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

Hobby Ironmanner wrote:

Did they have race photographers on the course? If so, we should be able to get some evidence one way or another.

No.

J.R. wrote:

Secondly, you are taking a person's bodily fluids to examine at your leisure, which smacks of perversion to me, and is totally not acceptable.

I've given blood and urine samples in the past and if I had thought processes like the above I'd be concerned that I needed help for paranoid delusions.

The only way that Rossi could hit any of the payouts from Letsrun is by cheating, which would be fraud.

Good for the Brojos to be proactive about things in light of Rossi's most recent cheating at the Turkey Trot.

Rossi is not acting in good faith and if the Brojos are trying to prevent him stealing their money, more power to them.

Ok cut the drivel... If Mike believes he can run fast he should be salivating over that $100k offer right now. If it was me, I'd welcome all sorts of needles for that purse. But we'll all know our yellow-bellied friend won't even attempt it (see NY)

J.R. wrote:

J.R. wrote:

The bottom line is, Mike Rossi breaks 3:10 and you pay, period, or else as far as I'm concerned, any other ludicrous qualifying conditions you want to add on, and he wins.

Hobby Ironmanner wrote:

LetsRun is the one paying out the money. They can set up conditions that Rossi can either accept or refuse.

Sure, but they didn't do that at the outset, only after realizing they could lose.

No, after realizing Rossi is a serial cheater who will go to any lengths.

About the ankle, I can think of two methods to verify if the pics are legit.

1) Find the same pic somewhere else on the internet to prove it's not Rossi.

2) Compare the posted pic against a known pic of Rossi's ankle and foot. Perhaps there is a distinguishing birthmark or mole. Maybe some of his beach pictures contain a clue?

J.R. wrote:

The bottom line is, Mike Rossi breaks 3:10 and you pay, period, or else as far as I'm concerned, any other ludicrous qualifying conditions you want to add on, and he wins.

Love the Initials. Any relation to "little JR" that was posting days ago trying to get the thread shut down?

Yeah, Ken had a solid chance of catching Mike in the act, I would have thought he would have forgone sex to jump at that opportunity. Really no excuse for not being there, warm blankie or not. He tweeted about it, maybe he does fear The Cheat after all.

Rojo, how about offering a reward for a pic from this race of Mike cheating or for any past (Via) or future races? A grand or two?

Trollminator wrote:

Ok cut the drivel... If Mike believes he can run fast he should be salivating over that $100k offer right now. If it was me, I'd welcome all sorts of needles for that purse. But we'll all know our yellow-bellied friend won't even attempt it (see NY)

I thought JR was dead. Am I allowed to say that word? Food fight.

Seriously, JR sounds like SmartRunnr, Fat Finger DoD dude or Rossi.

More seriously, while the money is tempting, I would think he would be more motivated to "clear" his name and prove everyone wrong. While $100K is nothing to sneeze at, he is not poor nor is it really that much money, especially after taxes.

Then again, as I have always asserted, if he truly had pictures of himself on the Via course as he claims to have, I would think he would have produced them which would potentially enable him to prove everyone wrong and be able to rub our noses in it, but he did not do that because he can't do that. That is also the reason the infamous Committee made no mention of exculpatory pictures or any exculpatory evidence. Therefore, the only reasonable conclusion is that there are no conclusive pictures as he claims, which only strengthens the argument that he should be motivated more by redeeming his reputation, dignity and being able to claim that he didn't cheat, rather than motivated by the money. Then again, it is Rossi, one who is pathological in his actions and words (i.e., cheating and lying, that is).

There is nothing wrong with the additional requirements that were set forth by brojos and for you to suggest or troll otherwise is absurd.

[quote]J.R. wrote:

Seriously, a needle in your arm is extremely invasive, and can be quite dangerous too, i.e. people don't know what you're injecting in their bodies. Many people have died just from getting supposedly innocuous injections.

Drugs don't help anyone to run any faster, and if you think so that just sucks, but what you are doing with your constant advertising is that they do and are great, which is total BS

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I need to stop being stunned by the level of ignorance of people out there. I'm guessing you are one of those science deniers who believe that vaccinations cause autism? The stuff you are saying is completely wrong and it makes you, at best, look like an idiot, but more likely that you are a guy with a serious mental disorder. I would guess that your disbelieve in pharmacology is linked to a personal (and delusional) refusal to take medication for your own mental illness as prescribed by medical professionals? I'm surprised you allow yourself to be exposed to electronic devices as I would have guessed your delusions would extend to all things science. Or do you think the tinfoil hat protects you? Anyway, seriously, listen to your doctors and take your meds. It will help.

