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

abingtonrunner wrote:

Sugar or Vinegar? wrote:

Is that email legit? You certainly know how to sweet talk someone to get information.

After your rude and obnoxious replies, I think the intern that likely answered your email just gave you the answer you wanted to get rid of you.

Why don't you or your friend, Rossi have some guts or balls (rhetorical use of the word because everyone knows you have neither) to show us your pictures.

Because it's more fun making you angry that I don't

I have seen that gait a few times, always ALWAYS a woman though. And at local races my anecdotal insight is that none of these last long due to inevitable injuries. Mike seems to have received his injury from running the few last miles at VIA, likely the strain was too much from PR pace. He probably is wishing he jumped in even closer to the finish line.Mike wins!

grader of gaits wrote:

Popcorn eater wrote:http://cdn.runningmagazine.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/boston-marathon-dad-principal-letter.jpg

This is kind of a random thought but I think Mike messed up putting the LOVE logo on the shirt of the drawing of himself on the shirt that he wore in Boston. *I actually did say that correctly.

He should have put a picture of himself running on the shirt on the picture of him running on the shirt that he wore at Boston. Think how cool that would have looked.

I have never seen a gait like that in my life.

Feet angled outwards, flopping about.

Knees collapsing inwards, knocking each other.

A slow cadence combined with a narcissistic personality ... this is just the worst.

another snark fail wrote:

Lt. Colon wrote:

The grammar police exercise jurisdiction over spelling as well

What about punctuation?

Or are you not done with your sentence?

Different division entirely.

Hey thanks for your update on my original post , it shows you read it . Just to make some corrections to your updates , I am not 16 I am 27 , I can afford to play at Penn Oaks C.C. , My boat is really more of a nice Bayliner , not a true fishing boat , I don't play chicken dance , hokey pokey , or any other child tunes at weddings , that went out back in the early 2000's while I was still training as a roadie , yes you are correct abou the set up time and the drive to and from the job , but even ify Our count all that then I get to factor in your travel times to your job , and how early you have to get up in the morning to become one of the many packed in shiny metal boxes contestants in a suicidal race ....look that up I stole that line from a tune, see if you can guess which one , and at this point in my life DJ'ing 16 hours a week and making enough at it to afford a boat , golf membership, and a nice 2 bedroom condo overlooking Penn Oaks I would say most people would agree I am doing something right. Thanks

Before you ask me to prove everything I said with photos and scans and screenshots and links , I will just pose a question to you now, WHO ARE YOU that I need to satisfy your interest ? Bye !

I read through the story on the front page and I don't find it very convincing. You have no hard evidence that Rossi cheated. Sure, it's plausible, even likely. But without evidence how is he supposed to be DQed? We're going to start DQing anyone who has the race of their lives and doesn't show up in a photograph? Seems pretty weak.

More generally, what will you people do once this whole things dies down because Rossi is mature enough to not respond to your threats and offers?

How bizarre US Candid wrote:

abingtonrunner wrote:http://imgur.com/d9kTuyg

Their responses are bizarre. And why the "..." after their final response?

Like the other guy said. It may have something to do with the rudeness of the exchange (ie "what's so secret" , "still waiting") and/or could have reached gatekeeper (mail@..... Email address) and not a professional person.

That would be Purchasing. Give us your chit.

Lt. Period, Internal Affairs wrote:

another snark fail wrote:

What about punctuation?

Or are you not done with your sentence?

Different division entirely.

+1 You said "Rossi" and "mature" in the same sentence.What are you, some kind of Svenjolly?

not convinced 33 wrote:

I read through the story on the front page and I don't find it very convincing. You have no hard evidence that Rossi cheated. Sure, it's plausible, even likely. But without evidence how is he supposed to be DQed? We're going to start DQing anyone who has the race of their lives and doesn't show up in a photograph? Seems pretty weak.

More generally, what will you people do once this whole things dies down because Rossi is mature enough to not respond to your threats and offers?

Yeah, Rossi won't respond to an offer of $100,000 to repeat something he has already accomplished (except he obviously didn't) because he is "mature."

And he'll ignore the chance to earn $10,000 by running a lousy 20:00 5k or a marathon nearly 25 minutes slower than his "best" time because he is "mature."

I'm sure that dog is gonna hunt.

