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

The Kip thread was very good, but unlike Mike he went into hiding and it fizzled out quickly. Mike is still going strong, so this ride will last for a very long I hope.

Picture me trollin wrote:

The kip Litton thread would've been almost as long if the moderators didn't keep deleting the mid to late 2010 threads

Trollminator wrote:

The Kip thread was very good, but unlike Mike he went into hiding and it fizzled out quickly. Mike is still going strong, so this ride will last for a very long I hope.

Exactly. Mike intentionally keeps the thread going. He has to be the center of attention, even if it's negative.

Notice that his every Twitter post is about him, every photo has him in the center. It's never "hey guys, here's this cool thing I found". It's only "me, me, me, me, me...". He's not alone in that, I have Facebook friends who are annoying Facebraggers, but he's the worst I've seen and he takes it to another level.

And I find it fascinating. I don't give a rip about the LVM DQ or "the integrity of the sport" (sorry). I've just become fascinated by Mike's narcissism even though I feel a bit guilty about following it like I feel a bit guilty for being fascinated by and reading about serial killers.

Wonder if Mrs. Rossi is okay with Mike "rolling" with some other blondes. Mike should know never mix business with pleasure:

https://mobile.twitter.com/mikerossi22/status/658088973458350080

I feel the same way.

"This is how I roll" with a 20 second video of drunk women at a wedding reception -- ha ha ha. What a strange man.

Seems there is something for everyone. I finally got to see "Unbroken" and was thinking what a striking resemblance Mutsuhiro Watanabe has to Mike. Uncanny.

That would be an interesting discussion but not one we can have here.It is disrespectful but then it's all about Monster Mike.

Loofa Dog wrote:

Wonder if Mrs. Rossi is okay with Mike "rolling" with some other blondes. Mike should know never mix business with pleasure:

https://mobile.twitter.com/mikerossi22/status/658088973458350080

More looking forward to his 3:11 in NY. May the running gods grant him a warm humid day so he can perform his best. Break a leg Mike!

finisher medal wrote:

iiagdtr wrote:

That would be an interesting discussion but not one we can have here.

It is disrespectful but then it's all about Monster Mike.

I don't see the problem of creepily taping some fat drunk hobgoblins and posting online.

So do we know if Rossi ran a 15 or 17 minutes 5k yet?

NYC is a good 10mins slower than a PR-type marathon course for a guy like Rossi.

These are my guesses based on what I've observed coming from him over the past 4-5 months or so. I suspect Rossi has an undiagnosed personality disorder in the DSM. If I had to describe his personality from what I gather from his Twitter and actions taken on the Internet, etc., he's a wannabe who tries to intimidate anyone via social media who is a threat to his self worth. He probably has a love for Latina women (based on the Twitter account he created and trashed Cecily Tenan with). He likely possesses an average to slightly below average IQ (could get a WAIS assessment done by a licensed neuropsychologist if he wanted to prove me wrong, just like he could go run a USATF-certified marathon course in sub3:11 if he wanted to prove me - us -wrong). His friend base from his younger days (HS and beyond) probably left him behind when they all moved on to bigger and better things career-wise than being an event planner. He's probably a bit of a name dropper/braggart, hence a closet full of BAA merchandise to point out to those around him that he is a real runner - in the bOston Marathon category.

Wow, there's been a lot of posts since I was last here. I'm assuming most of it was trolls. Has it already been discussed about why is covering the bottom of his medal. Can anyone tell if it's first or third? The medals are very similar but they're off the self and it either has part of a T or a D near the stars that you can see http://www.expressmedals.com/3_1st_2nd_3rd_Place_5K_Run_Medals_p/xmd700-fcl578.htm

Photos from the Almost Home race https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.874119202643266.1073741856.375891459132712&type=3

Thanks for the photo to clarify Mike. How ya doing? Not spoke to you for a while.

Mike can I put your medal photo on http://medal.watch ? Just need to know what race it was. BTW, you found your gps data yet?

finisher medal wrote:

Participation medal but no time?

He got 9th at a podunk race for race walkers and is too ashamed to admit it....

I love watching this guy devolve like ken.

LOL!

I've not been here for ages. Are you new Finisher Medal or just using a new name?

I think we are very fortunate that the letsrun moderators have allowed this thread to continue. Usually when a thread gets to be too big it just mysteriously disappears. I'm also glad that people on these forums uninterested in the Mike Rossi story haven't complained a whole lot (or haven't seemed to, anyway). It's great to have an open discussion on Mike's cheating at Lehigh, and it's great that LetsRun published that article detailing why Rossi's 3:11 is bullshit. They're on our side. It's really just the online LetsRun and RunnersWorld communities versus the Rossi family, Barb McKeever, Lisa Walkiewicz, and possibly Bart Yasso (who may be mentally challenged at this age in his life. I thought Bart would be understanding. It would seem he would have to be given that he knows a thing or two on how to train 4-5hr+ marathoners to get down into like the 3:30's using a Yasso 800s training system. He also gives talks at a lot of the major marathons and so a lot of people in the running community look up to him and respect him. I can't for the life of me understand why he's part of the cover up. What does Bart Yasso have to lose by coming out from the shadows and stating the obvious of what Mike Rossi did?

This line comes to mind from Field of Dreams about Mad Mike:Terence Mann: You're seeing a whole team of psychiatrists, aren't you?I found an accurate assessment here:https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wicked-deeds/201401/how-tell-sociopath-psychopath

Humongous troll wrote:

I like you sir/madam wrote:

I really do miss Sarah . . . she is great.

Thanks for driving her off Ken.

I don't, she was a bigger troll than Ken, why would a hobby jogger from the north of England create a humungous blog, post dozens (hundreds?) of times and create divisions and break up the evidence group, for any other reason than to be a humongous troll.

Was looking through random posts to find out who Finisher Medal is and why he is so angry (Very distinct writing style too) and came across this post. Are they calling me fat? :)

So 2014! It's all about Tommorland now.

Oh, I've already spotted Mike Ken. Same problems with grammer as always. Not as smart a runner as he may think :) Thought I'd take a break and see what's going on. Hope you're ignoring his bully baiting.

Hilarious Mike thinks Ken is Shrek and Mike is Lord Farquaad. Moron Mike has no idea of the message of that movie.

SaraB wrote:

Oh, I've already spotted Mike Ken. Same problems with grammer as always. Not as smart a runner as he may think :) Thought I'd take a break and see what's going on. Hope you're ignoring his bully baiting.