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

A different bass guitar wrote:

Man to man wrote:

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

You want that guy to show up to a race to tell Mike that he won't show up to the race?

Yea, did I stutter? That's exactly what I want. It's easy to rip on someone from the comfort of a message board thread. Come on down to the race, identify yourself to Mike like a man, and tell he won't run to his face.

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.

NEVER done any of those things fagg0t.

How does it feel to be a fraud?

I am not that impressed with the lack of photos as evidence.

I once knew a guy who knew a guy who was married to some girl who won the lottery and the odds were less than not showing up at any of the photo spots.

Mike Rossi ‏@mikerossi22

That is why you teach your kids how to win and lose. Not everyone gets a trophy. You hear that soccer parents? Kids must learn to lose.

elephino wrote:

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.

Agree. The 5k one scares me a little because the bar is so low and the motivation for Mike so high.

Man to man wrote:

Yea, did I stutter? That's exactly what I want. It's easy to rip on someone from the comfort of a message board thread. Come on down to the race, identify yourself to Mike like a man, and tell he won't run to his face.

You want him to identify himself to someone who isn't there?

My daughter can run that wrote:

elephino wrote:

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.

Agree. The 5k one scares me a little because the bar is so low and the motivation for Mike so high.

The 100k for a 3:11 was brilliant though. Anyone with half a brain knows he's a cheater by not taking them up on that one.

Of course, they will obfuscate and fool some people.

Face Mike like a man wrote:

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

Wait, Mike's going to run the "Lights in the Parkway" 5k (only 5k in Allentown on 11/25) to get that $10,000? Seriously, a nighttime race in late November is when he's going to set a 2-minute personal best?

Doesn't sound to me like great conditions for running a PB, but it sure sounds great for cutting the course. From the race website: " There are parts of the course that are a little dark..." And given that they don't have any intermediate timing mats, the course would be easy to cut:

C'mon, Mike, this is too transparent. Train seriously, find a legit, USATF-certified course, and earn your 10 grand like a man.

MikeTweetingIn2014 wrote:

Mike Rossi ‏@mikerossi22

That is why you teach your kids how to win and lose. Not everyone gets a trophy. You hear that soccer parents? Kids must learn to lose.

Everyone gets a medal at a marathon though, no matter how slow they run or if they don't actually run at all and just drive their car most of the route.

Man to man wrote:

A different bass guitar wrote:

You want that guy to show up to a race to tell Mike that he won't show up to the race?

Yea, did I stutter? That's exactly what I want. It's easy to rip on someone from the comfort of a message board thread. Come on down to the race, identify yourself to Mike like a man, and tell he won't run to his face.

Not sure if you stuttered or not since I didn't hear you mumbling the words aloud as you typed them.

If Mike was hypothetically at the race though, why would someone still tell him that he wasn't going to show up? Could we just tell him that he's a douche bag instead?

Something substantive to add wrote:

Face Mike like a man wrote:

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

Wait, Mike's going to run the "Lights in the Parkway" 5k (only 5k in Allentown on 11/25) to get that $10,000? Seriously, a nighttime race in late November is when he's going to set a 2-minute personal best?

Doesn't sound to me like great conditions for running a PB, but it sure sounds great for cutting the course. From the race website: " There are parts of the course that are a little dark..." And given that they don't have any intermediate timing mats, the course would be easy to cut:

http://www.runlehighvalley.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/LightsMap.pdf

C'mon, Mike, this is too transparent. Train seriously, find a legit, USATF-certified course, and earn your 10 grand like a man.

For the 100,000th time if he trains like a madman loses a bunch of weight and barely runs a 19:55 it would show there is no way he could have run a legit 311 ass a fat ass hobbyjogger.

It is a lose lose for Mike you idiots.

I disagree. Mike collecting 10k will vindicate him in the eyes of the non-runners (many of whom already support him).

That is why including the 20 min 5k was a bit risky.

I think you are correct. Dieter's World predicts these times off a 3:11:45:1500 Meters 5:351 Mile 6:013K 11:385K 20:005 Miles 33:0610K 41:4110 Miles 1:09:02Half Marathon 1:31:58That 5k time is silly imo. Barb McKeever is the only one on the planet who believes it. McMillian's calculator:800m 2:32.71Mi 5:40.22Mi 12:02.75Km 19:4110Km 40:521/2 Mar 1:31:07Running a warm 5k similar to VIA Marathon 2014 conditions would not be equivalent to a cool evening, low humidity race. However, that was not a condition for the 10k challenge.If his past injuries were indeed real, I think he won't make it to the starting line. If he does or not he will still claim not to be close to 100%.

oops. Pasted the same one twice. Here's the other one:

He accepts your challenge

Why did my thread get deleted that stated Rossi is running a 5K in Allentown on 11/25 7/18/2015 9:06PM

He accepts your challenge

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You call this guy out in a ridiculously long, poorly structured article and challenge him to run a 5K under 20 for $10,000. And you don't even allow a thread giving details of his attempt to accept your challenge?

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No, if that scenario plays out, the people who already know he cheated will be further convinced that he didn't run 3:11. But, the people who don't understand that he cheated will see it as proof that he didn't.

Completely false. You're basically saying no matter what you won't believe him, and that's fine.

But If he breaks 20 he will prove he has the physiological abilities to run a BQ (according to the brojos). And the physiological inability is the biggest piece of evidence the brojos presented for his cheating. It's 20x more important than the missing pictures, evidenced by the brojos offering 20x more money to prove the physiological ability than to explain the missing pictures.

The brojos offered the moron $500 to show the pics he thinks shows him on the course. $500 easy ones.WTF Mike? Don't you NEEEED some more Boston gear?

Man to man wrote:

I can't read or think wrote:

For the 100,000th time if he trains like a madman loses a bunch of weight and barely runs a 19:55 it would show there is no way he could have run a legit 311 ass a fat ass hobbyjogger.

It is a lose lose for Mike you idiots.

Completely false. You're basically saying no matter what you won't believe him, and that's fine.

But If he breaks 20 he will prove he has the physiological abilities to run a BQ (according to the brojos). And the physiological inability is the biggest piece of evidence the brojos presented for his cheating. It's 20x more important than the missing pictures, evidenced by the brojos offering 20x more money to prove the physiological ability than to explain the missing pictures.

Man to man wrote:

But If he breaks 20 he will prove he has the physiological abilities to run a BQ (according to the brojos). And the physiological inability is the biggest piece of evidence the brojos presented for his cheating. It's 20x more important than the missing pictures, evidenced by the brojos offering 20x more money to prove the physiological ability than to explain the missing pictures.

Agree. But the Brojos are wrong. The missing photos are more conclusive than the fact the he wasn't in 3:11 shape. And the fact that he wasn't in 3:11 shape last fall (and he definitely wasn't) doesn't mean that he can never be.

Again, I and every other runner are 100% sure that Rossi cheated. Winning the challenge does not prove that he didn't cheat, but he can sure spin it that way to nonrunners. The Brojos screwed up on that. I think it's unlikely that Rossi wins the challenge, but not impossible.

Didn't the Brojos offer Rossi money if he would simply share the photos he claimed to have showing him on the course (not the starting selfie or at the finish line, Mike)

if Mike is telling the truth, that is the easiest money of all. He doesn't have to heal his hip, train or do anything other than email them.

only thing that makes emailing the pictures difficult would be the fact that they don't exist.