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

gatorade&vodka wrote:

LMR wrote:

If you aren't going to share that info then I just have to contact them again. This was all work that about 14 people were doing until SarahB decided to betray the trust of the people who let her into the group. You may have even used my spreadsheet of the 45 runners that Mike may have passed.

If I had this info I could have the story written within the next week. But, whatever. You seem to want to just withhold it out of spite.

What are you talking about? I thought SaraB stopped posting because you scared her away.

Yup.

Ken went on a power trip and anybody who didn't agree with this accomplice theory or who didn't like the personal attacks by Ken left the group.

SaraB = Runner

Ken = Couch Surfer

Therefore, SaraB >> Ken.

Ken, will it be awkward to see your ex-wife at the banquet when you're ex-mother-in-law wins the Pulitzer Prize? Cause that's clearly where this is headed, and anyone who doesn't see that is a fool.

Also, does this make Ken deep-throat?

Hi Ken's ex-mother-in-law!

SmartRunnr wrote:

Kenny is a virus wrote:

The Brojos realize the official DQ is not gonna happen. So they have set a trap with 100k in bait.

Easy money, no worries. Had the brojos, or any of you enraged runners(?) for that matter, asked some of us locals, we'd have told you how much Mike had improved last year. Then this thread would've died quickly on its first page.

Thanks SmartRunnr for trolling us and providing at least some life to this thread. While you aren't clever or funny, it's at least some relief from the dead shell this thread is becoming.

The only interesting things now are Mike's tweets. You've got to hand it to the man ... while most people would be mortified with shame at having been outed, he goes on the attack and doubles down on stupidity.

iiagdtr wrote:

The truth hurts Cheater Mike. Everyone here knows you are a cheat. But all you had to do was fool the incompetent Barb McKeever. That was genius. Still there's this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_course-cutting

Mike wins!

Whyamihere wrote:

Ha ha ... Funny!!!

People put up 100k all the time for people who most think is legit .... riiiigghhhtttt!

Gotta hand it to you Mike, you are infamous. This

should really help with the constant need for self-validation. You will live into eternity on the Web. Congratulations!!!

Did Ken ever get back to us after stalking the guy he thought was Mike's accomplice because the guy lived only 35 minutes away in the metro area of 6 million people and thus probably knew Mike?

elephino wrote:

Did Ken ever get back to us after stalking the guy he thought was Mike's accomplice because the guy lived only 35 minutes away in the metro area of 6 million people and thus probably knew Mike?

Not that I know of.

I think he "lost" time to turn his attention to tracking Mike's wife and is now getting ready to personally contact hundreds of runners through various non-creepy means I'm sure.

How would you like to be contacted by a dude with his history of fraud about running despite not giving a damn about it? If he was contacting my wife I'd have words with Ken.

The mention of Mike Rossi in the Wiki article is constantly being deleted by IP addresses from Myrtle Beach. Did somebody previously mention he has a beach house there?

brogan1 wrote:

The mention of Mike Rossi in the Wiki article is constantly being deleted by IP addresses from Myrtle Beach. Did somebody previously mention he has a beach house there?

Rossi advertised it for rent himself. But the Wiki entry is now locked for awhile.

theRealSmokingGunner wrote:

elephino wrote:

Did Ken ever get back to us after stalking the guy he thought was Mike's accomplice because the guy lived only 35 minutes away in the metro area of 6 million people and thus probably knew Mike?

Not that I know of.

I think he "lost" time to turn his attention to tracking Mike's wife and is now getting ready to personally contact hundreds of runners through various non-creepy means I'm sure.

How would you like to be contacted by a dude with his history of fraud about running despite not giving a damn about it? If he was contacting my wife I'd have words with Ken.

What's he asking them anyway?

"In the LVM marathon 10 months ago did you happen to see an average sized middle aged white guy during the race?"

elephino wrote:

"In the LVM marathon 10 months ago did you happen to see an average sized middle aged white guy during the race?"

lolz I dunno .... I think that if you showed people who actually ran a 3:11 there a video of Rossi they'd just look at you funny...

That guy? Really? I think I would would have noticed a duck waddling that fast ...

