checking for new posts, checking the results page for a "missing result," etc. My employer probably would prefer I do real work instead!

Don'tBeLikeMike wrote:

Hi Mike's mom!

Pointing Out the Obvious wrote:

Your "Hi Mike"s make you sound like an idiot.

Just thought you should know.

Like I said...

The likely issue with making a video is that the camera man moves around so showing the pics in rapid succession will make you motion sick and be worthless.

Things like Microsoft Hyperlapse smooth this out, but they drop frames not deemed suitable in addition to you know, lapsing...aka speeding up.

Slide show style about only way. Maybe .5s interval?

oh please wrote:

The likely issue with making a video is that the camera man moves around so showing the pics in rapid succession will make you motion sick and be worthless.

Things like Microsoft Hyperlapse smooth this out, but they drop frames not deemed suitable in addition to you know, lapsing...aka speeding up.

Slide show style about only way. Maybe .5s interval?

Thank you for backing me. The best way is to actually look at each individual picture very closely. I think the person who wants the video just wants to look at every picture but doesn't want to spend hours doing it. They want to see them all in 2 minutes.

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

oh please wrote:

The likely issue with making a video is that the camera man moves around so showing the pics in rapid succession will make you motion sick and be worthless.

Things like Microsoft Hyperlapse smooth this out, but they drop frames not deemed suitable in addition to you know, lapsing...aka speeding up.

Slide show style about only way. Maybe .5s interval?

Thank you for backing me. The best way is to actually look at each individual picture very closely. I think the person who wants the video just wants to look at every picture but doesn't want to spend hours doing it. They want to see them all in 2 minutes.

That makes sense. But, I do think most everyone would like to see this video if it were doable. We know MR isn't there..but in video format, it would be irrefutable to the masses.

Was there a thread on that Disney father/daughter DQ? Or did it get killed? I posted about that, but am looking to see if there was more information on them. If you don't want to post here..here's the link to the blog ;) (BTW 7000+ views in about 1-1/2 weeks - happy with that-and the comments)

--end shameless plug--

Keep up the good work on the blog, at the very least you'll make cheaters think twice before trying again if you expose enough of them.

Throw some ads on that somebeotch.

I threw an amazon banner up without any success on my highest traffic day, so I pulled it down. And it's not approved for Adsense. Haven't bothered to see what I have to do. I'm sure even if I got those up it wouldn't earn more than a few bucks a month.

Found a weird deal today looking at Vermont City marathon. Older guy missed early splits at 2013 and 2015 marathons. Pictures at one location each--but for 2013 a 20 somethingish kid is wearing his bib.

The guy is also a former relief pitcher (that I never heard of).

I counted a total of 10 comments other than yours. All except one were Anonymous and likely either you or one other person. 7000 views and 3-4 commenters does not bode well for sustainability. Perhaps if you posted more links to it here, you would get more traffic. If you need assistance, I can help you with SEO and SEM.

I don't think you are counting the comments on the submission page. I did not make any anonymous posts. Maybe closer to 20 posts. Not a ton--but more than I figured I'd have.

On here whenever I post the link on this thread it drives traffic for a bit. I also posted to reddit in the running group and got a huge push on Sunday. Posted another link there today--getting a good push, but it is not getting a good ranking. The generic link to the blog did well--but the specific link to the article is pretty low. When I created separate threads I get some traffic..but not as much as in the M.R. thread.

But yeah, if you have any tips on SEO hit me up on the amail at the bottom of the blog.

[quote]Runner Felice wrote:

[quote]………..the only problem is there is only pictures of him crossing the finish line none on the course with his fast time he ran there should be over a dozen or so pictures of him throughout the corse ……………[quote]

Just ran a marathon on the weekend and received the email today from Marathon Photos that they have 43 pictures of me. Event had 5500+ runners in it and they still got that many photos of me, which I thought was a significant number.

Variables related to numbers of photographers/participants clearly affect the outcome, but nonetheless, I am personally convinced more than ever that lack of photographic evidence of participation in a professionally organized event is worthy of grounds for a DQ.

I can only speculate, but I am guessing that simply based on the size of the event I ran, that I had more people around me than Rossi at LVM, yet still got picked out 43 times.

Doubler wrote:

But yeah, if you have any tips on SEO hit me up on the amail at the bottom of the blog.

I'll send you my rates and then we can discuss getting up and running.

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+1

printer wrote:

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And one of the photog sots they guy was not only shooting the runners, but was getting everything that was about 40 yards behind them as well. So unless Mike Rossi can run 40 years in less than a couple seconds.....

Mike Rossi's only real hope of keeping his result is to somehow prove that each photog took a restroom break at the exact time that he was running by.

Crazy coincidence:

http://buffalorunners.com/results/2015/bufmar15.htm