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

Laughable wrote:

If there was any question whether this was Mike or not, this cements it.

Of course I am not Mike. btt, I regret that I can't run this week's tempo, a 4 miler I think, with Mike, but the timing simply doesn't work.

In any case, the 1 - 5 trolls here with their multiple nicknames pretending Mike have taken a wrong turn in one of his marys will be very quiet once Mike starts collecting the money. sub-20, laughable. Then you'll all have to apologize.

SmartRunnr wrote:

Laughable wrote:

If there was any question whether this was Mike or not, this cements it.

Of course I am not Mike. btt, I regret that I can't run this week's tempo, a 4 miler I think, with Mike, but the timing simply doesn't work.

In any case, the 1 - 5 trolls here with their multiple nicknames pretending Mike have taken a wrong turn in one of his marys will be very quiet once Mike starts collecting the money. sub-20, laughable. Then you'll all have to apologize.

See what I mean about SmartRunnr?

BOOORRRRRIIIINNNNNGGGG!!!

Whyamihere wrote:

See what I mean about SmartRunnr?

BOOORRRRRIIIINNNNNGGGG!!!

Not my problem that you find the truth boring. I am writing facts here, not entertainment for bored letsrunner trolls.

gatorade&vodka wrote:

Looking at the Lehigh results...

Runners NC and DC finished at 2:45, started 1 second apart, finished 1 second apart.

Runners SH and BS finished at 2:56, started 2 seconds apart, finished 2 seconds apart.

Runners DD and DP finished at 2:58, started 4 seconds apart, finished 3 seconds apart.

Runners JV and RC finished at 2:59, started 2 seconds apart, finished 1 second apart.

This is all in the top 36 runners. Look at all those astronomical coincidences.

(If you click on a runner in the results, and then click the "timing" tab, you can see start times.)

You are comparing the result so real runners who have the physical capacity to keep up with each other to a cheating 47 year old and the 27 year old Marine that helped him?

Okay.

Doubler wrote:

So predictable Ken..but it's OK to obtain private videos of a 'War Hero's' wedding to forward your agenda?

It was on the internet. How is that private?

BTW - the way i found out that the allege accomplice got screwed over on his video services was because his bride wrote a review on Wedding Wire.

http://imgur.com/a1lkcWd

And I know the DJ who worked their wedding and he confirmed that the video guy didn't show and his assistant took some footage for them.

So we have a 27 year old Marine, who runs his very first full marathon. Does so and starts 2 seconds after and finishes 4 second in front of the runner that cheated. Who is a 47 year old man who could never keep up with a Marine recently discharged from duty and is in top physical shape.

The Marine and his bride have a low budget wedding, and the video guy, who may have been offered at no charge and is exactly the service our cheater provides, just doesn't show up. But they managed to have a Photo Booth instead. Most likely sent to make up for screwing them over on the video.

All just coincidence?

Boy, this is one unlucky guy.

LMR wrote:So we have a 27 year old Marine, who runs his very first full marathon. Does so and starts 2 seconds after and finishes 4 second in front of the runner that cheated. Who is a 47 year old man who could never keep up with a Marine recently discharged from duty and is in top physical shape.

This is why you shouldn't talk about running, Ken. Being a Marine doesn't help someone run a marathon. Would the average Marine be faster than a guy like you? Undoubtly. You are an obese non-runner. If anything, the 3:11 is a fast time for a 27 year old Marine running his first marathon.

Also - you've admitted that since their starting times are several seconds apart, Mike must have had his bib, crossed the starting line, then during the race gave his bib to the Marine who carried it in his pocket (in a ziplock bag no less) for 26ish miles then somehow got it back to Mike so then re-pinned it to his shirt before crossing the finish line. Do you realize how stupid that sounds? No, because you don't know anything about running.

Third, why would Rossi choose someone who had never run a marathon before as his accomplice? He would totally have to depend on that person not having a bad race for his plan to work. Given that it was a hot day and it was the Marine's first marathon, I bet he was actually shooting for a faster time - a sub 3 or BQ of his own (that would be at least 3:05 for his age group, Kenny).

As mentioned elsewhere, Rossi's Ego would never allow him to have an accomplice when he didn't need one. Not only would he not need one but it would be much much much logistically more difficult to involve an accomplice in the manner you describe.

Go home Kenny, you're drunk.

More like, "3:11:45 or it didn't happen." Because it didn't.Oh wait, remember Mike, that day - September 7, 2014 - where you didn't run the whole course...the one you cheated your way into Boston and later self promoted your idiotic letter to social media? Because you, as usual, lacked courage to directly assault the principal with your lies? Where you went on to self-aggrandized fame by attempting to destroy that educator's life? Forgot all that did you? Damn. We haven't.http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Principal-Marbury-Rossi-Harassment-Absences-Father-Boston-Marathon-Abington-302212271.htmlWhat glory! There should be a video of your utter awesomeness. Oh wait again, there is. All Hail Mike!!! Runs With The Gait of a (Teenage) God(dess)!https://youtu.be/TzhW4YAVqxo(can someone add the Chicken Dance to the video audio?)

Laughable wrote:

SmartRunnr wrote:

First: pics, or it didn't happen.

If there was any question whether this was Mike or not, this cements it. Any other person trying to defend Mike would type that, see the irony, immediately hit the delete key and reword their point. The trollmanship has really been poor lately...

LMR,

You've lost your mind.

P.s lots of 47 year old men could keep up with young marines who are in top shape. Go watch a marathon finish between 3:00 and 3:30, you'll see a huge demographic of different ages,sex,sizes

Chef Ramzi wrote:

LMR,

You've lost your mind.

