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

TheDudeAbides wrote:

Raising my beverage to you.

Trollminator wrote:

I guess even cheating takes some hard work which you weren't willing to put in. Pathetic...

Agreed!

He really didn't understand how that 5K challenge was the best trap. It looks like the lowest hanging fruit, but in reality at his age and talent level, was just as hard as that 3:11... maybe harder. He would have been wise to go for the 3:25 challenge, which would have been admission of cheating since if you can run 3:11 once you should be able

to do that on a cool day/flat course.... or at least get very close to it.

Can't agree on the harder part. The 3:11 is impossible, the sub 20 is possible with a couple of years of hard work. We'll see the Cheater Mike Rossi in the Olympics before he hits that 3:11. He'll be doing synchronized swimming with the incompetent Barb McKeever.

Loofa Dog wrote:

He really didn't understand how that 5K challenge was the best trap. It looks like the lowest hanging fruit, but in reality at his age and talent level, was just as hard as that 3:11... maybe harder. He would have been wise to go for the 3:25 challenge, which would have been admission of cheating since if you can run 3:11 once you should be able to do that on a cool day/flat course.... or at least get very close to it.

Actually cheating takes some intelligence of which Duckster Rossi is lacking.

It makes me chuckle to think of a 48 year old man driving an hour or more to a Turkey Trot in New Jersey with this genius plan to cheat (in order to break 20 minutes, no less) and he screws up the chip time math and only "finishes" with a 20:25 or whatever!

And then, the icing on the cake is after he realized he phucked up, he steps off a curb or something and sprains his ankle. You really cannot make this stuff up. So he has to show up to his class reunion that night in his wannabe country singer black T-shirt/black pants costume wearing a dorkus walking boot on foot.

I cannot imagine how one person could be a bigger loser than Mike Rossi. It is seriously not possible.

And Jeezus, I didn't even mention his hair

One thing that perplexes me is his ankle injury. If this was sustained during the race on Saturday, surely he would have tweeted this immediately on finishing (i.e. before his initial tweet of “results shortly”). A sub-20 min 5k with such an injury would be even more heroic - or the perfect excuse of he failed.

Thankfully I’ve never had an injury requiring me to wear a boot, so I have no personal experience to draw upon. However, I wondered whether it’s possible to just pick up one of these things at a local pharmacy? I thought you’d most likely have to visit a doctor/physio to get evaluated before being put in one. If MR’s school reunion was the evening of the race in the same town, did he seek out a doctor or is this an item that people generally take with them on an out of town trip to run a race, on the off-chance that they’re going to get such an injury?

My money is either on 1) upon realizing that his time was not to his liking he lashed out, kicking a curb and the injury is self-inflicted or 2) the photo was not of his ankle (or at least not on that day) and upon failing in his sub-20 5k mission he had an excuse all lined up – turn up to the reunion in a boot and gets a lot of sympathy/attention. Also, with the foot in the boot I assume it is impossible to actually see such an “injury”. Prefect excuse for not getting his desired finishing time.

For your reading pleasure. Not sure why, but I've never seen this article. Maybe one of my favorite Rossi quotes:

“As I continue my rehabilitation, I hope to increase my running, and I look forward to one day running at my pre-injury level,” Rossi wrote. “I believe I will have no problem posting similar times.”

What can you do but laugh?

http://sports.cbslocal.com/2015/07/22/boston-marathon-dad-offered-100k-to-repeat-qualifying-race-results/

Rossi wrote. “I believe I will have no problem posting similar times.”

What word is missing in this sentence?

TheDudeAbides wrote:

Can't agree on the harder part. The 3:11 is impossible, the sub 20 is possible with a couple of years of hard work. We'll see the Cheater Mike Rossi in the Olympics before he hits that 3:11. He'll be doing synchronized swimming with the incompetent Barb McKeever.

Loofa Dog wrote:

He really didn't understand how that 5K challenge was the best trap. It looks like the lowest hanging fruit, but in reality at his age and talent level, was just as hard as that 3:11... maybe harder. He would have been wise to go for the 3:25 challenge, which would have been admission of cheating since if you can run 3:11 once you should be able to do that on a cool day/flat course.... or at least get very close to it.

All depends how your built and where you are on the development vs age curves.

Rossi could still earn $10,000 if he runs 3:25 over the next year or if he breaks 70:00 for 10 miles or 20:00 for a 5K by the end of 2015 – all on a certified course that is.

70:00 for 10 miles was the low hanging fruit here.

70 for the 10 mile is equivalent to 20:10 for 5K. Easier for Rossi to hit the 5K as there is no way ever he is able to put the work in for a longer harder effort like the 10 mile. He is just not capable which is why the Brojo money is safe at the higher distances.

Kevin52 wrote:

[quote]Loofa Dog wrote:

70:00 for 10 miles was the low hanging fruit here.

[quote]miman wrote:

70 for the 10 mile is equivalent to 20:10 for 5K. Easier for Rossi to hit the 5K as there is no way ever he is able to put the work in for a longer harder effort like the 10 mile. He is just not capable which is why the Brojo money is safe at the higher distances.[quote]

I disagree on the "70 for the 10 mile is equivalent to 20:10 for 5K". But you are likely correct on the rest of it.

The Eagles beat the Patriots today. I wonder how drunk Mike is right now.

The D-bag has opened his twitter back up and posted a purported snapshot of his 5K race gps file. Here we go.......

Well that only took a week.

Ha!

theREALsmokingGunner wrote:

Well that only took a week.

Ha!

To be fair, it probably takes him a week to figure out how to do it.

What is the colour for? Varies slightly from green to yellow. Pace?

The crowded start should reflect in pace.

Yup.

miman wrote:

The D-bag has opened his twitter back up and posted a purported snapshot of his 5K race gps file. Here we go.......

Please.

1) I thought he started late? Did the race start two minutes early? Because no race I've ever run has.

2) if he really passed 600 people during the race, he would have added far more than 7/100 of a mile in weaving around

3) maybe it took him a week to find someone to buy the phone screen shot from

What will happen first? Rossi admits he cheats? Rossi will be conclusively proven to be a cheat? Or this thread hits 1000 pages?