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

Just wanted to remind everyone that there is a new video that shows the top 200 runners at 5 PHOTO CHECKPOINTS, except for Rossi. And the investigation is far from complete.

Anybody still think we are wasting our time and should just move on?

Hi Mike, put your hand down. Anyone else?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGilRGr2GlI&feature=youtu.be

It's been fun, but there is just too much negative energy here and too many new a$$holes who post bullshlt and lots of great people who used to post all the time who have left or gone underground. I'm out. Life is too short. I'll be in kona. Hope to see some of you there. Paulo knows how to find me.

NYC Runner wrote:

Not sure if this has been mentioned before or not, but I haven't read (in the last 150 pages) anything about MR's physical condition the days after LVM Marathon. I've run about 15 marathons and always struggle with stairs, getting up and sitting down - for about 5 days after a race. Is there anyone who knows MR (friend, coworker, etc.) able to assess his physicality after the LVM race to see how that compared to his recovery after other marathons. Especially following the "race of his life," I would think his body would be even more beat up from such a stellar effort!

Ask his wife, Cindy Rossi.

Philly DJ turf wars on letsrun wrote:

At least this Ken dude is honest. Gotta love him for that

Unless you are one of the 80 couples he ripped off.

Or the PA Attorney General who sued him.

But yeah, other than those people, you gotta love him for his honesty.

Once again, I must ask wrote:

hahahahahahaha wrote:

callin me little biatch? hilarious though but you are completely wrong here.

Why do you think that I am the only person who thought it was funny that you are attacking others for not boycotting cancer or starving homeless kids?

why not starving kids? why not homeless kids? why do they have to be homeless and starving?

you attack others for thinking it is wrong to cheat in races assuming that we don't boycott HIV and domestic violence?

BTW I boycott cancer and even raise money to help others do the same.

GAWD your stupid just gets more and more stupid!!!

How do you boycott cancer?

You do it by posting on a thread about how stupid it is to post on that thread.

Yeah, not so much wrote:

Philly DJ turf wars on letsrun wrote:

At least this Ken dude is honest. Gotta love him for that

Unless you are one of the 80 couples he ripped off.

Or the PA Attorney General who sued him.

But yeah, other than those people, you gotta love him for his honesty.

Hi Mike!

Yeah, not so much wrote:

Philly DJ turf wars on letsrun wrote:

At least this Ken dude is honest. Gotta love him for that

Unless you are one of the 80 couples he ripped off.

Or the PA Attorney General who sued him.

But yeah, other than those people, you gotta love him for his honesty.

Would you be willing to share the letter your "attorney" sent to LR?

Thanks Mike wrote:

Yeah, not so much wrote:

Unless you are one of the 80 couples he ripped off.

Or the PA Attorney General who sued him.

But yeah, other than those people, you gotta love him for his honesty.

Would you be willing to share the letter your "attorney" sent to LR?

Better than the letter how the 6 or 7 pics that "in a subsequent conversation with the lawyer, he said that Mr. Rossi “has identified at last 6 photos, (and) a possible a 7th photo where he thinks he’s in the image of people running on the course.” Conveniently, neither the lawyer or Mr. Rossi would provide us with the photos or links to the photos."

Also, probably the same 6 or 7 photos that Rossi has claimed he has but won't share. I wonder why? Not really, we all know why he won't share them. Because he does not have any. All pictures we posted on the photographers website.

Anyone in the their right mind, even an idiot for that matter, would share the photos rather than allow the creation of all this crap to be memorialized on the world wide web.

This is brilliant, well done and conclusive evidence that without a doubt MR cheated at the LVM last September. Did you put on the via LVM FB page?

looking at the pictures rossi is almost the only person wearing a t-shirt much less a black one on a hot day.

