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

Mike, forget Doubler and those others, contact this fella you might learn something because:

"His areas of specialization include sport ethics..."

And he's happy for you to sue him, so win, win all round for you.

"Peter Finley Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Affairs/Associate Professor at Nova Southeastern University, Huizenga Business School

What an awesome story! I'm wondering, though, why you didn't cover the rest of it? Your wonder-dad, Mike Rossi, cheated his way into the Boston Marathon.

He posted a qualifying time at the Lehigh Valley Health Network Via Marathon. He took a selfie at the start line, reappeared at the finish line, but was never photographed on the course at any of the photo checkpoints in between. Every runner was photographed multiple times (generally as many as a dozen times at varied locations) but Rossi was never photographed. Time stamps on the photos show that pictures were generally being taken at a rate of one every 1.25 seconds as the runners went past and you can often see the runners in frame and everything for 100 yards behind them. Rossi never showed up along the race route. The odds of him running the marathon and not being photographed have been calculated at close to one in 600,000. At one point, about six miles into the race, 199 of the top 200 runners are clearly photographed. You can guess who was missing and should have been right in the middle of the stream of runners. Lehigh is not a big marathon. Just a few miles into the race the runners have stretched out and getting photographs of everyone (to be sold to the runners later) is very easy. Everyone who ran across that bridge was photographed. Mike Rossi wasn't because he was in a car on the highway at the time.

In addition, Rossi's race history does not support that he has the ability to run a 3:11 marathon. All his previous races indicated he should run between 3:40 and 4:00 (he claims he never tried in ANY race, EVER, until his miracle perfomance at Lehigh). Rossi ran a predictable 4:01 at Boston, where security measures are in place to prevent cheating. Rossi's bragging posts on Twitter and Facebook about previous races do not support that he NEVER tried in ANY previous race.

The race management team at Lehigh declined to disqualify Rossi but left the door open to consider further evidence, should it be made available. It seems they don't believe that his complete absence from photos or his obvious inability to run 3:11 are conclusive. They probably want a witness who saw him leave the course after his "chip" crossed the start line or saw him jump back in just prior to the finish. The running community is angered by this, as it essentially means that a runner is allowed to cheat, provided they are good at it. The race management team did NOT, however, exonerate Mike Rossi. They wrote, "the Marathon committee concluded that while there is data from Rossis participation in other racing events indicating that Rossis time may not be accurate, there is not conclusive evidence..." and continued, "Therefore the LVHN Via Marathon Committee concluded that Rossi will not be disqualified unless additional conclusive information arises in the future." They also promised "the course will have a minimum of six timing mats - at the start, finish line and four additional on-course locations. In addition, there will be video surveillance of the course at several locations which Via will archive annually." In other words, they don't want to get "Rossied" again.

If you would care to watch the video of Mike Rossi NOT qualifying for the Boston Marathon, you can do so here:

Or just watch Rossi NOT cross the bridge within the top 200 runners (he finished 114th), here:

Whether you like the letter to the principal or not, Mike Rossi cheated his way into the Boston Marathon.

And Mike, if you don't like this post, you are welcome to sue me for defamation and I'll crush you in court."

You make no sense wrote:

Doubler wrote:

All Mike has to do is email me.

I really don't owe him anything. But if he emails me and I privately provide my identity and that information shows up here - it would leave no doubt who was behind it. Since Mike wouldn't have any plausible deniability I don't expect to receive that email.

marathoncheat@gmail.comhttp://marathoncheat.blogspot.com/

twitter: marathoncheat

Are you drunk?

What is so hard to understand?

Doubler wrote:

All Mike has to do is email me.

I really don't owe him anything. But if he emails me and I privately provide my identity and that information shows up here - it would leave no doubt who was behind it. Since Mike wouldn't have any plausible deniability I don't expect to receive that email.

marathoncheat@gmail.comhttp://marathoncheat.blogspot.com/

twitter: marathoncheat

You said others on here know who you are, so you wouldn't know if it was him would you?

