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

Lickety Shook wrote:

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...

The IRS knows me , I get 1099'd and my business is registered and incorporated in Delaware

"Mr. Rossi, you've been publicly accused of cheating and a running website has offered you $100,000 to repeat the performance or $10,000 for other, slower, race results. Do you plan to take them up on that challenge? That's a lot of money"

"I don't believe they have the money so I am ignoring their challenge. I achieved a qualifying time at Lehigh and there are six or seven pictures of me on the course."

Yep, that's a winner!

He THINKS there are pictures, they never said there ARE pictures. Very important distinction.Now Mike "thinking" is something we have yet to see or hear. ""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.""

RossiCheated wrote:

"Mr. Rossi, you've been publicly accused of cheating and a running website has offered you $100,000 to repeat the performance or $10,000 for other, slower, race results. Do you plan to take them up on that challenge? That's a lot of money"

"I don't believe they have the money so I am ignoring their challenge. I achieved a qualifying time at Lehigh and there are six or seven pictures of me on the course."

Yep, that's a winner!

I hope my sarcasm wasn't lost.

My point is that any response claiming they don't have the money and the issue is already resolved will be laughable.

Abingtonrunner, f*** yeah! wrote:

+ 1

u da man.

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

It's frowned upon in trollville to +1 oneself.

Via has some evidence that has not been discussed here that he was on the course at at least two locations other than the start/finish. I'm not saying he ran the entire race, but that is all I will say about that.

You mean where he got on I-78 at the start and off near the finish.We get that.

InTheKnown wrote:

RosieRossi wrote:

He THINKS there are pictures, they never said there ARE pictures. Very important distinction.

Now Mike "thinking" is something we have yet to see or hear.

""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.""

Via has some evidence that has not been discussed here that he was on the course at at least two locations other than the start/finish. I'm not saying he ran the entire race, but that is all I will say about that.

Yeah, and that explains their press release and the abuse they continue to take. Because releasing that info would just be too difficult.

Smell test says "nope."

They have no such thing.

0/10

If anyone here has ever left the street and gone up on the sidewalk and cut a corner and shortened the course by even a just a few seconds or a few feet, then you're also a cheater. If you ever cheated on an exam in school or handed in a term paper that you didn't write, then you are currently throwing stones in a glass house. Really make sure your slate is clean before trying to dismantle a man's reputation.

InTheKnown wrote:

Via has some evidence that has not been discussed here that he was on the course at at least two locations other than the start/finish. I'm not saying he ran the entire race, but that is all I will say about that.

Why is that all you'll say about that?

I call bs.

lookatyourselffirst wrote:

If anyone here has ever left the street and gone up on the sidewalk and cut a corner and shortened the course by even a just a few seconds or a few feet, then you're also a cheater. If you ever cheated on an exam in school or handed in a term paper that you didn't write, then you are currently throwing stones in a glass house. Really make sure your slate is clean before trying to dismantle a man's reputation.

That's right. We've all messed up at some time. We should do away with all rules and laws and enforcement because no one has the moral right to accuse someone else of wrongdoing.

And I agree, we should not try to dismantle his reputation as a cheater. Let that reputation stand.

And that is why no jury ever convicted anyone ever. And no opinion is ever expressed ever.I hereby convict you of sophistry.I watched a competitor run on the sidewalk at a crowded start and was not DQ'ed. Am I a jerk because I didn't report him too?The intent is to DQ a cheater. Other than that couldn't give 2 shitz about the man.

lookatyourselffirst wrote:

If anyone here has ever left the street and gone up on the sidewalk and cut a corner and shortened the course by even a just a few seconds or a few feet, then you're also a cheater. If you ever cheated on an exam in school or handed in a term paper that you didn't write, then you are currently throwing stones in a glass house. Really make sure your slate is clean before trying to dismantle a man's reputation.

Mike Rossi is like me.. I would never cheat and neither would this great american runner.

So you aren't a runner and know nothing abut running? Why are you here? Ah - you are just Mike's friend and here to support cheating. Are there any other sporting forums you post on to support cheaters, or just Mike? Do you cheat at golf is that why you think cheating is a good thing? Or are you just a fan of dishonesty in general?

RossiCheated wrote:

Yeah, and that explains their press release and the abuse they continue to take. Because releasing that info would just be too difficult.

Smell test says "nope."

They have no such thing.

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Mike will be running a 5k in Allentown on 11/25 to vindicate himself and make $10k off your stupidity.

Based on the brojos elementary school project, the physiological evidence is more important than the missing pictures. This is evidenced by the fact that they offered him 20x as much money to prove he is physiologically capable of a BQ than they did to explain the missing pictures.

Several media outlets have been contacted and sent the brojos investigation and have been notified of a Mike's attempt to vindicate himself.

Will you show up and face Mike man to man? Or will you keep posting from your Mom's basement

Face Mike like a man wrote:Mike will be running a 5k in Allentown on 11/25 to vindicate himself and make $10k off your stupidity.

He might say that he's going to but he will not run.

Face Mike like a man wrote:

Mike will be running a 5k in Allentown on 11/25 to vindicate himself and make $10k off your stupidity.

He might.

I think the Brojos screwed up. I'm 100% certain that Rossi did not run a 3:11 marathon last fall. I'm not 100% sure that he can never run the challenge times.

The whole point is not that he cannot ever run a decent time, it's that he cheated at the Lehigh Valley marathon last fall.

Will you show up and tell him that to his face?

Bunch of blowhards wrote: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

Wut? The Brojos made the challenge and promised the money, not the folks posting on here. And the Brojos admit that they don't read much of the thread. Who are you talking to?