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

If this is him there's no way he was carrying his own bib. It's a stretch to think someone else was involved so it's probably not him.

Uzhorod wrote:

StinkyJones wrote:

If you look at the last start line picture, hat guy has not moved. He's right behind the older guy with white visor and blue/green shirt. Beard guy/blue shirt was pretty much even with him the picture before but and now he's in front of hat guy.

He's probably waiting for his shoe malfunction to dissolve.

Meant to say tag...

Trollminator wrote:

If this is him there's no way he was carrying his own bib. It's a stretch to think someone else was involved so it's probably not him.

Uzhorod wrote:

He's probably waiting for his shoe malfunction to dissolve.

triathleteguru wrote:

Wrote a little summary of this weekend's antic by Rossi and a little background leading up to it:

http://triathleteguru.blogspot.com/2015/11/did-race-cheat-michael-rossi-attempt-to.html

Also going to email it to Rojo, not sure how often he actually checks/reads this thread, want to make him aware of what I believe was an attempt by Rossi to steal $10,000 this weekend.

I find it interesting that you would suspect an accomplice (not an accomplish) with absolutely no proof whatsoever, when you were dead set against my accomplice theory at Via - and I actually discovered some very suspicious behaviors of the suspected accomplice, as well as a very plausible motive and connection between the two.

At this one I am more inclined to think Mike simply cut the course. He chose this race because he grew up here and he knows some trails that cut through people's backyards that he thought would shave a minute off his time. He probably miscalculated doing it 30 years later when he is older and fatter and he only managed to cut 40 seconds off and blew it again.

Either way, WE WIN! (because watching this douchebag make a fool of himself is just too much fun)

LMR wrote:

I find it interesting that you would suspect an accomplice (not an accomplish) with absolutely no proof whatsoever, when you were dead set against my accomplice theory at Via - and I actually discovered some very suspicious behaviors of the suspected accomplice, as well as a very plausible motive and connection between the two.

No you didn't, you came up with random and embarrassing accusations whilst displaying no practical knowledge of how races work.

I was a bit dismayed earlier to read another accomplice theory, I tried to hide it well.

LMR wrote:

I find it interesting that you would suspect an accomplice (not an accomplish) with absolutely no proof whatsoever, when you were dead set against my accomplice theory at Via - and I actually discovered some very suspicious behaviors of the suspected accomplice, as well as a very plausible motive and connection between the two.

Ken, I don't suspect a specific person of being his accomplice here, I only mention it as a possible means of cheating. I have already replied to another person that I am probably over analyzing things.

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

LMR wrote:

I find it interesting that you would suspect an accomplice (not an accomplish) with absolutely no proof whatsoever, when you were dead set against my accomplice theory at Via - and I actually discovered some very suspicious behaviors of the suspected accomplice, as well as a very plausible motive and connection between the two.

No you didn't, you came up with random and embarrassing accusations whilst displaying no practical knowledge of how races work.

I was a bit dismayed earlier to read another accomplice theory, I tried to hide it well.

You have never heard the COMPLETE accomplice theory. In fact, nobody on here has. The few people who have heard it thought there was some merit to it, including one of the Brojo's. In fact, all it would have taken was one photo to confirm the whole thing, but Mike was pretty good at covering his tracks.

But I had evidence of how he possibly knew his accomplice before the race, suspicious lack of photos of both runners, suspicious run times, what Mike offered in exchange for cheating, and some very inserting facts about the accomplice's wedding regarding a wedding vendor that didn't show up last minute.

But nobody wants to believe that Mike is stupid enough to include another person into his plan. Adding a mule to the scheme would just be too complicated. But I think over the past few months that Mike has proved he is exactly stupid enough.

LMR wrote: I think over the past few months that Mike has proved he is exactly stupid enough.

Takes one to know one.

Now stop posting here and go back to your Twitter. That's where you can do the most damage to Rossi.

No, No No! there was no accomplice involved in either of Rossi's cheating attempts. Both times, he simply crossed the starting line, dropped from the course, and reentered again near the finish line. Yet, on both occasions, he proved what a moron he was by miscalculating the timing.

LMR wrote:

You have never heard the COMPLETE accomplice theory.

What's holding you back?

printer wrote:

No, No No! there was no accomplice involved in either of Rossi's cheating attempts. Both times, he simply crossed the starting line, dropped from the course, and reentered again near the finish line. Yet, on both occasions, he proved what a moron he was by miscalculating the timing.