Doubler wrote:

You make no sense wrote:

Are you drunk?

What is so hard to understand?

So.....of someone emails you and says he's Mike Rossi, you are just going to give him your email address?

I have to agree with the other guy. Are you drunk? (also what does this prove?)

Reg Fields wrote:

Barb McKeever isn't too smart wrote:

The one thing (maybe only thing) that Barb McKeever knows how to do: delete facebook posts.

I honestly have just as big of a problem with her as I do with Mike. As RD one of your primary responsibilities is to disqualify obvious cheaters results. By ignoring it the message it sends to me and other runners is we just want your race entry fee and don't really care about the sport.

She's just banking on most people not caring but every runner who BQed and didn't get a spot missed out because of her and other race directors who don't do their job throughout the year and DQ the several hundred cheaters (estimate) who get into Boston.

I'm glad to see that others are on the same page as I, but, for the love of god, BARB MCKEEVER belongs in the subject line of your post. The more that her name is linked to this thread and the word "incompetent" the more pressure she's going to feel as this thread climbs up the Google search list.

Right now, she clearly doesn't care about this thread. Make her care!

You said... wrote:

Doubler wrote:

All Mike has to do is email me.

I really don't owe him anything. But if he emails me and I privately provide my identity and that information shows up here - it would leave no doubt who was behind it. Since Mike wouldn't have any plausible deniability I don't expect to receive that email.

marathoncheat@gmail.comhttp://marathoncheat.blogspot.com/

twitter: marathoncheat

You said others on here know who you are, so you wouldn't know if it was him would you?

+1

Pluser, there was someone who posted earlier that said he found out your facebook identity by looking at your blog, posts, and comments.

You said... wrote:

Doubler wrote:

All Mike has to do is email me.

I really don't owe him anything. But if he emails me and I privately provide my identity and that information shows up here - it would leave no doubt who was behind it. Since Mike wouldn't have any plausible deniability I don't expect to receive that email.

marathoncheat@gmail.comhttp://marathoncheat.blogspot.com/

twitter: marathoncheat

You said others on here know who you are, so you wouldn't know if it was him would you?

I am 100% sure that Reg Fields, triathleteguru or others wouldn't start posting my personal stuff on here.

not drunk wrote:

Doubler wrote:

What is so hard to understand?

So.....of someone emails you and says he's Mike Rossi, you are just going to give him your email address?

I have to agree with the other guy. Are you drunk? (also what does this prove?)

Well, everyone has my email address.

And no, I would need confirmation that it is really Mike. I'm sure he has an @eastcoasteventgroup email address.

Forget the cheating, the lying, the attention-whoring for just a minute.What kind of a grown man becomes angry at another person (named Ken, in this case) for something written on an internet forum and, in response, changes his Facebook profile picture to two South Park characters saying, "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!" I'm not pearl-clutching here because I think it is intimidating or cyber-bullying, I'm actually laughing that an adult would be so juvenile. Serious, Rossi is how old? 40-something, right? Changing your Facebook profile picture to passive-aggressively let someone else know you are mad at them has got to be the most textbook Jr High girl reaction of all time!Rossi, I know you'll read this. Seriously man, take a step back and look long and hard at your life, bub. "Father of the Year" - LOL!

Doubler wrote:

You said... wrote:

You said others on here know who you are, so you wouldn't know if it was him would you?

I am 100% sure that Reg Fields, triathleteguru or others wouldn't start posting my personal stuff on here.

How do you know? You seem like kind of a d^ck.

Nope, I'm a nice guy with too much time on my hands on a Friday afternoon.

Bottom line. I'm not giving my identity out because a troll decided he'd make it his mission to get me to do so.

If the real Mike is willing to have a dialogue, I would owe it to him to give him my name. If all he does is email me asking my name and declines any other conversation, and then my personal stuff starts showing up on here I will know it's him.

This is the last I'm going to respond on criticisms of me being anonymous on this board. So find another subject.

