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

Reg Fields wrote:

I wonder if LVM would have to reconsider their decision if DQ events DQs him from the turkey trot.

Rojo, can you email DQ Events your new article, might be taken a bit more seriously coming from you.

The contact is:

Chuck Sellers - DQ Events Race Director

Email:

and/or

Looks like Chuck is long time Tri/runner so should do the right thing.

His brief bio in 100 Event Club Race Director:

Anyone else feel free to email him.

Rojo, if Rossi takes you up on any of the challenges and you need a pacer, hire the Amish guy from here: http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6882909&page=2 after all, he obviously lives in PA and it would be great seeing this guy easily drop Rossi like a bad habit.

rojo wrote:

What's invasive about it? This guy has proven himself to be a course cutter. The only way he could possibly run 3:11 without cutting the course is drugs.

J.R. is adament that performance enhancing drugs do not enhance performance. He thinks you want to test him just to mess with him.

Also, article states race was in Haddon Heights, but course map shows Haddon Township. Close neighbors, but not the same town.

I've emailed DQ Events the following to both addresses:

"THE HADDON TOWNSHIP TURKEY TROT 5K 2015

Dear Chuck, I respectfully request you read the following links and seriously consider disqualifying the following participant from the Haddon Township Turkey Trot:

48 MICHAEL ROSSI JENKINTOWN PA 48 M 373 20:25 21:07 6:49 3/40 M4549 35/335 M

"Did Mike Rossi – The Viral Marathon Dad – Try To Cheat LetsRun.com Out of $10,000 on Saturday?"

by LetsRun.com December 1, 2015 -

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/12/mike-rossi-viral-marathon-dad-try-cheat-letsrun-com-10000-thanksgiving-day/

"Did Race Cheat Michael Rossi Attempt to Steal $10,000 by Cheating in a Turkey Trot?"

by TriathleteGuru November 29, 2015 -

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

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Cut and paste the above if you wish to:

cisellers@verizon.net

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info@dqtiming.com

"We want"? How about 'we require'?

Get a lawyer to help you with the wording to make sure you box this weasel in.

J.R. wrote:

A one week's notice is quite fair, but asking him to allow invasive and subjective drug tests by you is petty and a major cop out on your part.

What is a "subjective drug test" ? is this one that assesses whether someone looks like a drug taker ?

If someone is clean why would they object to proving that ? Pretty much like someone who has evidence of a certain race time from their GPS but refuses to share this, no one can compel them to do so but on the other hand, nobody has to take the claims seriously either.

brogan1 wrote:

rojo wrote:

What's invasive about it? This guy has proven himself to be a course cutter. The only way he could possibly run 3:11 without cutting the course is drugs.

J.R. is adament that performance enhancing drugs do not enhance performance. He thinks you want to test him just to mess with him.

Think this is worth repeating, perhaps add to any emails sent to Chuck Sellers - DQ Events Race Director, Email:

On October 24, 2015, Mr. Rossi participated in the Brain Injury Challenge: Race for Recovery 5K (let the puns begin), with a time of 23:51. This is the race in which he said it was the first race in months, claiming 1st in his age group and 9th overall.

Leading up to the November 1, 2015 NYC Marathon, Mr. Rossi tweeted his bib# and other tweets about the pending race. But like most big talkers, he bailed out of the race and downplayed it by saying he hadn't really trained much, if at all, due to an injury. To say that he talks and tweets out of both sides of his mouth would be a gross understatement.

On November 14, 2015, he again participated in another 5K, the Rocky Run. In this race, his gun time was 21:49 and net time was 21:46, a mere 3 second difference. – Seems reasonable.

Two weeks later, on November 28, 2015, he participated in the Haddon Township 5K Turkey Trot. In this event, his gun time was 21:07 and net time was 20:25, a 42 second differential, which is quite large. At the finish, in an anticipation of a sub-20 time, he began his usual provoking and triumphant tweet(s). Oops…he did it again because when the official times were posted, he predictably deleted his immediate post-race tweets, changed his tune and claimed that he had a shoe malfunction (really, a show malfunction?) and for his uniformed followers and KoolAid drinkers, he went the sympathy route claiming he sprained his ankle post-race and tweeted a picture of just an ankle (whose ankle no one knows). How convenient. Oh yeah, he then locked his Twitter account confirming that he can dish it out and but he can't take it. So sophomoric, petulant and elementary schoolish. So Rossi.

Well played rojo.

Other posters : DQ events has been notified. No need to harass them. This is not a Barb/Bart situation yet.

Absolutely agreed. The D&Q guys care about sport. Unlike Barb.

If you're going to bother anyone, bother the person who doesn't care about anything but taking the easy way out -- Barb. Let her know that you're not going to race in her events.

EZPass Mike wrote:

Absolutely agreed. The D&Q guys care about sport. Unlike Barb.

If you're going to bother anyone, bother the person who doesn't care about anything but taking the easy way out -- Barb. Let her know that you're not going to race in her events.

Wouldn't it be great if cheating was proven at the turkey trot and he is DQ'd. Barb and Bart's mailbox will be full for weeks!

And Barb would still take the easy way out.

She is out of her depth.

EZPass Mike wrote:

Absolutely agreed. The D&Q guys care about sport. Unlike Barb.

Imagine if Rossi had posted a sub-20:00 last Saturday and tried to collect the $10,000. I'm sure the Race Directors would have felt a lot of pressure to either validate or DQ his result. These people are just trying to put on a nice race and raise some money. That Rossi would even think of putting them in this predicament is just one more reason to dislike this turd.

triathleteguru wrote:

Rojo, if Rossi takes you up on any of the challenges and you need a pacer, hire the Amish guy from here:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6882909&page=2

after all, he obviously lives in PA and it would be great seeing this guy easily drop Rossi like a bad habit.

Imagine this Amish dude, Cecily, and Stillman on his golf cart dropping Rossi at the 400 meter mark...

Such a sublime mental image.

For Cheater Mike Rossi:

Bully!

"No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience."

- Theodore Roosevelt

All the pacers need to be female. We know how much Mike likes to roll with the ladies.

Female pacers are good...I would also require that Duckster Rossi wear a GoPro to prevent cheating and cutting any certified course. Timing mats are important too but alot of certified courses don't have them.

Out of curiosity, I just googled "Barb McKeever" and this thread, as well as the "Study of Mike Rossi Running Performances" website made the first page. The last time I searched her name, over the Summer, her first result that was linked to Rossi's cheating was on the third or fourth page. It's good to see that Rossi's stench is beginning to cling to her, as well as Bart Yasso.

Good job everyone!

Has anybody yet tried doing a search for sprained or swollen ankle pictures on Google? Rossi may well have injured himself but, due to his history of being a pathological liar, it's also possible that he found some pictures online and is using injury as a ready-made excuse for why he won't be meeting the brojos' challenge.

It would be awesome if we proved that he was faking an injury. I'll take a quick look to see if I find anything. I wouldn't expect most people to be THAT stupid, but this is Rossi we're talking about.

Barb McKeever -- do the right thing and DQ this cheater.

Same promise goes to you as it does Rossi - if you DQ him (or he admits he cheated), I am done mentioning you in this thread. I think a lot of others would, too.