Video Highlights 2015 Boston Marathon
April 20, 2015
EZPass Mike wrote:
And hopefully it spawns other articles. I realize this story was pitched a few months ago, but maybe now the story has a different spin (idiot cheater chooses to make stupid decision to not admit and to fight with fraudulent data and 3rd grade comebacks).
Mike Wins
I think that the follow-up cheating effort at the turkey trot adds another dynamic to this story. I mean who cheats at a turkey trot, seriously.
runningonempty wrote:
bored troLLer wrote:[quote]Mike Ruiz wrote:
* 360 times
12 trolls in a basement?
+lots of likes/discussion on Cecily's FB page and some on the Abingoton Patch FB page.
wow Cecily has almost 150K likes of her Facebook page!!! Holy batshiite a lot people got that article posted to their FaceBook feed.
Love this one on Cicely's FB page---
As someone from Abington who I will admit does not know anything about running a marathon, I can tell you this guy caused such a s**t storm over a form letter. I myself have received that letter many times. My high schooler continually forgets to turn their absence notes in. The same letter he received, I have received. He is a fifteen minutes of fame seeker, at least until people are backing him up. He caused such problems for the school and their principal over a form letter!
It doesn't surprise me to hear that he is a cheater.
I don't know anything about running a marathon either, but that hasn't stopped me from being a regular poster on letsrun.
ExpertKipWatcher wrote:
runningonempty wrote:I just thing slamming new posters is counter productive...
It would be if it was actually happening, in reality it just seems to be mainly butthurt from one person about being moaned at for changing subject lines for no particular reason and Ken's ramblings. Please fill in this form
http://www.pophangover.com/4641/the-official-internet-butthurt-complaint-form/
Lol at the people who need to be handled with kids gloves on letsrun, the most understanding and compassionate forum on the rossinet.
marafun wrote:
You don't seem to be reading the same thread that the rest of us are reading. I'm not the only one who got slammed in this thread. In fact, most of this thread is just bickering between posters!
*End of plea for civility* Don't worry, Kipwatcher. I won't post anymore to defend myself because that's not allowed here.
I'm confused, I thought this was about "slamming new posters".
Show me 5 "slamming" posts not by Ken/LMR/Stillman where someone who had not previously posted is "slammed" for being new - don't bother with the one moaning at you for changing the subject line for no reason, you seemed to be quite pleased with yourself for that so that is fair game and nothing to do with being new - being new and being a dick are not the same thing. Disagreeing with someone is not "slamming" either.
marafun wrote:
ExpertKipWatcher wrote:It would be if it was actually happening, in reality it just seems to be mainly butthurt from one person about being moaned at for changing subject lines for no particular reason and Ken's ramblings. Please fill in this form
http://www.pophangover.com/4641/the-official-internet-butthurt-complaint-form/You don't seem to be reading the same thread that the rest of us are reading. I'm not the only one who got slammed in this thread. In fact, most of this thread is just bickering between posters! Like you and me. You're maybe butt hurt because I talk back, and the other posters who were slammed did not. There have been more than just the two of us who took the time to agree that this thread is not welcoming to new posters. Why would you use your energy to write in to deny it's happening? This is exactly what's wrong with this thread. Don't you agree that all new posters should be made to feel welcome?
So far in this thread, I've had my post deleted, been accused of being a Rossi minion, been told I'm too sensitive (three times), and been accused of nefariously changing the subject heading. Yay, Letsrun! I wonder why it is some forums have such nastiness and others are so welcoming?
*End of plea for civility* Don't worry, Kipwatcher. I won't post anymore to defend myself because that's not allowed here.
Marafun, as far as I'm concerned you are more than welcome in this thread. I wouldn't take anything posted on here too personally but from what I've seen anyone that contributes in some way is generally welcomed, don't be deterred by getting off on the wrong foot.
What goes on in that feeble mind of his? Seriously. http://media.salon.com/2015/04/mike_rossi.jpg
Mike Rossi – â€@mikerossi22
2 weeks left in 2015. But it's a long way until July.
8:30 PM - 16 Dec 2015 from Philadelphia, PA
So at what JULY marathon does Mike think he's going to break 3:25, much less 3:11... San Francisco? Montana? How about this one in Vermont, total PR course.
http://www.madmarathon.com/Maps.html
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I have doubts about a trail run attempt. He can't get back to his car after cheating at a turkey trot without spraining his ankle.
I hate to break it to Mike, but runners aiming for BQ's have spring marathons on their calendars, and for many of us training started this week. In the marathon world, it isn't that long a way to July, and April is just around the corner.
Rossi never disappoints... always pretending to know what he doesn't know.
Come clean, already. This marathon is never going to happen.
marafun wrote:
This is exactly what's wrong with this thread. Don't you agree that all new posters should be made to feel welcome?