Indeed the most logical explanation.

printer wrote:

No, No No! there was no accomplice involved in either of Rossi's cheating attempts. Both times, he simply crossed the starting line, dropped from the course, and reentered again near the finish line. Yet, on both occasions, he proved what a moron he was by miscalculating the timing.

Yes, and I completely agree with that. But I think at Via he added a mule to carry his bib so that it would hit all the timing mats. And I know there were no timing mats - but the question is, did Mike know that? And I say he didn't and he had a mule to cover his ass. Because if there were mats and his chip crossed them all NOBODY would have bothered to look at the photos of the 114th finisher and he'd have gotten away with this.

Uzhorod wrote:

LMR wrote:

You have never heard the COMPLETE accomplice theory.

What's holding you back?

Because doing so I would have to post photos from the accomplice's wedding and that might open me up to a lawsuit for accusing somebody of something I cannot 100% prove.

Unfortunately, big mouth SaraB went and blabbed the accomplice's name a few months back. I have not and will not state his name on here, except to say that he started two seconds before Mike and finished only four second before Mike, so you can look him up for yourself. The six second difference in their times was what initially lead me to look at this person, especially considering that both runners starting chip time was 42 seconds after the gun. And neither Mike nor the accomplice show up at the first photo spot except for what might be them hanging back near the starting line or ports-pottys. Maybe where Mike handed off his bib.

And that lead me to look into a bunch of other things and I found some weird stuff. So either my theory is correct or I discovered some of the oddest coincidences ever between two supposedly random runners. I mean this stuff goes beyond just "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" stuff.

LMR wrote:

Yes, and I completely agree with that. But I think at Via he added a mule to carry his bib so that it would hit all the timing mats. And I know there were no timing mats - but the question is, did Mike know that? And I say he didn't and he had a mule to cover his ass. Because if there were mats and his chip crossed them all NOBODY would have bothered to look at the photos of the 114th finisher and he'd have gotten away with this.

As has already been explained countless times, it was well known that the race in question had no intermediate timing mats - you come back with some lame nonsense about backup plans, so an extremely convoluted explanation where none is required.

Updated with the accomplice theory removed...

Ok what is the nature of their relationship? Are they acquaintances, friends, training buddies?

Ken,

Your theory is too complicated for our guy. he is too much of a simpleton to do anything more that step off and step on a course. His tweets and subsequent deletes illustrates his lack of intuitive thinking. Just sit back and let him show us the fool he is. Don't make yourself the issue here.

triathleteguru wrote:

http://triathleteguru.blogspot.com/2015/11/did-race-cheat-michael-rossi-attempt-to.html

Updated with the accomplice theory removed...

I'd include the ankle pic.

Not to nitpick, but change "miss time" to "mistime".

You name Mike's kids but this is where you draw the line?

This is just speculation, but not completely unfounded. The accomplice's bride's last name is Chiasano. That name rung a bell for some reason, and then it hit me. I was a huge Howard Stern fan, and Howard had a producer at K-Rock that he used to belittle on the air because he would censors the show. His name was Tom Chiasano.

Tome Chiasano worked at WYSP in Philadelphia before he went K-Rock and he got his college degree at Temple. And is probably around the same age as mike. So it's possible Mike knows the bride's family through this guy. And when I saw the bride's wedding photos I have a clear photo of Tom Chiasano at her wedding. It's a very clear photo and it's 100% unmistakable that this bride is related to him in some way.

The question is does Mike know him, and/or the family? Considering they both went to Temple and both were trying to break into radio in Philly it seems plausible their paths may have crossed.

The bride is a physical therapist, and we all saw Mike nursing some wounds months before the ran Via. Perhaps he chose her as his therapist because he knew her relatives. I imagine during his sessions with her he was blabbing to her how he was going to run Boston. Her and her future husband are both runners and maybe she suggests that Mike have a trainer. So she hooks them up and Mike hires her fiancé' to train him for the Via Marathon. Then at some point Mike realizes he's not gonna be able to do it and convinces his "trainer" to become his mule.

Obviously this last part is completely speculation. But it's not implausible. And I wonder if Mike would have left some evidence of his training or office visits on his twitter feed if people hadn't started accusing him and forced him to shut it down and delete things. We'll never know.

But it's interesting to think about it. I used to read all kinds of true crime stories, and speculation is how murders get solved. The detectives come up with theories and then each one gets proved or disproved.