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

rexthebex wrote:

Hey Ken, just save all the school and DJ stuff for your Twitter account please.

Only post here with stuff like Mike called the cops on you or you get another cease and desist letter from the AOL lawyer. Facts, not speculation, are what we want from you. You obviously take this whole thing very personal and it's kinda creepy at times. Don't flip about Mike attacking YOUR MEANS OF SUPPORTING YOUR FAMILY now, I just offering a little constructive criticism for you.

Agreed. What you just wrote you repeated a gadzillion times before. Save it. Plus as an active member in the school district and resident, something that you are not, I find your comments misleading and incorrect.

I gave up on him, but have to say he's been better these last 10 pages or so. TBH I just care about what's funny and entertaining. Mike - we're getting closer!!! And you are getting further and further from $10k/$100k

abingtonrunner2 wrote:

rexthebex wrote:

Hey Ken, just save all the school and DJ stuff for your Twitter account please.

Only post here with stuff like Mike called the cops on you or you get another cease and desist letter from the AOL lawyer. Facts, not speculation, are what we want from you. You obviously take this whole thing very personal and it's kinda creepy at times. Don't flip about Mike attacking YOUR MEANS OF SUPPORTING YOUR FAMILY now, I just offering a little constructive criticism for you.

Agreed. What you just wrote you repeated a gadzillion times before. Save it. Plus as an active member in the school district and resident, something that you are not, I find your comments misleading and incorrect.

Trollminator wrote:

I gave up on him, but have to say he's been better these last 10 pages or so. TBH I just care about what's funny and entertaining.

Mike - we're getting closer!!! And you are getting further and further from $10k/$100k

abingtonrunner2 wrote:

Agreed. What you just wrote you repeated a gadzillion times before. Save it. Plus as an active member in the school district and resident, something that you are not, I find your comments misleading and incorrect.

I agree with that too, but no need to have a relapse or rehash that tangential crap.

I honestly don't think the money is his angle, just an added bonus.

triathleteguru wrote:

Uzhorod wrote:

Usually finish mats do not react when someone walks on the sidewalks, is my experience.

The do react... The tags with this system are in the bibs, so they have to be able to read 3 or 4 feet up into the air at a minimum. It is not read in a direct line upwards, but like a cone, it spreads out. When a race starts, it might start picking up the "passings" of the runners that scoot up to the starting line, but all the passings before the gun start are discarded and typically the race file is written to take the last passing on the start and the first passing on the finish.

The tags are not in the bibs. They are in a strip that you loop into your shoe laces. It's pretty clear when you look at any of the racers in any of the pictures from the race. They all have a bright orange strip that is attached to their shoelaces.

rexthebex wrote:

Hey Ken, just save all the school and DJ stuff for your Twitter account please.

Only post here with stuff like Mike called the cops on you or you get another cease and desist letter from the AOL lawyer. Facts, not speculation, are what we want from you. You obviously take this whole thing very personal and it's kinda creepy at times. Don't flip about Mike attacking YOUR MEANS OF SUPPORTING YOUR FAMILY now, I just offering a little constructive criticism for you.

+1

In fact I would prefer if he was banned. He is just another version of Mike.

rexthebex wrote:

Hey Ken, just save all the school and DJ stuff for your Twitter account please.

Only post here with stuff like Mike called the cops on you or you get another cease and desist letter from the AOL lawyer. Facts, not speculation, are what we want from you. You obviously take this whole thing very personal and it's kinda creepy at times. Don't flip about Mike attacking YOUR MEANS OF SUPPORTING YOUR FAMILY now, I just offering a little constructive criticism for you.

It's funny that you don't make these same requests when others post things unrelated to cheating. Only me. Are you going to chastise others when they mention his wife, or his hair, or playing the chicken dance?

Don't be a hypocrite.

I also find it amusing that at one time I stopped posting here and DID only post to my Twitter account and then some of you copy and pasted things from my Twitter feed. Which just proved to me that some of you did still value my comments.

So there's that.

Don't tell me to get lost and then copy and post from my Twitter feed.

Ken, no one else posts photos from school functions that have nothing to do with race cheating. No one else speculates again and again that two small kids are doing poorly in school and/or getting picked on at school.

Others have speculated that his marriage is in trouble despite any real evidence though no one does it as much as you.

You have as much self awareness as Mike. Zero.

Ken, while I kind of agree with you this time I think you are missing the core point. Some people may post a small personal comment here and there but it is generally superficial and along side an on topic post. You were complimented for adding some good posts recently and I actually think your Twitter stuff is amusing at times. Keep the deep personal stuff off this thread but feel free to throw something lighthearted once in a while.