Doubler wrote:

not drunk wrote:

So.....of someone emails you and says he's Mike Rossi, you are just going to give him your email address?

I have to agree with the other guy. Are you drunk? (also what does this prove?)

Well, everyone has my email address.

And no, I would need confirmation that it is really Mike. I'm sure he has an @eastcoasteventgroup email address.

If he did, why would he use his work email? Would you give him your work email address?

I'm just going to link the TOS: http://www.letsrun.com/forum/TOS.php

You may not impersonate another person's identity on the message board(s).

You acknowledge that your identity is not a secret whether or not you reveal your name in your posts. Your IP address is tracked. As a result others, including LetsRun.com, may be able to figure out who you are and thus your identity may be revealed to others.

He knows because we/i have integrity, something Mike and Barb don't have nor do either of them have a clue as to what it is.

Have you seen him run? Maybe he is a 47-year-old-junior-high-school-girl, mentally the case is damn strong and the gait is spot on.

Rossi Jr High wrote:

Forget the cheating, the lying, the attention-whoring for just a minute.

What kind of a grown man becomes angry at another person (named Ken, in this case) for something written on an internet forum and, in response, changes his Facebook profile picture to two South Park characters saying, "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!"

I'm not pearl-clutching here because I think it is intimidating or cyber-bullying, I'm actually laughing that an adult would be so juvenile.

Serious, Rossi is how old? 40-something, right? Changing your Facebook profile picture to passive-aggressively let someone else know you are mad at them has got to be the most textbook Jr High girl reaction of all time!

GregTR wrote:

I'm just going to link the TOS:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/TOS.php

You may not impersonate another person's identity on the message board(s).

You acknowledge that your identity is not a secret whether or not you reveal your name in your posts. Your IP address is tracked. As a result others, including LetsRun.com, may be able to figure out who you are and thus your identity may be revealed to others.

wejo already stated near the beginning of this thread that the IP tracking feature doesn't work since the upgrade. ;)

Seriously...

Next wedding reception Mike DJs make sure he takes the lead in the chicken dance, showing everyone how to do it.

You will be recording Mike's next big viral episode. Any of you DJs not particularly fond of Mike could go ahead and post one from the vault of the golden oldies. Let's run with it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AslZqfnNJwY

The evidence was already presented to the relevant decision makers. I see no reason why Mike owes anyone else an explanation or additional evidence. Why on earth he would present it to a stone throwing message board? You are all a bunch of losers for whining about this. I am smiling as I watch this thread collapse under it's own 10,000 tons of sh*t. Do any of you seriously think a reasonable person would read through all this garbage and conclude he is guilty of anything? You all sound like psychos. Get a life

Rossied the course wrote:

When is the cheater Mike Rossi going to present the evidence he claims to have? Never, because he is a liar. Now go get that nebulous corroboration from DJ Mike and we'll dance Huckleberry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7LjHgohBc4

Running Scared wrote:

Why do you hide in anonymity if you are not intimidated? You are the only one who has blogged about him that has chosen to do so anonymously. You admitted you refuse to because of what you think Rossi may do. That's being intimidated. Otherwise, you would be like Tony Rigdon, Reg Fields, Greg T., Sara, and others who had proudly stood behind their words.

Mike Rossi (viral marathon dad) cheated his way into Boston. And his trolls are morons.Hi POS Mike!

johnnytherunner wrote:

The evidence was already presented to the relevant decision makers. I see no reason why Mike owes anyone else an explanation or additional evidence. Why on earth he would present it to a stone throwing message board? You are all a bunch of losers for whining about this. I am smiling as I watch this thread collapse under it's own 10,000 tons of sh*t. Do any of you seriously think a reasonable person would read through all this garbage and conclude he is guilty of anything? You all sound like psychos. Get a life

Rossied the course wrote:

When is the cheater Mike Rossi going to present the evidence he claims to have? Never, because he is a liar. Now go get that nebulous corroboration from DJ Mike and we'll dance Huckleberry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7LjHgohBc4