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

And yes, I am a real person: www.facebook.com/gregstransform

Pointing Out the Obvious wrote:

EZPassMike wrote:

Please -- someone from this site address this point.

+1 It would be very good if some official LRC employee addressed this point.

Rojo could you please tell us what is going on? Is there going to be an article? Are people in "trouble"? Did Mike cheat? What's happening?

Earth to Rojo wrote:

Pointing Out the Obvious wrote:

+1 It would be very good if some official LRC employee addressed this point.

Rojo could you please tell us what is going on? Is there going to be an article? Are people in "trouble"? Did Mike cheat? What's happening?

Why do you all fall for these type of trolls? *smh*

captain sparrow wrote:

Earth to Rojo wrote:

Rojo could you please tell us what is going on? Is there going to be an article? Are people in "trouble"? Did Mike cheat? What's happening?

Why do you all fall for these type of trolls? *smh*

Not a troll. Thanks though.

Dewey, Cheatham and Howe wrote:

I think the real test case here is a male in the 45-49 age group, whose Boston entry was denied based on time, suing Rossi for theft by fraud.

It would be fairly interesting, because I doubt very much Mike's attorney wouldn't even want him to be deposed, much less on the stand. The attorney would file a motion to dismiss, but if a judge denied it and let the case continue... very interesting.

It wouldn't be interesting at all - your premise is incorrect.

The BQ cutoff was based on time under BQ - it had nothing to do with age group.

Secondly, one guy (i.e., Mike Rossi) would not have tipped the scales another second in the cutoff, so if Mike hadn't submitted his application, the cutoff would still have been BQ - 1:02.

Mike would never have to take the stand.

Although we are arguing how many angels can dance on the head of a pin here.

From the scene... wrote:

So has anyone actually heard from Sara or GregTR recently? Do we know for sure why they have mysteriously gone quiet?

GregTR has most definitely not gone quiet. He had a post yesterday and on the Via Facebook page.

NowFindJimmyHoffa wrote:

From the scene... wrote:

So has anyone actually heard from Sara or GregTR recently? Do we know for sure why they have mysteriously gone quiet?

GregTR has most definitely not gone quiet. He had a post yesterday and on the Via Facebook page.

Seems like he had a post about 20 minutes ago.

Blocked User wrote:

Not a troll. Thanks though.

A troll and a liar. :)

Seriously, why would anyone believe that one random individual was blocked due to this thread because Mike's lawyer sifted through our 4k pages of trash and contacted the Brojos? There are plenty of notable names that turn up over and over again during the meaty investigation pages that are still posting. I guess if I have to play along and pretend like your name was blocked, what exactly were you posting and did you post on any other threads?

Coming to the conclusion that Mike's lawyer can get an anonymous poster's handle banned is idiotic. Yes I am being close minded to the situation and I don't care.

What was your handle before your were blocked?

Blocked User wrote:

I was part of the group that looked up all of the photos and proved Rossi wasn't on the course. I went to post last night from home and Letsrun had me blocked which is crazy. I'm assuming Rossi's lawyer is forcing Letsrun to block any poster who helped prove he cheated to get us off the boards.

I know you cheated Mike and you weren't on the course because the images prove it. You are what's wrong with the world and your lawyers should feel ashamed for protecting a scum bag like yourself.

captain sparrow wrote:

Blocked User wrote:

Not a troll. Thanks though.

A troll and a liar. :)

Seriously, why would anyone believe that one random individual was blocked due to this thread because Mike's lawyer sifted through our 4k pages of trash and contacted the Brojos? There are plenty of notable names that turn up over and over again during the meaty investigation pages that are still posting. I guess if I have to play along and pretend like your name was blocked, what exactly were you posting and did you post on any other threads?

Coming to the conclusion that Mike's lawyer can get an anonymous poster's handle banned is idiotic. Yes I am being close minded to the situation and I don't care.

First of all, they don"t block usernames, they block IP addresses. Second, they blocked someone yesterday for quoting a movie. How sophonric is that? Third, as long as a username is not registered, I think anyone can use it.

captain sparrow wrote:

Blocked User wrote:

Not a troll. Thanks though.

