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

Non elite road racing isA joke wrote:

How many cases are there of cheaters getting lawyered up and RDs who think they cannot DQ, be fvckin pos no balls instead and look the other way?

Barb McKeever lmao

And the RD at Charlotte Thunder Road who wouldn't DQ Kip Litton despite a a very large chip/gun time difference & a few racers not seeing Litton pass them but somehow end up in front of them??

Exactly, anyone who takes running seriously should be bothered by cheating. I'd imagine several on the BAA board are avid runners, how can they not want to take a more active roll in this? How rampant is cheating going to have to be before they react?

Jackson Brushet wrote:

And apparently a super-secret FaceBook page that only the cool kids were invited to. lol

There's actually a new group to discuss all evidence of cheating, not just Rossi. It is still a secret group but if you're not Ken, Rossi or a troll you may join :)

Rossi figures prominently in that article, from the links to the prior RW articles about him to the quotes from, and info provided by, the other RDs and timing company folks.

GSRS provides timing services to at least 10 marathons a years, but only one, a BQing race, uses only one timing mat, placed at the finish line. I wonder what race that is?

I especially like the quotes from the RDs near the end of the article. Noting that cheaters devalue the efforts of honest runners, they say that is why it is worth the time and effort to DQ cheaters. Integrity is the name of the game for these RDs and their marathons. On the other hand, at least thus far, the LVM has shown that it doesn't value the efforts of honest runners and, therefore, it has no integrity.

Please, someone, anyone, send this article to Barb, Bart, and everyone associated with LVM. Honest runners will thank you.

One correction. Instead of saying "anyone who takes running seriously should be bothered by cheating", it should read that "anyone who enters a race, whether a serious runner or not, should be bothered by cheating" As it say in the article,

"...cheating devalues the efforts of those who run the course honestly."

Moreover, any Race Director or race that does not have the integrity to ensure that those who clearly cheated are DQ'd should be called on the carpet for it and that race should be treated accordingly.

abingtonrunner2 wrote:

Reg Fields wrote:

Exactly, anyone who takes running seriously should be bothered by cheating. I'd imagine several on the BAA board are avid runners, how can they not want to take a more active roll in this? How rampant is cheating going to have to be before they react?

One correction. Instead of saying "anyone who takes running seriously should be bothered by cheating", it should read that "anyone who enters a race, whether a serious runner or not, should be bothered by cheating" As it say in the article,

"...cheating devalues the efforts of those who run the course honestly."

Moreover, any Race Director or race that does not have the integrity to ensure that those who clearly cheated are DQ'd should be called on the carpet for it and that race should be treated accordingly.

Fair enough, I stand corrected on that point. Think we are all on the same page here.

How does that work?

Every time is gun time?

Weird.

Maybe it is a loop race and the start/finish is in the same spot? I would still think that you would need one may to start and one to finish. But I am no RD.

Just eating lunch at work and that crossed my Facebook feed. I thought it would at least give people hope that at least RW is keeping the story almost alive, even if the BroJos are pretty hands off.

Reg Fields wrote:

abingtonrunner2 wrote:

Thanks for the heads up on that.

Double Thank you, because of this article I now realize that I ran cross country and track in college with the guy who owns the timing company who the race Moore cheated at. Not game over yet.

It isn't that weird. I've timed and run a lot of races with out a "chip time" only a gun time and only a finish line timing mat. The only time you need a starting mat is when the race is big enough that it takes time to get across the starting line. Otherwise, the combination video taping the start and a timing mat at the end is enough to make sure everyone started and capturing times at the finish.

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.

Couldn't agree with you more, thread has gotten way too negative.

Thanks. Interesting case.

You say your blog is not about Rossi, but it looks like 90% of it is dedicated to him. Whose manifesto is that one looooong post on there? LMR I'm guessing?

So what the hey happened?

Haven't been around in a few weeks

How is "Ken" related to "LoserMikeRossi"

Someone fill in the gaps please !

Or the guy who wouldn't DQ Kip at Vermont City despite all the evidence. I think he still posts on LR.

Tell Us More wrote:

Thanks. Interesting case.

You say your blog is not about Rossi, but it looks like 90% of it is dedicated to him. Whose manifesto is that one looooong post on there? LMR I'm guessing?

It is not 90% related to him. The last couple posts are related to him only because I haven't had time to investigate anything new for the past few weeks.

That is abingtonrunner's letter. LMR couldn't write anything quite so coherent.

LoserLoserMikeRossi wrote:

It's been fun, but there is just too much negative energy here

Friggin hilarious, Mike's won, he's got all the crusading losers fighting amongst themselves to the point where they don't know if they're Arthur or Martha and are going around in circles to where they're about to disappear up their own arseholes. Honestly, you couldn't make it up. And as for "a secret group but if you're not Ken, Rossi or a troll you may join :)", do you meet behind the school bike shed?

Give up folks, there is no evidence, Mike's won, get over it, move on, he owns you lot.

The more you post Mike, the longer this thread will run.

Randy Oldman wrote:

The more you post Mike, the longer this thread will run.

How do you know that's not what Mike wants? He does love attention.