Video Highlights 2015 Boston Marathon
April 20, 2015
No kidding. The Cheater Mike Rossi is a terrible human being. I say we vote him out of the species.
No shortcuts wrote:
I guess what happens in New Jersey, stays in New Jersey.
No mention of his brand new "PR," but multiple pics of the Dog Days 5k age group medal remain. The guy is N-U-T-S.
With 100K on the line, it was possible that he could've lost weight, trained like his life depended on it and could've made it close to 3:11 and definitely achieved the 3:25 imo. For example I just coached my friend to a 3:28 in NYC. He had never run more than 7 miles before May this year. I know 3:28 is a way off from 3:11 but if you offered 100K for a 3:11 by next May I bet that it could've happened.
Rossi is just too lazy, that sub 20 min was a gift and he couldn't even do that.
Over on Slowtwitch someone linked to a study that sums up this whole thing. The study basically states that the competent underestimate their ability and the ignorant overestimate their ability.
runningantelope wrote:
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.
rojo wrote:
^^^ Great post. We don't really need the disclaimers. We only pay if it he actually runs the whole race in a given time but we added in the disclaimers to avoid a court case of "I ran the race as I'm in the result" and us arguing "No you didn't, you cut the course."
I see.
If he runs 3:11 and doesn't cut the course, you want to avoid a court case based on accusing him of cutting the course, by accusing him of drug use.
Reg Fields wrote:
With 100K on the line, it was possible that he could've lost weight, trained like his life depended on it and could've made it close to 3:11 and definitely achieved the 3:25 imo. For example I just coached my friend to a 3:28 in NYC. He had never run more than 7 miles before May this year. I know 3:28 is a way off from 3:11 but if you offered 100K for a 3:11 by next May I bet that it could've happened.
Rossi is just too lazy, that sub 20 min was a gift and he couldn't even do that.
Getting off-topic, but that is really awesome and inspiring. I guess a lot of people wonder why this whole Rossi thing matters. There was no prize money involved. He didn't qualify for the Olympic Trials, or break a world record or anything, so who cares if some amateur (habitually) cheats? I guess it matters for the same reason your friend's progress does.
Multivitamin wrote:
Reg Fields wrote:With 100K on the line, it was possible that he could've lost weight, trained like his life depended on it and could've made it close to 3:11 and definitely achieved the 3:25 imo. For example I just coached my friend to a 3:28 in NYC. He had never run more than 7 miles before May this year. I know 3:28 is a way off from 3:11 but if you offered 100K for a 3:11 by next May I bet that it could've happened.
Rossi is just too lazy, that sub 20 min was a gift and he couldn't even do that.
Getting off-topic, but that is really awesome and inspiring. I guess a lot of people wonder why this whole Rossi thing matters. There was no prize money involved. He didn't qualify for the Olympic Trials, or break a world record or anything, so who cares if some amateur (habitually) cheats? I guess it matters for the same reason your friend's progress does.
That is the best way to describe it to non runners or even skeptical runners. Thanks for posting that .
Loofa Dog wrote:
Multivitamin wrote:Getting off-topic, but that is really awesome and inspiring. I guess a lot of people wonder why this whole Rossi thing matters. There was no prize money involved. He didn't qualify for the Olympic Trials, or break a world record or anything, so who cares if some amateur (habitually) cheats? I guess it matters for the same reason your friend's progress does.
That is the best way to describe it to non runners or even skeptical runners. Thanks for posting that .
Great post/response. It matters because running results should be earned through hard work and dedication. The bottom line is Rossi stole the culmination of this from someone by taking their spot in Boston much like he stole an age group award at a turkey trot. His blatant disregard for others is apolling enough to me.
Wow, Mike really dressed like a Dbag at his class reunion.
What's with the pics with other women? It's one thing to knock back a few at your class reunion and get a little over-friendly with the old classmates, but then to post pictures like that on your Twitter page, and the spouse is nowhere in sight?
#tasteless #clueless #turd
I think this would be a great time for people to post training logs of their sub-3:11 marathons. Or, if you are a coach, for you to post training logs of your athletes who ran great marathons at any speed. Mr. Rossi simply does not understand that it takes a great deal of work over a long period of time to run a PR marathon. It doesn't matter if that PR is 2:20 or 5:20. It takes work, dedication, and patience, and... honesty.
I'm sure Ken will chime in with some theories on that any minute.On another note, it must suck to be a wedding DJ, you have to take off work to attend your class reunion. A whole week's worth of work even.
No shortcuts wrote:
What's with the pics with other women? It's one thing to knock back a few at your class reunion and get a little over-friendly with the old classmates, but then to post pictures like that on your Twitter page, and the spouse is nowhere in sight?
#tasteless #clueless #turd
I was more distracted by the bad hair coloring he had done. I get why'd he cover up that ridiculous looking orange Brillo pad he had up there. I'm sure being a "ginger" wasn't something he was proud of. But now people are looking at the plugs and also thinking, "Dude, c'mon. You're 48 and not a single gray hair? Just accept that you are getting old and move on."
They actually do make hair coloring for men that will give a guy a salt and pepper look. I'm lucky in that my blonde hair does a good job of hiding my gray. But I know they are there.
wish he had stayed with the restricted access to his twitter, couldn't resist having a look and now I feel like puking.
No shortcuts wrote:
What's with the pics with other women? It's one thing to knock back a few at your class reunion and get a little over-friendly with the old classmates, but then to post pictures like that on your Twitter page, and the spouse is nowhere in sight?
#tasteless #clueless #turd
That was the first thing I noticed too. Dude is a total womanizer.... or at least pretends to be.
I still can't believe the drunk chicks video he posted a few weeks ago.
Cheaters gonna cheat
A douche has gotta douche.
I know the answer to these questions, but:
Who wears a t-shirt to a high school reunion?
Who flashes signs for pictures?
Who milks a minor ankle injury for so much?
Who probably told stories about his ankle all night long?
Who still lives in high school?
Back in the Twitter game.
PutridStenchOfRossi wrote:
wish he had stayed with the restricted access to his twitter, couldn't resist having a look and now I feel like puking.
I agree, to an extent, though the Frozen meme is gold.
How can any self respecting man put that into the public arena?
I told you he wouldn't be able to deal with a small attention vacuum for too long, Twitter is life or death for him
rexthebex wrote:
Wow, Mike really dressed like a Dbag at his class reunion.
I just don't know anymore ha
th3bt wrote:
PutridStenchOfRossi wrote:wish he had stayed with the restricted access to his twitter, couldn't resist having a look and now I feel like puking.
I agree, to an extent, though the Frozen meme is gold.
How can any self respecting man put that into the public arena?