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

I'm confused. I thought he was injured in October?

No shortcuts wrote:

Mike Rossi – ‏@mikerossi22

For those who think I haven't "put in the miles", I averaged 140 miles per month since July 2014 (except for May-August 2015 while injured)

8:05 PM - 18 Nov 2015 from Pennsylvania, USA

He tweeted this last night and has since deleted it. If it's true (which is a relative thing in Rossi's world), he's not going to run 3:11, that's for sure.

Mike Ross wrote:

No shortcuts wrote:

Mike Rossi – ‏@mikerossi22

For those who think I haven't "put in the miles", I averaged 140 miles per month since July 2014 (except for May-August 2015 while injured)

8:05 PM - 18 Nov 2015 from Pennsylvania, USA

He tweeted this last night and has since deleted it. If it's true (which is a relative thing in Rossi's world), he's not going to run 3:11, that's for sure.

you are right - 140 miles a week will not yield 3:11 results. not possible

I'm sure you meant 140 miles a month, not week?

I've never known anyone who logged/kept track of their miles per month average.

If he is running @ 35 miles a week, and he's not even sniffing 21:00 for 5k... well sub 20:00 ain't going to happen.

rexthebex wrote:

Reg Fields wrote:

He honestly looks like a 3:11 marathoner now so I'm assuming he's been putting in some miles.

No way. First, he is 48 years old or so. Guys that age who run 3:11 look like actual runners. Rossi does not look like a runner.

He looks like a weekend warrior type guy who shows up for local 5Ks and improperly lines up on the front line with the high school kids.

Another thing, he runs like he is trying to hold in a dump, so maybe he hasn't figured out a good pre-race routine.

I'll give you that point, age is definitely counting against him.

I think the assumption "looks like a runner" is something that will not yield a consistent fast result. Iow, don't judge a book but its cover. Rossi's novella has 26 missing chapters.

Reg Fields wrote:

rexthebex wrote:

No way. First, he is 48 years old or so. Guys that age who run 3:11 look like actual runners. Rossi does not look like a runner.

He looks like a weekend warrior type guy who shows up for local 5Ks and improperly lines up on the front line with the high school kids.

Another thing, he runs like he is trying to hold in a dump, so maybe he hasn't figured out a good pre-race routine.

I'll give you that point, age is definitely counting against him.

He was either slacking at Rocky or the big crowd scared him off from getting too close to the line He started 3 seconds after the gun... lolhttp://results.active.com/events/rocky-balboa-run--2/5k/michael-rossiChip time: 21:46 / Gun time: 21:49Has anyone reached out to the Rocky people and found out if there was a mat at the turnaround and if Ducky registered going over it?

rexthebex wrote:

No way. First, he is 48 years old or so. Guys that age who run 3:11 look like actual runners. Rossi does not look like a runner.

He looks like a weekend warrior type guy who shows up for local 5Ks and improperly lines up on the front line with the high school kids.

Another thing, he runs like he is trying to hold in a dump, so maybe he hasn't figured out a good pre-race routine.

No shortcuts wrote:

Mike Ross wrote:

you are right - 140 miles a week will not yield 3:11 results. not possible

I'm sure you meant 140 miles a month, not week?

I've never known anyone who logged/kept track of their miles per month average.

If he is running @ 35 miles a week, and he's not even sniffing 21:00 for 5k... well sub 20:00 ain't going to happen.

This. I'm 47 and ran sub 20 off of about 25 miles a week. I get anywhere near 35 - 40mpw and I'm significantly faster. If you're not sub 20 at 35 miles, that means you need somewhere like 50 miles a week to go sub 20 and 3:11 is a freakin joke.

No shortcuts wrote:

Mike Rossi – ‏@mikerossi22

For those who think I haven't "put in the miles", I averaged 140 miles per month since July 2014 (except for May-August 2015 while injured)

8:05 PM - 18 Nov 2015 from Pennsylvania, USA

He tweeted this last night and has since deleted it. If it's true (which is a relative thing in Rossi's world), he's not going to run 3:11, that's for sure.

I know people like Rossi exist in this world and I shouldn't be surprised or intrigued. But then I imagine my own dad (55) posting things like he has and it blows my mind. I don't know if I would be more embarrassed or disappointed. Passive aggressive, narcissistic, attention seeking comments that you'd expect from a pre-teen. I know it's been discussed since page 1, but I just can't get over it! Most of the ones I'm thinking of have been deleted (I bet his wife makes him). You think he's always been this way or is it a serious mid-life crisis?

As for this one, I think it was meant for all his non-running followers. He knows 140 miles/month sounds like a lot to them. It's bragging to the uninformed while also helping his cause playing the victim.

