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

Little Jack Rossi wrote:

The Rossi Posse is back but my mom and dad slept on different beds. :(

Wow.

Real classy.

TheDudeAbides wrote:

I think as long as he keeps running there is no end in sight

"A seasoned criminal announces that he'll take on One Last Job before retirement to peaceful honest life. Usually, this leads to either a 10-Minute Retirement, or death by Retirony due to either a Plethora of Mistakes, his superiors deciding to show him there's only one way to leave their organization, or the universe deciding there is only way back onto the straight and narrow."

So Mike will receive another unexcused absence letter from "Madam Principal."

Will he respond again with a another self-serving, self-promoted response, outlining the woes he has suffered from the basement dwellers at LR for cheating and not getting a DQ?

Will he tell us about the miracle cure for ankle rolls? Will he run that abbreviated 19:59 by 12/31?

20k+ posts around the corner folks.

iiagdtr wrote:

Out of the boot already.

That is magical.

Uzhorod wrote:

Mike's back from some kind of Disney cruise. Looks horrible. His ankle seems to be fine though.

I spained an ankle, I was in a boot for 5 weeks and didn't run for close to 6 weeks. I get injuries are individual, but I am skeptical that he really hurt himself much. In all the pics he has posted before and after he has flip flops on. Any foot injury in the ankle, I would love to know what Dr would say wear flip flops before, during or after wearing a boot.

See what I mean? Mike is ultimately very responsible for this, you won't be catching trolls mocking my family that's for sure. I don't agree with it, but welcome to the Internet.

theREALsmokingGunner wrote:

Little Jack Rossi wrote:

The Rossi Posse is back but my mom and dad slept on different beds. :(

Wow.

Real classy.

triathleteguru wrote:

What are the odds that somebody would show up in a photo at the finish around the time that Mike Rossi should be there and he is wearing a fanny pack?

http://imgur.com/vOCf0g6

I'm getting confused and side tracked with all this Ken crap going on but wasn't this fella already identified as a ligit runner?

Loofa Dog wrote:

iiagdtr wrote:

Out of the boot already.

That is magical.

I spained an ankle, I was in a boot for 5 weeks and didn't run for close to 6 weeks. I get injuries are individual, but I am skeptical that he really hurt himself much. In all the pics he has posted before and after he has flip flops on. Any foot injury in the ankle, I would love to know what Dr would say wear flip flops before, during or after wearing a boot.

I've had some that had some impressive swelling, but was gone and mostly painless within a week. Looks like Rossi should be back on the road after that $10k pretty soon.

I don't like conspiracies but the accomplice theory was outlined here. Highly unlikely but not impossible.

PutridStenchOfRossi wrote:

triathleteguru wrote:

What are the odds that somebody would show up in a photo at the finish around the time that Mike Rossi should be there and he is wearing a fanny pack?

http://imgur.com/vOCf0g6

I'm getting confused and side tracked with all this Ken crap going on but wasn't this fella already identified as a ligit runner?

Trollminator wrote:

I don't like conspiracies but the accomplice theory was outlined here. Highly unlikely but not impossible.

Don't tell me, Rossi invented a machine that shrinks him for 25 minutes and he was in the fanny pack. Moments later out of sight he sprung back to normal size breaking the fanny pack in the process and on landing sprained his ankle. We can only speculate what happened to his clothes

Sounds far more plausible than him running a 3:11:45 at Via.

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

Trollminator wrote:

I don't like conspiracies but the accomplice theory was outlined here. Highly unlikely but not impossible.

Don't tell me, Rossi invented a machine that shrinks him for 25 minutes and he was in the fanny pack. Moments later out of sight he sprung back to normal size breaking the fanny pack in the process and on landing sprained his ankle. We can only speculate what happened to his clothes

TheDudeAbides wrote:

Sounds far more plausible than him running a 3:11:45 at Via.

It also makes fewer crazy assumptions and idiotic inferences about X knowing Y than any I've heard before here.

Stop with the accomplice theories, at least in terms of a runner carrying Rossi's timing tag. The finishing times are far enough apart that it is certain that no finisher carried Rossi's timing tag across the finish line for him.

If there was a photo showing Jake approaching or crossing the line, it would likely rule in or rule out Rossi as a runner, since Jake finished with a time just behind Rossi's purported time.

The photos made available on this thread make it more likely than not that Rossi cheated at the Turkey Trot, but unfortunately, as of yet, none are conclusive. However, when the available photos are considered in conjunction with Rossi's lack of social media in advance of the TT and with his immediate post-race social media activity (almost just as quickly deleted when his time was posted), it is a near certainty that Rossi cheated once again.

If Rossi is back to "running," the difference this time is that he cannot steal the Brojos' money. He has to give them notice in advance of any race where he has a chance to meet one of their challenges. They will have someone there to photograph and/or video the race and Rossi will fail.

Sunset Beach Runner wrote:

Stop with the accomplice theories, at least in terms of a runner carrying Rossi's timing tag.

Errrr you seem to be replying to me, have we reached the stage where satire is indistinguishable from real craziness? Isn't there an internet law about that?

Not going down the accomplice theory road, just want opinions on if the person pictured could actually possibly be Rossi? http://i.imgur.com/vOCf0g6.png

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

have we reached the stage where satire is indistinguishable from real craziness? Isn't there an internet law about that?

Yes, I think we reached that stage somewhere around 2008. So we can safely conclude that it's Obama's fault.

triathleteguru wrote:

Not going down the accomplice theory road, just want opinions on if the person pictured could actually possibly be Rossi?

http://i.imgur.com/vOCf0g6.png

No BAA hat. It's not him.

I realize that I am talking to myself here, but I want to bump this. You have the means to easily share your proof Mike. Just click the button! Tweet the run!

Jackie Blue wrote:

Mike

If you want to tweet proof of your 5K PR, tweet the actual run not a screen shot of it. It is easy to do in the Nike+ Run app or through the Nike+ website. Tweeting the run will create a public URL of the run that you can share. Be sure to check the box to include the rout data. With this simple link, it will be easy enough to verify whether or not the run is legitimate. And if it is legitimate I will be first in line to congratulate you on a hard earned PR. But until you do so, you once again find yourself in a spot where only you get to see your "proof". There is no reason not to share this unless of course you have fudged it as everyone here suspects (myself included). Man up or shut up.

No need to repost. Mike read your comments and decided against making a fool of himself yet again.

What we have here is a comedian.

EZPass Mike wrote:

No need to repost. Mike read your comments and decided against making a fool of himself yet again.