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

Mike is not even smart enough to effectively sabotage this thread. In the beginning he tried to post pro-Rossi messages but I'm sure quickly realized this place is not like the rest of the internet. We know running and bull$hitters like nothing else. Mike, don't say you didn't get good advice. Early on many gave you the best strategy, which was to come clean asap, and the next to best strategy, which was to lay low. Now look at the situation you're in. I think you actually believed you could run faster didn't you? Believing your lie won't make you fast though, you need to bust your a$$ to get there.. Something you know nothing about. And then you post a picture of your "swollen" ankle... what a pu$$y!

TheDudeAbides wrote:

No spine? That IS quite and injury to Our Hero. Crikey I can't wait to see the video, have bought an extra box of tissues.

Be Strong Mikey!!!

Trollminator wrote:

Mike, are you going to let Ken clown you like this? Unblock your Twitter and strike back... Or no spine I guess?

More Mike incriminating himself:

His first post race tweet was "results soon."

The excuse about the shoe malfunction wasn't posted until AFTER we pointed out the unusual gap between his gun/chip time.

If he knew that a bad start had cost him the sub 20 his first tweet would not say "results soon." It would have been something like "Didn't make it; shoe malfunction caused me to fight for first mile blah blah BS blah."

He posted a pic of his cankle? How does one see it?

Mike Ross wrote:

He posted a pic of his cankle? How does one see it?

You'll have to send him a request to be buddies on Twitter, or whatever it is called there since he made his account private again. Maybe use a name like Selma Montoya or something.

He probably deleted the kankle pic by now anyway. Anything we make fun of, he quickly deletes like the class dweeb that he is.

Mike Ross wrote:

He posted a pic of his cankle? How does one see it?

It would be hilarious if he missed breaking 20:00 because he actually did sprain his ankle while cutting the course. Stepped in a pothole on a cross street before re-entering the course, then finished 24 seconds short because he wrenched his ankle and could only hobble home.

Probably didn't happen, but it would be karma if it did.

Oh I see what he did. He started after everyone else so no one would see him cut the course. I've seen this before.

Wow he really cheated in a turkey trot. That is as low as a man goes.

You know even if he had a shoe malfunction at the start the chip time would reflect it. But it doesn't take 40 plus seconds to tie a pair of shoes. And frankly with 10,000 on the line those mothers should of been double knotted.

He may have really sprained his ankle going for it. To me that just proves he cheated more at VIA.

But the 40 second chip/gun difference just screams course cutting. Why the heck would he be that stupid to start so far back if he wasn't cheating. Just doesn't pass the sniff test!

He Kipped it - there was a Boston 5K where Kip had something like a 4 minute gun/chip differential 21/17 I seem to recall.

As mentioned a few pages back, there is a solution to Rossi's cheating, the Brojo's need to change the conditions of the 5K challenge and make it on the track. This is fair to everyone, approved independent time keepers and lap scorers, public (i.e. us) advised of time and place, Rossi allowed who ever he wants to pace him. No arguments, clean, cut and dried.

Loofa Dog wrote:

If Mike you want to settle this with no doubts, tell the owners of this site you will accept their challenge and run the 5K on a track with them there.

Loofa Dog wrote:

But it doesn't take 40 plus seconds to tie a pair of shoes. Just doesn't pass the sniff test!

One shoe takes even less time.

Loofa Dog wrote:

But the 40 second chip/gun difference just screams course cutting. Just doesn't pass the sniff test!

If it doesn't pass the cheating putrid stench of Rossi sniff test, which it doesn't, then yes, he cheated, but not very well.

As a timer, Rossi is one of the reasons I now run a video camera at the start. Just like MR and the LVM course no photos... A runner can say whatever they want and claim that timing systems and pictures missed. Video doesn't lie.

Mr. Rossi - the 48 yr old trans-marathoner- used to be a very avid selfie-taker, if I remember correctly. Selfies at the start of races, selfies at training runs, etc. Or he let someone else take his picture: At the Iditarod 5k he participated in and where he got this fancy age-group medal.

How come there's no selfies or pics at this -supposedly- huge PR? Or mentioning his time?

Speaking of Twitter, our gal Cecily burned Mike Rossi after her family ran (the whole distance, Mike) a race in the Philly area today:

http://imgur.com/NtFUkw5

Uzhorod wrote:

Mr. Rossi - the 48 yr old trans-marathoner- used to be a very avid selfie-taker, if I remember correctly. Selfies at the start of races, selfies at training runs, etc. Or he let someone else take his picture: At the Iditarod 5k he participated in and where he got this fancy age-group medal.

How come there's no selfies or pics at this -supposedly- huge PR? Or mentioning his time?

Maybe the only lesson he learned from Via:

Rule #1 - When cheating, don't tweet pictures of yourself after the race. That way, people can't identify you by the clothes you are wearing (or determine that you don't appear in any pictures along the race course).

Now for Rule #2, about making sure your chip and clock time difference isn't more than 5-10 seconds at a local 5k...

Mike Ross wrote:

He posted a pic of his cankle? How does one see it?

I had no interest in a screen shot of an ugly foot, but Google still has it for a short period when somebody shuts down their Twitter feed. So here is a small version of it. Sorry if my screen shot doesn't measure up to one idiot's standards. LOL

Dad, tell them you didn't cheat! I'm tired of getting picked on at school. :(

LMR wrote:

Mike Ross wrote:

He posted a pic of his cankle? How does one see it?

I had no interest in a screen shot of an ugly foot, but Google still has it for a short period when somebody shuts down their Twitter feed. So here is a small version of it. Sorry if my screen shot doesn't measure up to one idiot's standards. LOL

http://imgur.com/ey6jJ0F

Anyone see a little yellow? That would indicate a healing bruise, not a new sprain.

Uzhorod wrote:

Mr. Rossi - the 48 yr old trans-marathoner- used to be a very avid selfie-taker, if I remember correctly. Selfies at the start of races, selfies at training runs, etc. Or he let someone else take his picture: At the Iditarod 5k he participated in and where he got this fancy age-group medal.

How come there's no selfies or pics at this -supposedly- huge PR? Or mentioning his time?

In summary, Mike Rossi drove to a 5K an hour away to break the 20:00 mark for the 10K. Started at the back of the pack and took 40 seconds to cross the start line and ran a big PR of 20:25 but did not tweet about it.

He did however post his shoe malfunction and ankle sprain (UGH) after he figured out his time!!!

If I was the brojos I would not give this guy a dime unless I had a video of the whole 5K...

If it walks like a duck,,,etc etc.....