LMR wrote:

THIS IS HOW THE STORY WILL GET WRITTEN. This is how real reporting gets done. A reporter needs proof that the person being accused of the wrongdoing actually knows what they are being accused of.

Is any of this unclear?

Ken, what's unclear to me is if your mother-in-law reporter didn't cover and publish the Brojo's challenge, which was a real story, why would she be interested in this non-story? A story where no one saw anything and one which McKeever has responded to already and neither you or anyone else is going to get any more out of her.

Kip Litton wrote:

LMR wrote:

THIS IS HOW THE STORY WILL GET WRITTEN. This is how real reporting gets done. A reporter needs proof that the person being accused of the wrongdoing actually knows what they are being accused of.

Is any of this unclear?

Ken, what's unclear to me is if your mother-in-law reporter didn't cover and publish the Brojo's challenge, which was a real story, why would she be interested in this non-story? A story where no one saw anything and one which McKeever has responded to already and neither you or anyone else is going to get any more out of her.

The Brojo's offer got a total of 6 stories and you're going to criticize her for not covering it? You're an idiot.

I'm almost convinced Ken is really Mike. That would be the GTOAT.

Ken

Just a yes or no, have you ever been treated by a mental health professional?

Well he had depression. Which affects millions of people.

But I don't think the stalking falls under that diagnosis.

iiagdtr wrote:

Hahahahahahha Barb McKeever has no idea what this sport means to us. Zero. Cheatin' Mike Rossi is her cash cow market and $ource for her livelihood.

She has proven to be incompetent by not DQ'ing an obvious cheat. Do not hire her to run your event. Hire your grandmother.

Picture me TROLLIN wrote:

Seems like the worst decision may have been for Barb McKeever to take over from Bart Yasso

http://www.msgpromotions.com/new-director-management-for-lvhn-marathon-for-via/

Does Barb McKeever seem concerned at all for the integrity of the sport?

Unfortunately Bart Yasso hired her

Also, Barb appears to be a cyclist of some sort on her Twitter @memracing or something? McKeever Event Management, so one would think she would know something about our sport.

Unfortunately, in the year 2015, "hobbyjoggers" are still allowed to cheat time and time again. USATF, the governing body for certified road races distances, does absolutely nothing. And BAA Boston Athletic Association and Boston Marathon do nothing but listen whatever the RD at the Boston Qualifying race tells them as to whether the time is legit or not - even in cases where BAA knows it's highly probable that the qualifying time was achieved through cheating.

So If the RD at the qualifying race at some low key marathon race in bumfvck middle of nowhere USA is a dumb*ss and still lets groups of people cut the course to BQ, the BAA still accepts it because it's not within their power to disallow them entry's into the race if the cheater's qualifying cut-off time is fast enough (this year it was like 3:03 or something?)

This is a problem. I wish there was an easy solution. I think at the very least the BAA should only allow BQs to be achieved at marathons being run with a basic level of competence. I'd like to see Lehigh VIA become ineligible as a Boston Qualifying course for 1 year suspension for the Rossi scandal and lack of timing mats. Barb made the changes by adding timing mats next year but fvcker still got into Boston unfairly. Anyone who ran 3;03-3:05 as a BQ from 2014-2015 and didn't get into Boston should be boiling mad.

therealSmokingGunner wrote:

Well he had depression. Which affects millions of people.

But I don't think the stalking falls under that diagnosis.

Guessing that somebody takes the train to work work doesn't equate to stalking. I live only 10 minutes from Mike and while he may be the biggest douche on the planet, I do have better things to do with my time.

LMR wrote:

therealSmokingGunner wrote:

Well he had depression. Which affects millions of people.

But I don't think the stalking falls under that diagnosis.

Guessing that somebody takes the train to work work doesn't equate to stalking. I live only 10 minutes from Mike and while he may be the biggest douche on the planet, I do have better things to do with my time.

You lied about tracing the IP to the train station stalker.

You said Mike posts from the Starbucks near the station after he drops her off for work.

Stalker.

BTW I hope you're a bit more subtle when you begin stalking the runners from LVM.