I'm thinking maybe we've seen the last of Rossi, breaking 20 for 5k and picking up $10k was his only outside chance of gaining any credibility with the non-running community. He's not going to do that now by the end of the year and the other times are a complete pipe dream for him. He'll say I was on track for sub 20 in December after my 20:25 but the ankle you know... He's now closed his Twitter so I'm guessing it's sayonara to Rossi the runner but it's been entertaining.

I remember the first time his a**ness did this and thought maybe he was reconsidering his decision to cheat. He came back lashing out and odds are high he'll do it again. His Twitter appears to be protected, not closed, and I've noticed some things like the tweet count going up and down - meaning he has deleted stuff - and his follower count also go up and down a little. I wouldn't be surprised if he is trying out some fake accounts there though, like Lydia Romero. Not to be trusted, believed, or given any amount of sympathy.

PhiI McCrackin wrote:

I'm thinking maybe we've seen the last of Rossi, breaking 20 for 5k and picking up $10k was his only outside chance of gaining any credibility with the non-running community. He's not going to do that now by the end of the year and the other times are a complete pipe dream for him. He'll say I was on track for sub 20 in December after my 20:25 but the ankle you know... He's now closed his Twitter so I'm guessing it's sayonara to Rossi the runner but it's been entertaining.

Great work since the beginning Guru, I share your disappointment that we didn't have boots on the ground in Haddon. Give it a little more time, with the Brojas article getting shared on social media maybe some photos will surface. I think if we can get one from the start of the race with him lagging off the tale, no shoe issue, this would be incriminating.

PhiI McCrackin wrote:

I'm thinking maybe we've seen the last of Rossi, breaking 20 for 5k and picking up $10k was his only outside chance of gaining any credibility with the non-running community. He's not going to do that now by the end of the year and the other times are a complete pipe dream for him. He'll say I was on track for sub 20 in December after my 20:25 but the ankle you know... He's now closed his Twitter so I'm guessing it's sayonara to Rossi the runner but it's been entertaining.

He has made it private, not closed it. He will be back. He needs to tweet for self-validation, although his followers rarely acknowledge him. He is a tween at heart so I am sure he will be back spewing stupidity very soon.

Folks mentioned how many fewer posts this thread gets, well since this interesting 5K and ankle event, the challenge is over. He failed. We argue if he cheated on Saturday, I am pretty convinced he did. But let's say he didn't, he still ran a 20:25 at 48. That is still probably 3-4 months away from hitting sub 20. I have friends his age that it took forever to hit sub 20. And these folks ran a lot more then what Rossi claims he has run. So basically the 5K challenge is dead. Mike might break sub20 someday, but it is a long day away if you believe the 20:25 is legit. If it is legit that is a good PR Mike you should be proud of it.

Mike in the past has been forthcoming about injuries so the ankle story may all be true.

If Mike recovers quickly he has a very outside chance at the 3:25 challenge. But he will have to heal quickly and train smart. Also he will need a very late season race in June or July which could be tricky.

But in the end, Mike should have been able to crank out a sub20 5K very easily. He couldn't even after months and months of training. You have to be stupid to believe Mike ran a 3:11:45. Coming back from injury from Boston I can see 6 weeks tops to pull it off. He has been working since what July and has maybe a legit 20:25?

SMH

All it would take is a single twitter posting by Cecily.

Still in the game, baby.

I am not inclined to give him a pass on the injuries. The photo was rossied, and the physician not the radiologist makes the diagnosis.

Loofa Dog wrote:

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Mike in the past has been forthcoming about injuries so the ankle story may all be true.

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SMH

I agree that he is bound to make his Twitter public again at some point. I mean, how else will he intimidate us with stills from Goodfellas and Taken?

I'm sure, like myself, most of you have largely avoided mocking Mr Rossi on this thread due to these very intimidating pics. With Rossi's account private, it's going to be a real free for all on Letsrun.

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

Also when Rossi dropped the final "i" of his surname trying to hide for a 5K, one of our resident liars tried to create confusion with a different legit Mike Ross.

Well, most likely elephino just brought up Mike Ross's 3:23 as a joke, after Mike Rossi ran a 5k race as Mike Ross.

See for yourself:

1) This was the beginning of the 3:23 story, posted on 11-2:

mikerossi22 wrote:

Why do you thing I'm a wierdo?

I'm still weighting to here about my money after I have ran 3:23 this sunday. So their is that.

(Unfortunately, wejo deleted all mikerossi22's posts and most of the responses, or you could still read more about that.)

2) Being the nice supportive guy that I'm well known for, I believed Mike of course.*

3) Then elephino used google, and actually found a Mike Ross having run a 3:23, but in September, not in November as pretended. I would call that a coincidence, and not an attempt to confuse anyone.

*: For the posters with an IQ < 80: that was, again, sarcasm. My way of rubbing in what a stupid loser that lame cheat is. I don't really believe that he ran a 3:23, or a 20-something in training. Or a 3:11 or a 20:25 or a 14:30 etc. etc. See also

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