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

Trollminator wrote:

Thanks for the clarification, makes sense

No problem.

Still waiting for to show us where I used the word "retard" to describe Rossi.

triathleteguru wrote:

A guy named Mike Ross from Clive Iowa ran 3:23 in the Quad Cities Marathon in September. He's the same age group as our "Mike Ross" but has a long history of racing and is obviously not our Mike. I didn't even bother looking up race photos.

Is it a coincidence that in the one 5k that we actually have photographic proof that Mike Rossi at least started running in recently, the Brain Damaged Rossi 5k, he entered it under the name Mike Ross? Did he think he could run one 5k under the name Mike Ross, and then claim this result from the Quad Cities Marathon? Looks like our brain damaged buddy also ran for the Mayor of Boston back in 2013:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKq2i4_5GNw

welcome back triathleteguru. I think you might be up to something here. Rossi is a devious c*nt, we all know that.

I know that you're trolling, but it's pretty obvious to me that several people, including SaraB (based on what she just posted), didn't realize that usernames are case-insensitive on those board and didn't understand exactly what was going on with all the Ls and i's.

Thanks for playing. I'm done here.

lasers, cats, LOLz

finisher medaL. wrote:

TECH guy wrote:

See I can post as both "tech guy" and "TECH guy"

But if you don't believe me, try posting as "saraB". It will work.

Hate to break it to you, but you are really really dumb.

LOL!

Why do you guys even bother engaging with him?

No shortcuts wrote:

"5 miles = 34:05 #LoveTheHeat #HHH"

Maybe he meant 5k?

Nuh. It was five miles. He has garmin proof. Except he failed to mention it was on a bike. LOL! LOL!! LOL!!! LOL!!!!

abingtonrunner2 wrote:

Expert - I think the best course of action is to ignore anything SmartRunner or finisher medaL. write. SmartRunnr has proven he is all talk, no substance, in spite of what he may otherwise think or believe. That is exactly the same MO as Rossi (all talk, no substance - like the pictures or other support he boasted he has but has not shared in spite of being offered money or opportunities to show it). Stop playing into their trolling hands and empty words.

I generally agree with what you say but I was curious to see just how much further this individual was prepared to lie. With trolls there is always an audience who appear to take anything they read on the internet as having some credence and there are trolls who presumably are nobodies in the real world who get off on being noticed at all. There is a fine balance between exposing them as liars without feeding their need for attention.

I also agree. We have a possible Rossi troll throw out the 3:23, last name a Mike Ross run a 3:23, then Rossi drop his "i"? I originally thought (and this still may be the case) that he dropped it so he could pretend his medal was for running a fast 5k (like the 21:00 he tweeted about), but now I'm not sure. Welcome back guru.Rossi is a marathon cheat.

somebloke wrote:

triathleteguru wrote:

Is it a coincidence that in the one 5k that we actually have photographic proof that Mike Rossi at least started running in recently, the Brain Damaged Rossi 5k, he entered it under the name Mike Ross? Did he think he could run one 5k under the name Mike Ross, and then claim this result from the Quad Cities Marathon? Looks like our brain damaged buddy also ran for the Mayor of Boston back in 2013:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKq2i4_5GNw

welcome back triathleteguru. I think you might be up to something here. Rossi is a devious c*nt, we all know that.

TECH guy wrote:

See I can post as both "tech guy" and "TECH guy"

But if you don't believe me, try posting as "saraB". It will work.

Thanks for the info. It has to be him still him then because the lower case version was most certainly him unless it's an upper case i or there's a space somewhere. Since he only posts complete rubbish it doesn't really matter though.

What amazes me is that of his over 800 Twitter followers he almost never gets comments or favorites. I have to wonder are they afraid of attacks if they unfollow him or disagree? Are they just waiting for this nut job to go completely off the rails so they can watch? It's hilarious that He ended up in his basement constantly monitoring this site and firing back Immature Tweets about others doing the same thing. Nice run in NY you did exactly what we expected.

I'm waiting for this nut job to go completely off the rails so I can watch

RunDriveRun wrote:

What amazes me is that of his over 800 Twitter followers he almost never gets comments or favorites. I have to wonder are they afraid of attacks if they unfollow him or disagree? Are they just waiting for this nut job to go completely off the rails so they can watch? It's hilarious that He ended up in his basement constantly monitoring this site and firing back Immature Tweets about others doing the same thing. Nice run in NY you did exactly what we expected.

Nice run in NY you did exactly what we expected.

#gotime

^^^ THIS.

LOL!

Rojo, can your guys change the page layout so that the page numbers are collapsed at the top (showing "1, 2... 799, 800" for example)? The current setting forces everyone to scroll down forever through all the page numbers to get to the first post on the page. This is not a big deal for most threads but is painful for long ones. Displaying all the page numbers at the bottom is not a big deal and is helpful when you know the exact page you want. Just a suggestion from someone who mostly uses their phone to browse.

Must have been a rough day for him. His team gets crushed, he's too embarrassed to run NY and Ken wakes up from hibernation

Miguel Perdente wrote:

Nice run in NY you did exactly what we expected.

#gotime

^^^ THIS.

LOL!

Trollminator wrote:

Must have been a rough day for him. His team gets crushed, he's too embarrassed to run NY and Ken wakes up from hibernation

Miguel Perdente wrote:

#gotime

^^^ THIS.

LOL!

I disagree. He is coming off an award winning 5K where he beat most of the pets and 13 year olds. He is was in his best shape ever. On the downside, it would have been tough to drive from the bridge to Central Park.

That's the ironic part isn't it, that 23:5x was actually a good result for him, but he couldn't claim it because it doesn't align with the ability of a 3:11 marathoner. However, he certainly did not fail to claim he came in 2nd in his AG... in a race with 9 people total.

EZPass Mike wrote:

Trollminator wrote:

Must have been a rough day for him. His team gets crushed, he's too embarrassed to run NY and Ken wakes up from hibernation

I disagree. He is coming off an award winning 5K where he beat most of the pets and 13 year olds. He is was in his best shape ever. On the downside, it would have been tough to drive from the bridge to Central Park.

I don't think he is stupid enough to believe he could fool us into thinking he ran the 3:23. It can easily be verified by looking at the pictures.

Oh Mike is STUPID (make no mistake)... Stupid is as STUPID does. And the bulk of his stupidity was regurgitated by his narcissist id. Had he not sought the limelight, he probably would have gotten away with his obvious (except to VIA) cheating.

LOL!

Trollminator wrote:

Rojo, can your guys change the page layout so that the page numbers are collapsed at the top (showing "1, 2... 799, 800" for example)? The current setting forces everyone to scroll down forever through all the page numbers to get to the first post on the page. This is not a big deal for most threads but is painful for long ones. Displaying all the page numbers at the bottom is not a big deal and is helpful when you know the exact page you want. Just a suggestion from someone who mostly uses their phone to browse.

+1