I actually looked at the evidence, mostly with regard to his run times. It's actually insane how much evidence there is to show that he not only didn't run the VIA marathon, but there is just no way he ran it in 3:11:45. just no way. Just looking at his Philly marathon a short time after - how do you go from a 7:19 min/mile marathon to a 8:32 min/mile? Even if he was starting a 20 week training program the day he ran Philly, he wouldn't run a single mile that slow - not even a long easy run at 8:32 min/mile pace. He would just never run that slow. Why would he run at 8:32 pace if he can run 7:19????

If he was injured, he wouldn't run Philly - why would he? What does he gain except making the injury much worse and possibly not being able to run Boston. And as soon as he started and was only managing 8:32, that slow for him, he would drop. Whats the point of him limping through 26.2 miles at that slow of a pace?

His pace for Boston makes even less sense if he can run a 3:11:45 marathon, even with an injury. If he had an injury, then yes, that only helps prove his marathon PB is 3:43 a five months earlier and it explains his relatively slower Boston 4:01 time.

So who the hell was on the committee that looked at the evidence for VIA? It had to be non-runners or very slow runners who didn't think it through at all. Anybody on the committee who was an actual marathon runner could not have concluded it was possible for him to run 3:11.

Ok - sorry - late to the party - you can look at all the photos in the world - it doesn't matter - Mike Rossi did not run a 3:11:45 marathon in 2014. That's beyond any reasonable doubt. He just did not have the ability

Who is Mike Rossi anyway? Is he that guy who sent the letter to the principal?

WHY DOES HIS RACE BIB LOOK SO DRY AND CLEAN

THE Mike Rossi wrote:

It's been fun, but there is just too much negative energy here and too many new a$$holes who post bullshlt and lots of great people who used to post all the time who have left or gone underground. I'm out. Life is too short. I'll be in kona. Hope to see some of you there. Paulo knows how to find me.

The Kona Kai bar at The Marriott?

I'll look out for you.

Rossi wrote:

WHY DOES HIS RACE BIB LOOK SO DRY AND CLEAN

Because his form is so smooth he doesn't sweat as much as most runners.

The two things I've learned through sifting through these four jillion posts:

- if you are going to cheat in a marathon, do it quietly

- if you are going to get married in Philly, elope instead.

Randy Oldman wrote:

THE Mike Rossi wrote:

It's been fun, but there is just too much negative energy here and too many new a$$holes who post bullshlt and lots of great people who used to post all the time who have left or gone underground. I'm out. Life is too short. I'll be in kona. Hope to see some of you there. Paulo knows how to find me.

The Kona Kai bar at The Marriott?

I'll look out for you.

I don't think you get the quote.

New here wrote:

Who is Mike Rossi anyway? Is he that guy who sent the letter to the principal?

No he is a guy who ran a 3:11 and qualified for Boston.

He is also a bipolar manchild who verbally abuses children on the internet and is paid $400 a week to play the chicken dance at night.

New here wrote:

Who is Mike Rossi anyway? Is he that guy who sent the letter to the principal?

Pls refer to page 1

Yeah, not so much wrote:

Philly DJ turf wars on letsrun wrote:

At least this Ken dude is honest. Gotta love him for that

Unless you are one of the 80 couples he ripped off.

Or the PA Attorney General who sued him.

But yeah, other than those people, you gotta love him for his honesty.

The difference, which is where the honesty part comes from, is that Ken isn't denying any of his past failings. Much to my surprise, as I would have ignored you if it was me, he actually admitted them on here, even though it was totally not relevant to the issue at hand (being the evidence showing that you cheated at the VIA marathon).

It should not have escaped your notice that people on here appreciated Ken's honesty and are pretty good to him about it. They don't say what he did in the past was ok, but they move on based on current behavior. See what happens when you admit past mistakes? People are pretty forgiving. But, when you deny your mistakes, and go even further and try to convince them that some illogical, impossible event actually did occur when they know full well it didn't - then you just piss people off. It's hard to win over an audience by pissing them off.

Anyway, to be clear - this is far too entertaining for me to want you to own up. I'm just pointing out the obvious which I know you'll ignore. Which is awesome.