A troll and a liar. :)

Seriously, why would anyone believe that one random individual was blocked due to this thread because Mike's lawyer sifted through our 4k pages of trash and contacted the Brojos? There are plenty of notable names that turn up over and over again during the meaty investigation pages that are still posting. I guess if I have to play along and pretend like your name was blocked, what exactly were you posting and did you post on any other threads?

Coming to the conclusion that Mike's lawyer can get an anonymous poster's handle banned is idiotic. Yes I am being close minded to the situation and I don't care.

Not hard to believe at all.

The poster had re-written an Animal House quote, but if you were a tool who had never watched Animal House, you could easily interpret it as issuing death threats towards Mike Rossi and the LVM review board.

Death threats are taken seriously - even on poopy websites like this.

Thanks

I don't think anybody has gone silent because of Rossi's lawyer. Many people waited for the decision and when it came they voiced their displeasure and then decided to get back to everyday life.

And nobody is trying to destroy the marathon. We are simply letting them know they made a mistake and that they will lose attendance because of it. They may not change their decision about the DQ until after this year's race and their attendance is down substantially. We'll have to wait and see. There are probably countless people who will take a stand and not run that race, but who aren't involved enough to write about it on their FB page. We will know after the race if our efforts had any affect.

But it's important to maintain some pressure on them. Look at history and see what can be changed with protests and boycotting. Civil rights, gay marriage, increased minimum wage, etc.

Anybody who tells you we are wasting our time is either ignorant, or Mike Rossi himself.

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

Anybody who tells you we are wasting our time is either ignorant, or Mike Rossi himself.

Or both.

I posted an article on Mike (and Kara) on my blog. Please do share, tweet, link on FB--whatever. I am not worried about the lawyers. Truth is absolute defense against claims of libel.

http://marathoncheat.blogspot.com/2015/06/my-thoughts-on-lehigh-valleys.html

Done. Solid work.

Doubler wrote:

I posted an article on Mike (and Kara) on my blog. Please do share, tweet, link on FB--whatever. I am not worried about the lawyers. Truth is absolute defense against claims of libel.

http://marathoncheat.blogspot.com/2015/06/my-thoughts-on-lehigh-valleys.html

Draco Fadmy wrote:

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

Anybody who tells you we are wasting our time is either ignorant, or Mike Rossi himself.

Or both.

I think the evidence overwhelmingly points to the guy having cheated as the only possible way he ran 3:11 (based on his past runs and the lack of photos).

Now that it out of the way - how is "keeping" this thread alive helping to advance/prove/do something about him having cheated? I actually don't know, I'm not being awkward. Does it actually create any pressure on anybody to do anything? It seems to me this is just a message board and you have a group of people who believe he cheated posting, and then a much smaller number of people (the guy himself/his cronies or trolls) posting in support of him - and it's all very circular. Nobody is being convinced by the supporters/trolls that he didn't cheat, nor would they without something to explain the impossibility of his running a 3:11.

But, I do wonder if the collective energies of those who are upset about this should be put toward something constructive - although, I don't know what that is. A petition to several different parties, I don't know? But posting about how he is a cheater over and over again is easy to do, but what is it achieving at this point? Unless it is simply to aggravate the guy?

I am more than happy to keep the thread alive if it has a purpose, but, again, can we all not think of something that could actually make a difference? Or again, explain to me how this is making a difference.

Pointing Out the Obvious wrote:

Mike Detector wrote:

Hi Mike - good to hear from you. Cut any courses lately?

Wow, you really missed the boat on that one Chief.

Mike Rossi is a scumbag lying cheat. He is also not me.

Not please try putting on your thinking cap before posting anything else.

Seriously, just out of curiosity, what part of suggesting that there is no great "mystery" here and that folks on here do not know each other or why other posters are or are not active could possibly make you think that I must be Mike Rossi? That's truly bizarre.

Please do not use "Chief" as a sarcastic perjorative. I said I would post no more forever on this thread, but now I must come back to protect heritage. I will be silent no more forever.

this thread saddens me in so many ways