140/month is an increase from his brag of "1500 a year" he made in the spring. I think it averaged 3.5 miles a day. I think he's actually taking the challenge seriously. His form sucks, and he's still a jerk, but he's improving, just as long as he actually ran the entire 5k. Considering he's underemployed he has plenty of time to run - might as well.

I don't think he'll get anywhere near 20:00 for 5k in the next 6 weeks. What rojo has to be worried about is the marathon: He has until July to do a 3:25. If he keeps improving I think he has an outside shot at it. If McMillan calculator is correct, his 21:46 translates to a 3:32 marathon. 21:02 for 5k translates to a 3:25 marathon. If he keeps improving he has an outside chance to make 3:25 by July, and $10,000. No way he gets under 3:20.

I think his most recent tweet and deletion about the 140 miles was primarily in response to the discourse in here because many posters here mention his lack of miles and training. Keep in mind, he posted on his own blog, now blocked, that over the course of 18 months leading up to LVM, he had run 1,000 miles. That does not translate into an average of 140 miles/month. He also has now basically said that he isn't injured now whereas he claimed he was a few weeks ago when he didn't jog in the NYC Marathon. Nothing he says or does can ever or will ever be taken as truthful.

As for his non-running followers, here is my observation. Yes, most, if not all, of his over 1,900 "followers" are non-runners. One could potentially argue he too is a non-runner. But, what is glaringly obvious is that for someone that has that many followers and who tweets and posts the number of pics he does, even using his children as pawns, he gets very very few, if any, comments, retweets, or likes, except for those who are critical of him or have been blocked. He has one or two real people who he knows or follows him, but most everyone else likely just follows him because its like slowing down to watch a car crash. Look at his followers, they are businesses, "d" list celebs, skanks, etc. who know no better and don't know him from the next tweeny wanna be.

Running a 21:02 5k only translates to a 3:25 marathon if you do marathon training. 140 miles per month is not marathon training.

Has anyone checked the legitimacy of this course? I have way too much time on my hands and did some quick google maps measurements, and I am having a hard time coming up with 3.125 miles. The closest measurements I have been able to come up with is about 3.01 miles.

http://www.rockybalboarun.com/downloads/rocky-run-course-map.pdf

Also looking at some times of finishers, lets take the overall winner for example, Sam Chalifoux, he has a pretty unique name. A quick search reveals he generally runs 16:15 to 16:30 for 5k. On a windy day, one would expect a 16:20 - 16:40 effort from Sam (some will argue I am sure), but a short course could provide the means for a "PR". Sam is also a pretty avid Stravaer, it is however hard to tell when he logs runs as bikes and bikes as runs... But as this 10k time trial or race on the track would indicate, he is in about 34:30 10k shape, that does not correlate to a high 15:50 5k IMO. (https://www.strava.com/activities/429786617)

https://www.strava.com/athletes/3707640#interval?interval=201545&interval_type=week&chart_type=miles&year_offset=0

Calling short course...

If you run a 21:04 5K, you might theoretically be able to run a 3:25:xx marathon. Not in Rossi's case though. You have to be willing to put in the miles and the workouts. 35 miles per week wont cut it. I doubt he does that anyway. His lard-ass body will have to drop weight through many miles of training and work. Even if he had the fortitude to do so(he does not), his body will break down first with that awful Duckster running form. In addition, I am pretty sure he does not have the aerobic base built up through his short time in the running world to be successful anyway. But lets go back to the real issue here: there is no way the duckster ever hit 3:11 or ever will hit 3:11.

namesnotnames wrote:

Has anyone checked the legitimacy of this course?

The course was looked into a few pages ago and most signs point to it being accurate other than some people hitting PRs.

Yes, most, if not all, of his over 1,900 "followers" are non-runners.

Correction: He FOLLOWS over 1980 people, but is followed by a mere 840. A more than a 3 to 1 ratio. #StupidIsAsCheaterDoes #Loser

^^^ Meant to write 2:1 ratio. My bad.

Miguel Perdente wrote:

Yes, most, if not all, of his over 1,900 "followers" are non-runners.

Correction: He FOLLOWS over 1980 people, but is followed by a mere 840. A more than a 3 to 1 ratio. #StupidIsAsCheaterDoes #Loser

Ooops, my bad.

just want to point out that I have gained a copycat

the last few posts were from a guy name somebIoke, that's a capital L instead of my regular name that is somebloke. letsrun font is horrible to tell these apart.

Just don't accuse the faux you of being Mike Ross/Rossi. He hates that.