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

I agree. Don't change anything. He still has the 100,000 challenge.

On a side note, I just noticed that the 75-yr old Tom Osler ("The Conditioning of Distance Runners") was in the Turkey Trot.

http://www.dqevents.com/httt15.htm

Part I

http://www.rowan.edu/open/depts/math/osler/Running/The%20Conditioning%20of%20Distance%20Runners.pdf

Part II

http://www.rowan.edu/open/depts/math/osler/Running/The%20Conditioning%20of%20Distance%20Runners%20January%2085.pdf

Ken, not that you are listening to anyone, but do not go alone. Take counsel. You may think you have nothing to fear and maybe you don't, but this can turn serious in a heartbeat if you happen to say the wrong thing in the eyes of the law.

RunDriveRun wrote:

Looks like Mike is going after Ken via the police for some of his Twitter posts. Good luck Ken, I haven't supported your personal attacks but I can understand your hatred of the man. Hopefully you get through this and can refocus your energies elsewhere. The cheater is is doing fine making himself continually look like a complete buffoon.

How about $1,000,000 to run a marathon in 3:15. Give the guy 6 months.

Yeah Kenny. Your Tweets men nothing, exercising free speech. Good thing you have all those screenshots of Mike's threatening tweets. Hire a 2-bit lawyer and you'll be fine. Mike is just butt hurt he couldn't cheat a sub 20.

TheDudeAbides wrote:

Ken, not that you are listening to anyone, but do not go alone. Take counsel.

You may think you have nothing to fear and maybe you don't, but this can turn serious in a heartbeat if you happen to say the wrong thing in the eyes of the law.

RunDriveRun wrote:

Looks like Mike is going after Ken via the police for some of his Twitter posts. Good luck Ken, I haven't supported your personal attacks but I can understand your hatred of the man. Hopefully you get through this and can refocus your energies elsewhere. The cheater is is doing fine making himself continually look like a complete buffoon.

From Ken this morning:

"There are no shortcuts in life. If we could just drive to to the finish line we'd all do it. Be a man, or stay a coward."

I thinks there's a video somewhere - in the final start line photo of the novelrunner blog there is a guy at the far side of the start line facing backwards with a grey beanie and light orange top. He (or someone else) is holding a traffic cone over his head and he appears to have a video camera on his shoulder. This would be the correct side of the street if Rossi stayed where he was after his start line photo.

Trollminator wrote:

Hard to spot on the second photo but I see what you mean. It's probably the same guy. In the novelrunner blog photos you can't see any runners that were standing where Mike took his photo. We probably would have seen them go by in the next couple of photo sequences. He raised his phone above his head to take that photo and then either stepped onto the curb to let the runners go by or made his way to start from the back. Either way, it's not something a runner who is on the brink of breaking 20min and collecting $10k would do. Smells like $hit to me for sure.

dreamin wrote:

dangit, need to proofread.

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RunDriveRun wrote:

Looks like Mike is going after Ken via the police for some of his Twitter posts. Good luck Ken, I haven't supported your personal attacks but I can understand your hatred of the man. Hopefully you get through this and can refocus your energies elsewhere. The cheater is is doing fine making himself continually look like a complete buffoon.

How do you know this?

No, the guy holding the orange cone is directing people over the timing mat. You can see another guy fixing the timing strip in the front of the start in another photo. DQ events said that they did not film this race.

Kenneth Stillman

2h2 hours ago

Kenneth Stillman ‏@kenstillman

Call comes from Township Bldg, not Police Dept. on my Mother's cell, not mine. Sounds fishy. I suspect another golf buddy.

Called Ken's mom, in the middle of the night? Wow, that is low. Seems funds ran out for the continued services of the aol attorney, now he's got golfing buddies doing his dirty work? I can only imagine the type of people who hang out with Mike.

Mike's getting really desperate, which is just another indication of his guilt. But Ken, hire counsel. If anything, it will scare him off and he'll turn tail and run. At heart, this guy is a total wuss.

I think that is what our hero ( I mean, ZERO) was referring in one of his tweets... Something like: "A big surprise is coming to an old friend."

When did the First Amendment get amended specifically to exclude being rude on Twitter ?

Hope Abington law enforcement is taking a long hard look at Mike's tweets. ALL OF THEM. Blue dudes. you'll need to ask twitter for them. If you want to get to the truth that is, not let some pandering cheat jerk you around.

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

When did the First Amendment get amended specifically to exclude being rude on Twitter ?

If he wants to play silly games, he should consider whether the things he said aimed at Cecily will look good.

The not too subtle threats such as the gun one and the one about plans and being punched in the face should help his case too plus the charming one about TriathleteGuru.

Something about being without sin and casting stones springs to mind.

Throw mike and ken in the same jail cell. Tape it. Sell it to netflix. Make millions. What am I missing?

The movie rights?Just when you though this thread couldn't get any better. #Boom

somebloke wrote:

Throw mike and ken in the same jail cell. Tape it. Sell it to netflix. Make millions. What am I missing?

For some reason this makes me think of the Saw movies

TheDudeAbides wrote:

The movie rights?

Just when you though this thread couldn't get any better. #Boom

somebloke wrote:

Throw mike and ken in the same jail cell. Tape it. Sell it to netflix. Make millions. What am I missing?

TheDudeAbides wrote:

The movie rights?

Just when you though this thread couldn't get any better. #Boom

"Wanna know the rest? Hey, buy the rights"

Ackley wrote:

I agree. Don't change anything. He still has the 100,000 challenge.

Seems like everyone just wants closure - a clear, black/white result that proves his guilt.

Accepting a challenge to run with pacers and be videotaped would be akin to telling the whole truth for Mike, so it's doubtful he would ever agree to that sort of thing.

Correct. He'd never agree to it. I think the added offer certainly strengthens the message that no way in hell can he run a 3:11. I personally don't want closure, I want this drag out indefinitely. I have been coming back to LRC since May only because of this thread. I never want it to end.

setyourselffree wrote:

Ackley wrote:

I agree. Don't change anything. He still has the 100,000 challenge.

Seems like everyone just wants closure - a clear, black/white result that proves his guilt.

Accepting a challenge to run with pacers and be videotaped would be akin to telling the whole truth for Mike, so it's doubtful he would ever agree to that sort of thing.