P.s lots of 47 year old men could keep up with young marines who are in top shape. Go watch a marathon finish between 3:00 and 3:30, you'll see a huge demographic of different ages,sex,sizes

Yup, it does appear Ken has gone off the deep end.

I was sympathetic to Ken .... but good grief this convoluted scheme he's invented in his mind is ridiculous.

LMR wrote:

So we have a 27 year old Marine, who runs his very first full marathon. Does so and starts 2 seconds after and finishes 4 second in front of the runner that cheated. Who is a 47 year old man who could never keep up with a Marine recently discharged from duty and is in top physical shape.

I happen to be 47 years old. I guarantee you that I would beat 90% of all Marines in any race over 400 meters.

Marines don't train to be distance runners.

Ken, have you considered that there could be a 3rd accomplice? Maybe the Marine gave him both bibs and he put them in a brown paper bag?

Its worth looking into.

LMR wrote:

gatorade&vodka wrote:

Looking at the Lehigh results...

Runners NC and DC finished at 2:45, started 1 second apart, finished 1 second apart.

Runners SH and BS finished at 2:56, started 2 seconds apart, finished 2 seconds apart.

Runners DD and DP finished at 2:58, started 4 seconds apart, finished 3 seconds apart.

Runners JV and RC finished at 2:59, started 2 seconds apart, finished 1 second apart.

This is all in the top 36 runners. Look at all those astronomical coincidences.

(If you click on a runner in the results, and then click the "timing" tab, you can see start times.)

You are comparing the result so real runners who have the physical capacity to keep up with each other to a cheating 47 year old and the 27 year old Marine that helped him?

Okay.

Ken, just stop posting. G&V was pointing out the runners finishing so close together is NOT an astronomical coincidence as you had claimed earlier.

Leave the sleuthing to the real runners. You clearly don't know what you're talking about.

LMR wrote:

Doubler wrote:

So predictable Ken..but it's OK to obtain private videos of a 'War Hero's' wedding to forward your agenda?

It was on the internet. How is that private?

"But I discover the was no videographer at the wedding

The way I found that out is the DJ me a video of his own at the wedding. He just had an assistant make something with a flip phone. And if they're in a professional videographer I would've seen lights and cameras. So I thought I was hitting a dead end"

Please explain to me where you show that this is on the internet. You specifically said you could not find any pictures online--I will assume that meant video as well. Also, did it occur to you that if she shared wedding pictures, they may be available to her friends only?

No, Doubler. Do not ask Ken a question. He should no longer be here. We need to take away his shovel as the hole is way too deep for him to climb out.

Just walk away Ken. Actually, walking is a very good idea. A lot of us here use exercise as a way to channel our emotions.

+1Mike Rossi = did not complete the full course at LVM.

Ken types so fast and gets so emotional that this is the closest thing to exercise he will ever get.

Ken doesn't run because he can't. He gave up that option a long time ago when he discovered the nacho cheese oreo milkshake in an iv drip.

He stands for what is wrong in America today.

therealSmokingGunner wrote:

Ken types so fast and gets so emotional that this is the closest thing to exercise he will ever get.

Ken doesn't run because he can't. He gave up that option a long time ago when he discovered the nacho cheese oreo milkshake in an iv drip.

He stands for what is wrong in America today.

You mean he sits.

Back to the basics...

Like everyone, I’ve made some poor decisions in my life and who hasn’t? But NOTHING I've done comes close to the audacity of not only cheating in a sporting event, but then to flaunt it so heavily and in such a public way. “Love me some DQ” on his twitter, threatening people... Could Mike be more despicable? Here’s how Mike and I differ – I’ve earned Boston a few times, gone sub 3 hours, but most people in my life don't know this because I did it for myself. I didn't need to be validated by my peers and I’ll add that the Boston Marathon is just a small sampling of my athletic achievements. Mike needed Boston SO badly that he had to cheat to get there. This “need” is bolstered by the fact that he relentlessly promotes his BAA swag – Facebook, twitter and elsewhere. I’m convinced he must sleep in that hat. Another difference – I would be a nervous wreck if I was Mike. He is handling this deceit (at least for now) with unwavering stoicism. That is also fascinating to me.

To me, the viral principal letter was just a side helping of Mike’s weirdness and attention seeking, but it never entered into the equation of whether he cheated at LVM. The cheating and the letter are unrelated events except that they are extensions of sociopathic behavior. Though he would like to think that the “mob” is out to get him because of the letter, I focused only on the 3 main facts – 1) incompatible times in race history, 2) lack of race photos, and Mike being 3) Uncharacteristically quiet on social media after having the “race of your life.” I didn't need to look any further and no rational person that understands running would also need to look further.

Feeling sorry for Mike (and his family), hating some the vile posts (yes I agree they exist here), or disliking Ken, are not reasons to believe Mike didn't cheat. If you are a “believer” of Mike, remember that people DO lie to friends and loved ones. Ask him specific questions and don't accept “I was cleared” or “they’re angry about the principal letter” as answers. If there are minions knowingly lying for him here and elsewhere, what kind of friends are you anyway? Not the kind I would want.

Smart Runnr – if you are not Mike, and hard to believe you are not based on your unwavering support, then why are YOU so convinced Mike did not cheat? State ONE fact that supports your opinion that Mike Rossi ran all 26.2 miles at LVM. Calling out people on this forum as haters, or that there are no photos of Rossi cheating (seriously!?) are not convincing facts that refute 1) incompatible times in race history, 2) lack of race photos, and Mike being 3) Uncharacteristically quiet on social media after having the “race of your life.”