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

triathleteguru wrote:

Here is a better crop of the relevant part of the photo. Only missing two runners in a 20 second span from 21:02 to 21:22, Mike Rossi and either Charles Newman or Jake Aylmer.

http://imgur.com/ZkbHzjp

It was already abundantly clear Rossi cheated at a 5k Turkey Trot - but this photo would be enough proof on it's own for me. Not the possibility that it is him in the background - but that very narrow finishing chute and him not in the picture where he should be (finishing the race with the 21:07 gun time).

I don't actually care how he cheated, he cheated, beyond any reasonable doubt. Although I do think it's clear he never ran in the race at all or he'd be in this photo. He didn't just cut a part of the course, he cut the entire thing. A turkey trot. Unbelievable. I used to think the video of David Hasselhoff eating a hamburger was the most embarrassing video I'd ever seen, then that was surpassed by Rossi's Boston video - but now this, cheating at a Turkey Trot - that is more humiliating than that Boston fiasco. No wonder he shut down his twitter. I'd want to hide from the world too. Just shameful.

run.run wrote:

triathleteguru wrote:

Here is a better crop of the relevant part of the photo. Only missing two runners in a 20 second span from 21:02 to 21:22, Mike Rossi and either Charles Newman or Jake Aylmer.

http://imgur.com/ZkbHzjp

It was already abundantly clear Rossi cheated at a 5k Turkey Trot - but this photo would be enough proof on it's own for me. Not the possibility that it is him in the background - but that very narrow finishing chute and him not in the picture where he should be (finishing the race with the 21:07 gun time).

Yeah but, Jake Aylmer is not in it either, if only that close up of the arm on the right wasn't there.

Yeah it's tough, we all know he cheated but this doesn't seal it as proof. A couple of seconds is all it takes to go in and out of a photo frame some might say. TriGuru - are you still reviewing photos or is this the best one of the bunch? I'm hoping more photos or a video pop up on social media and I'm assuming you've already reached out to the runners finishing immediately before and after him. Great work, nothing like good ole karma

PutridStenchOfRossi wrote:

run.run wrote:

It was already abundantly clear Rossi cheated at a 5k Turkey Trot - but this photo would be enough proof on it's own for me. Not the possibility that it is him in the background - but that very narrow finishing chute and him not in the picture where he should be (finishing the race with the 21:07 gun time).

Yeah but, Jake Aylmer is not in it either, if only that close up of the arm on the right wasn't there.

LMR wrote: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.

And then he went and murdered someone and came back to finish the race, with the chip tracking making it seem he was on the course and not murdering someone.

Wait. That was an episode of Monk. Nevermind.

The baby carriage thing was a joke, right? Sometimes it's hard to tell.

Said the guy who hides his identity on an internet forum. Let me know when you decide to REALLY stand up to a bully and then we'll talk about right and wrong.

I don't think you completely understand to know what it's like to have a bully post photos of your child on the internet. Until you do I think your opinion is invalid.

elephino wrote:

LMR wrote: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.

And then he went and murdered someone and came back to finish the race, with the chip tracking making it seem he was on the course and not murdering someone.

Wait. That was an episode of Monk. Nevermind.

The baby carriage thing was a joke, right? Sometimes it's hard to tell.

Yeah, I was just kidding.

But has anybody looked at that photo mike took when he posted "results soon" to see what the time on the clock was or whether we could identify the people in it.

There is a guy in sunglasses. no hat, who appears in both. In the one with the 'possible' Rossi he is on the right, or on possible-Rossi's left. If anyone at the race knows this guy he may have seen something, although doubtful anything made an impression that he was looking at Our Hero in Rossi's own pic.

LMR wrote:

But has anybody looked at that photo mike took when he posted "results soon" to see what the time on the clock was or whether we could identify the people in it.

elephino wrote:

Wait. That was an episode of Monk.

If you didn't see it, here's the synopsis:

Sept 2002. Predates Kip.

elephino wrote:

elephino wrote:

Wait. That was an episode of Monk.

If you didn't see it, here's the synopsis:

http://monk.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Monk_and_the_Marathon_Man

Sept 2002. Predates Kip.

Okay, so not only did Mike cheat at the race, he killed somebody as well? This is getting crazy.

Said the guy who went after children on twitter.

From their pov, you are a bully.

Your'e a hypocrite. You and Mike are the only ones bashing children and sos.

Get help.

Trollminator wrote:

TriGuru - are you still reviewing photos or is this the best one of the bunch? I'm hoping more photos or a video pop up on social media and I'm assuming you've already reached out to the runners finishing immediately before and after him. Great work, nothing like good ole karma

That is the best photo, really the only photo I have gotten that has anything useful so far. I have reached out to JP Aylmer who I am hoping is Jake's father. There were two young Aylmers racing as well as JP, fairly hopeful there is a Mrs. Aylmer who was at the finish and got several good photos of her young son finishing a 5k... I have also reached out to Charles Newman along with several others. Will update when I get something new!

Don't the timing companies keep finish line cameras? I ran a half marathon once and did not get into the results. I emailed the timing company and within an hour the guy sent me a screenshot of me crossing the finish at the time I told him. Wonder if maybe this company had something similar.

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

Interesting development, maybe completely nothing... However, one person who raced the Turkey Trot, Scott Partenheimer had a decent blog post written about the run, has since "gone underground". You can still find some of his stuff, twitter handle @spartenheimer and his blog http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:AYFXMFaiJ88J:ithoughttheysaidrum.blogspot.com/+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us but now his blog is open to invited users only and his twitter account closed or turned off right now... Maybe he had people bugging him about the race? My thought, don't have a blog and twitter account, or social media period if you don't want people reading your stuff and questioning you!

No, a few paes back someone (triathleteguru) relayed info from the timing company that is was kind of a pro-bono gig and they just had the bare boned equipment.

printer wrote:

So, If the chip time initiates with the last read at the starting line, maybe our guy crossed the starting line earlier than 42 seconds but doubled back too close to the timing mat at :42. This might explain why he thought he beat the 20:00 time.

I think this deserves consideration.

triathleteguru wrote:

Interesting development, maybe completely nothing... However, one person who raced the Turkey Trot, Scott Partenheimer had a decent blog post written about the run, has since "gone underground". You can still find some of his stuff, twitter handle @spartenheimer and his blog

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:AYFXMFaiJ88J:ithoughttheysaidrum.blogspot.com/+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

but now his blog is open to invited users only and his twitter account closed or turned off right now... Maybe he had people bugging him about the race? My thought, don't have a blog and twitter account, or social media period if you don't want people reading your stuff and questioning you!

Probably got wacked on the bandwidth plus throw in a few crazy 'folks' from here bugging him...

Gotta feel bad for the normal people that thought they were just running a local low key Turkey Trot and not a Rossi Trot.

PutridStenchOfRossi wrote:

Yeah but, Jake Aylmer is not in it either, if only that close up of the arm on the right wasn't there.

No. Thats's a problem for little Jake. His parents can explain to you why he isn't in that photo. The rest of us can exist in the real world.

It would probably be a good idea to avoid explicitly naming other, blameless competitors in races unless they come forward voluntarily and identify themselves. We know that we aren't referring to them in any prejorative way but with the tendency to invent crazy accomplice theories that some people seem to have it would be easy for people to be confused.