Also Ken, I am not everyone who posts here. I do not copy/paste your tweets. Just because one or two people do that, it does not mean that everyone here who dislikes your posts (big majority of us) are hypocrites.

Surely you understand this.

LMR wrote:

rexthebex wrote:

Hey Ken, just save all the school and DJ stuff for your Twitter account please.

Only post here with stuff like Mike called the cops on you or you get another cease and desist letter from the AOL lawyer. Facts, not speculation, are what we want from you. You obviously take this whole thing very personal and it's kinda creepy at times. Don't flip about Mike attacking YOUR MEANS OF SUPPORTING YOUR FAMILY now, I just offering a little constructive criticism for you.

It's funny that you don't make these same requests when others post things unrelated to cheating. Only me. Are you going to chastise others when they mention his wife, or his hair, or playing the chicken dance?

Don't be a hypocrite.

Only you mention his wife.

Some of your twitter posts are gems. But you poisoned your reputation and credibility with your nasty and continual comments about his wife and kids.

I would think even if you don't have the innate decency to refrain, you would out of fear potential clients might look at your tweets.

rexthebex wrote:

Also Ken, I am not everyone who posts here. I do not copy/paste your tweets. Just because one or two people do that, it does not mean that everyone here who dislikes your posts (big majority of us) are hypocrites.

Surely you understand this.

Ken is mentally ill. There is no way you can reason with him, he is incapable of understanding this without professional help.

The tags are not in the bibs. They are in a strip that you loop into your shoe laces. It's pretty clear when you look at any of the racers in any of the pictures from the race. They all have a bright orange strip that is attached to their shoelaces.

Thanks, I should have looked for the shoe tags! I have never timed with those specifically, but I'm fairly certain they work the same and have similar ranges.

I hope this isn't too off topic.

I recently noticed the following YouTube video by Mike Rossi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzhW4YAVqxo

The entire narration appears a verbatim quotation of the "The Man in the Arena" excerpt from the "Citizenship in a Republic" speech by Theodore Roosevelt.

http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/trsorbonnespeech.html

Does anyone know if Mike Rossi cited the author of the narration? If he didn't attribute the quote to Roosevelt, a viewer might believe Mike Rossi deserved credit for something which he did not. I guess you could say that would be similar to someone giving the impression they ran a race when in fact they did not.

Passing someone else's work off as your own might be called plagiarism. I'm not really clear on this concept. Apparently this is taught in elementary school, but I missed a lot of class to go on family vacations.

Triathleteguru wrote:

Thanks, I should have looked for the shoe tags! I have never timed with those specifically, but I'm fairly certain they work the same and have similar ranges.

I'd agree, although the bib tags are more common now, I've probably used the ankle strap ones and the shoelace ones 90% of the time and the range is definitely more than enough to be set off by someone walking past. The reason this isn't an issue is finish zones tend to shepherd runners away whilst not caring about spectators as who would be expecting a spectator to interfere with the system ?

It's been a while, but I've volunteered at finish lines and the tags are definitely sensitive. Notice even in this race they close off the immediate area at the sides of the mats... Good controls they thought. I'm sticking with selfie stick theory. He attached his tag to the end of it and waved it right above the mat.

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

Triathleteguru wrote:

Thanks, I should have looked for the shoe tags! I have never timed with those specifically, but I'm fairly certain they work the same and have similar ranges.

I'd agree, although the bib tags are more common now, I've probably used the ankle strap ones and the shoelace ones 90% of the time and the range is definitely more than enough to be set off by someone walking past. The reason this isn't an issue is finish zones tend to shepherd runners away whilst not caring about spectators as who would be expecting a spectator to interfere with the system ?

Yea it's a shame Teddy stole that from Mikey...

Trollminator wrote:

It's been a while, but I've volunteered at finish lines and the tags are definitely sensitive. Notice even in this race they close off the immediate area at the sides of the mats... Good controls they thought. I'm sticking with selfie stick theory. He attached his tag to the end of it and waved it right above the mat.

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

I'd agree, although the bib tags are more common now, I've probably used the ankle strap ones and the shoelace ones 90% of the time and the range is definitely more than enough to be set off by someone walking past. The reason this isn't an issue is finish zones tend to shepherd runners away whilst not caring about spectators as who would be expecting a spectator to interfere with the system ?

My theory is he started the race and then threw his tag in a baby carriage when the mother wasn't looking. But it's just theory I have no proof.

LMR wrote:

Here's the photos of him at the school:

http://imgur.com/a/Ahblg

The photos have relevance, check them out against this one:

what's the similarity?