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

THIS POST SHOULD BE TAKEN MORE SERIOUSLY.

THOSE OF YOU THAT STILL CARE PLEASE SPARE A SECOND TO READ THIS.

RDs have infinite power to DQ anyone they see fit. If we get lucky and this RD cares (it seems he does), he can ask Rossi for evidence that he run the whole thing. Simply state that it has come to the RD's attention that his time might not be accurate as pointed out by his competitors. Mike will likely not disclose anything. RD issues a DQ. That simple.

ps: the original post mentioned some twitter garbage. I purposely removed that.

I am not Jake. Was just drunk and trolling. Thought that was pretty obvious.

Hi Ken. This is a little random, but have you seen Mike in person since he ran Via, and what happened? If not, how do you think it'd go down?

Also, never stop posting here. You are what makes the thread good.

LMR wrote:

Call it like it is wrote:

The reality is you don't even care if he cheated you just want occasionally use it as an excuse to shroud your perverse hatred of him, you take solace in bringing misery to others including his children and wife. You are the antithesis of sportsmanship and the pursuit of excellence. For runners Mike is a pothole or road kill on their pursuit of excellence. For you it is a roadblock that consumes you and is an outlet for your demons.

You can lie to yourself about who you are but the world sees you just as it sees Mike. You are a vulture feasting on road kill.

And this is about hopefully getting a wife and children away from this monster before he messes them up for life.

I don't wish any ill will on Mikes wife and children.

I apologize to vultures everywhere for comparing them to you. A guy cheats a race and you want to break up his family?

Apparently not because he cheated but because he wrote a letter to a principal?

And you have the audacity to say you wish no ill towards those kids at the same time you tweet your vile words about them. You can't face Mike so you go after him through his kids. Even the mob considered family off limits.

Call it like it is wrote:

LMR wrote:

And this is about hopefully getting a wife and children away from this monster before he messes them up for life.

I don't wish any ill will on Mikes wife and children.

I apologize to vultures everywhere for comparing them to you. A guy cheats a race and you want to break up his family?

Apparently not because he cheated but because he wrote a letter to a principal?

And you have the audacity to say you wish no ill towards those kids at the same time you tweet your vile words about them. You can't face Mike so you go after him through his kids. Even the mob considered family off limits.

Touche! LMR is a liar too. He always wants to play the victim. He bullies and threatens others here like Mike does. He is really no different. Is it Ken's fault Rossi wasnt caught cheating at Haddon Township Turkey Trot? No. But given his ranting and raving for months here, much of which had nothing to do with running or cheating, one would have thought he'd be there in the background and observe. This wasnt a 50 person race, there were nearly 700 runners, it was crowded, he likely would have never been seen. Look, I am not blaming him, but as one who has been so adamant and such, its just odd he decided to not go.

This sounds reasonable.

Isaac Allen wrote:

Hi Ken. This is a little random, but have you seen Mike in person since he ran Via, and what happened? If not, how do you think it'd go down?

Also, never stop posting here. You are what makes the thread good.

The last time I saw Mike was late June of last year. Just to drop off footage of a wedding I filmed for East Coast. I filmed one on July 4th when they were shorthanded again, but I Mike wasn't working the day I dropped that footage off.

I would only bump into Mike at a wedding, in which case I would just say hello and be cordial and go about my business. It would be unprofessional for either of us to get into it at a wedding. I have worked with wedding vendors that weren't pleasant to work with and for the sake of the couple I just have to suck it up. It's not my day, it's the brides.

Sorry. There woukdn't be much of a story to tell.

Uzhorod wrote:

somebloke wrote:

THIS POST SHOULD BE TAKEN MORE SERIOUSLY.

THOSE OF YOU THAT STILL CARE PLEASE SPARE A SECOND TO READ THIS.

RDs have infinite power to DQ anyone they see fit. If we get lucky and this RD cares (it seems he does), he can ask Rossi for evidence that he run the whole thing. Simply state that it has come to the RD's attention that his time might not be accurate as pointed out by his competitors. Mike will likely not disclose anything. RD issues a DQ. That simple.

ps: the original post mentioned some twitter garbage. I purposely removed that.

This sounds reasonable.

+1 for this idea. Has anyone done this yet? We don't want to bombard the RD but I'm thinking seeing that doctored GPS file might provide the motivation that he needs for the DQ.

Bunch of new pages since I last read the thread. That always means one of two things:

A.) New development

B.) Ken is back and people are engaging with him

Sorry to see the answer is B.

Reg,

I say no to the contacting of the race director. This guy did this race as a pro bono exercise. There's nothing to be gained there.

Rossi cheated at the Haddon Township Turkey Trot, got exposed, and had to shut down his social media accounts. He lost. Game over.

Reg Fields wrote:

Uzhorod wrote:

This sounds reasonable.

+1 for this idea. Has anyone done this yet? We don't want to bombard the RD but I'm thinking seeing that doctored GPS file might provide the motivation that he needs for the DQ.

Someone has already contacted the RD a few pages back. Maybe that same person can keep the conversation going and approach it the way I mentioned.

I understand this was a pro bono thing and it might take us nowhere.

The timing was done pro-bono, methinks. But did anybody speak to the RD?

Ken, where can we read the interview your MILf did with the Pope?

Yes.

Uzhorod wrote:

I'm not saying the whole thing is made-up: I'm saying that the fire is being poked once in a while, it seems. I had a funny feeling when Rojo came out with that post (extra challenges, contacting lawyer/Rossi), that's all.

dreamin wrote:

That was spurred on by us pointing out that they had left too many loose ends for Rossi to cheat and then try to claim his money (due to being horribly unspecific in their original challenge).

This. The thread came back to life after being dormant, that's when Rojo came in.

I have screen-scraped the thread and have all the numbers. The brojos didn't wake it up in August, when it frequently fell back to page two.

So all this calling out of the Cheat all over social media is just a front? Do you actively avoid him? You claim to be standing up to the biggest bully of all time, and you haven't even faced him?!?! Wow.

That is weak. That is Mike. That is you, Ken.

printer wrote:

Reg,

I say no to the contacting of the race director. This guy did this race as a pro bono exercise. There's nothing to be gained there.

Rossi cheated at the Haddon Township Turkey Trot, got exposed, and had to shut down his social media accounts. He lost. Game over.

That's a fair point. It would be nice to see this guy actually be DQed one time though. I actually hope that he tries to cheat again.

Mike is done with running. I doubt he will race again. Will most likely turn to being an awful father who demands his son start on the basketball team

rexthebex wrote:

Bunch of new pages since I last read the thread. That always means one of two things:

A.) New development

B.) Ken is back and people are engaging with him

Sorry to see the answer is B.

+1 Going back and forth with Ken and acknowledging the trolls is what kills this thread. The last 10 pages are worthless. It's easy people, just don't reply!