Laying the groundwork for an, "I took the high road," dodge isn't going to cut it.

Correction: A marathon just over 13 minutes slower than his "best" for $10,000.

Same point though...

Now where's my coffee...

Tynee wrote:

How bizarre US Candid wrote:

Their responses are bizarre. And why the "..." after their final response?

Like the other guy said. It may have something to do with the rudeness of the exchange (ie "what's so secret" , "still waiting") and/or could have reached gatekeeper (mail@..... Email address) and not a professional person.

Let me clear a few things up for the moronic few of you who doubt the veracity of what was posted and shared.

1. There was no rudeness whatsoever. The still waiting was as a result of after sending an initial and receiving no response, I sent a second one after a day or so. Their response to the second email was that we did not receive your first email. I then re-asked the question and followed up by still waiting for a response.

2. I am sure you are the same KoolAid drinkers who think that Rossi's petulant and self-serving letter than resulted in him being discovered a cheater and liar, where he addressed the principal as Madame Principal and then alleges his children learned more in those few days than in entire school year was not rude either? Perhaps the school district should test the children to see what they learned and whether dearest daddy lied one more time? Things that make you go...hmmmm. Then again, they may have learned a lifetime of important things about integrity, honesty, respect, etc by virtue of dearest daddy's actions.

3. The person I corresponded with was not an intern but instead a senior individual there, Jose Colon. I was under no obligation to share any of this, but unlike Rossi, who only claims and boasts that he has photos, yet behaves in the petulant manner that he does by not posting them, I did post this exchange. Whether or not you like or think the exchange was rude (which it was not, and by the way, I also spoke with Mr. Colon and another individual there), it does NOT change the incontrovertible fact that they released all the photos online.

4. I realize the truth hurts and while some prefer to lie about certain facts is a fact that you dealt with by truth to deflect what was confirmed by US Candids but attacking the means to get answers. So Mike, and Mike's minions/friends, the truth can be hard to deal with when you have wrapped yourself in such a convoluted set of lies, deception, and sophomoric attacks.

abington, you get a +1 too. cheers.

+ 1

u da man.

btw - Mike's Minions kinds of rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?

Thank you for such clarity. Also if anyone hasn't listened to the audio talk it is here, the Mike Rossi portion starts at 1:03:20: http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/07/letsrun-com-track-talk-monaco-preview-mike-rossi-article-and-kara-gouchers-non-response-response/

RossiCheated wrote:

Yeah, Rossi won't respond to an offer of $100,000 to repeat something he has already accomplished (except he obviously didn't) because he is "mature."

And he'll ignore the chance to earn $10,000 by running a lousy 20:00 5k or a marathon nearly 25 minutes slower than his "best" time because he is "mature."

I'm sure that dog is gonna hunt.

Laying the groundwork for an, "I took the high road," dodge isn't going to cut it.

Besides the fact that none of you have enough money to put up 10k let alone 100k , how do you plan on proving you intend to pay him if he does do your challenge and does a 3:11

Re:FTFY wrote:

in my life DJ'ing 16 hours a week and making enough at it to afford a boat , golf membership, and a nice 2 bedroom condo overlooking Penn Oaks I would say most people would agree I am doing something right. Thanks

Undeclared income much?

What a pity we cannot send you the IRS...

That smarts! I work a lot more than 16 hours/week and I can't afford all that fancy stuff!

But, I've never looked down on honest work so I'm happy for you. And a bit jealous to be honest.

Of course, doesn't change that Mike cheated and lied.

Look! Squirrel!WTF do you care? Mike's lawyer is probably asking Mike to do it so he can get in on the action. Writing cads is for ambulance chasers and pals who do pro bono work...which doesn't pay any bills other than friendly favors.

Bunch of blowhards wrote:

RossiCheated wrote:

Yeah, Rossi won't respond to an offer of $100,000 to repeat something he has already accomplished (except he obviously didn't) because he is "mature."

And he'll ignore the chance to earn $10,000 by running a lousy 20:00 5k or a marathon nearly 25 minutes slower than his "best" time because he is "mature."

I'm sure that dog is gonna hunt.

Laying the groundwork for an, "I took the high road," dodge isn't going to cut it.

Besides the fact that none of you have enough money to put up 10k let alone 100k , how do you plan on proving you intend to pay him if he does do your challenge and does a 3:11