It's not that they aren't welcome. But since you are new you probably don't know all the troll tactics Mike has used to try and get this thread to end.
We're sure he's incorporated the help of his DJ friends at East Coast. That was figured out because they all would stop posting around the same times on Friday and Saturday nights - when wedding DJs are working.
He's tried making the thread boring and hard to navigate by copy and pasting long posts over and over again.
So the recent influx of "long time/first time" poster seems suspicious. Especially so since they all seem to be using the same introduction of saying they are "long time lurkers, but first time posters". And just because they are bad-mouthing Mike doesn't mean they aren't him. Many of the DJ minions he used would also make negative comments about him. But it was still clear they were trying to get the thread shut down.
So if you're legit, welcome. You'll get some laughs out of this place.
EZPass Mike wrote:
So he is saying he won't try a 5K this year. But he will go for the next challenge. Great.
What Mike doesn't realize.... what Mike doesn't care about... is the fact that he is ok with this mammoth discussion continuing until July (or beyond). Way to look out for your family and friends, Mike.
Instead of ending all this mudslinging toward the Rossi name, you exacerbate it. Instead of protecting your loved ones, you make their lives more difficult.
I really don't know if I should pity you or not.
How much more confirmation does anyone need to understand he is a narcissist - "something tantamount to a megalomaniacal criminal" - where he always comes first, family and friends are used as shields for his own promotion? There is no doubt. Enabling this behavior by family and friends only makes things worse for him, as if it could get any worse.
Mike is probably looking at Vermont City. It is basically a bunch of loops crossing downtown five times. Perfect for cheating/Rossing a race.
Grandma's may be one, point to point where he would have to scope out the mat locations. Would be tough, he needs something smaller and easy cut. Would not surprise me at all if he didn't it at Myrtle Beach near his luxurious compound, er, condo there.
Also don't put it past him to try a 5k cheat before the end of the year or even next. He needs some cred, money is secondary.
"something tantamount to a megalomaniacal criminal"
That part has bothered me since I first read it
Are we putting Mike Rossi in the same category as The Joker, The Riddler, and Lex Luthor? Moriarity and Blofeld? Ming the Merciless?
Not in my book
LMR wrote:
I'M sure he's "incorporated" the help of his DJ friends at East Coast.
It's not "we're". It's just YOU.
And you meant enlisted.
You are the only one sure he has "minions" to help him. The whole "because they stopped on Friday and Saturday night coincidence crap" is pretty meaningless. Most of us have better things to do than post on this thread on Friday and Saturday nights. Does that mean we're all wedding DJs???
If Mike asks others to post for him, he's calling attention to his cheating. The last thing Mike wants to do is call the attention of his friends to this thread.
LMR wrote:
marafun wrote:This is exactly what's wrong with this thread. Don't you agree that all new posters should be made to feel welcome?
It's not that they aren't welcome. But since you are new you probably don't know all the troll tactics Mike has used to try and get this thread to end.
We're sure he's incorporated the help of his DJ friends at East Coast. That was figured out because they all would stop posting around the same times on Friday and Saturday nights - when wedding DJs are working.
He's tried making the thread boring and hard to navigate by copy and pasting long posts over and over again.
So the recent influx of "long time/first time" poster seems suspicious. Especially so since they all seem to be using the same introduction of saying they are "long time lurkers, but first time posters". And just because they are bad-mouthing Mike doesn't mean they aren't him. Many of the DJ minions he used would also make negative comments about him. But it was still clear they were trying to get the thread shut down.
So if you're legit, welcome. You'll get some laughs out of this place.
^ troll
TheDudeAbides wrote:
How much more confirmation does anyone need to understand he is a narcissist - "something tantamount to a megalomaniacal criminal" - where he always comes first, family and friends are used as shields for his own promotion? There is no doubt. Enabling this behavior by family and friends only makes things worse for him, as if it could get any worse.
To me, last night's Twitter posts by Mike were as low as it gets for him. First, there was "true friends" photo, then the senior citizen's night DJ photo. And, finally after I went to bed, the other 2 posts. What's he trying to prove, and who is he fighting?
As for the later posts, he feels the need to "prove the trolls wrong" by publicly posting a screenshot of his locked down FB feed. That just screams " I only survive on external validation".
In addition, the hint that he's going to fight the trolls by continuing to attempt the Rojo Challenge is pathetic. The only one's making money on that challenge are the Rojos, fool. Mike, if you are a true 3:11 marathoner you would be doing sub 20:00 5k's during every Tuesday's tempo run.
I tried to offer him a way out last night, but he did a full 180. To quote from a famous Philly inspired movie..."I pity the fool".
TheDudeAbides wrote:
Grandma's may be one, point to point where he would have to scope out the mat locations. Would be tough, he needs something smaller and easy cut. Would not surprise me at all if he didn't it at Myrtle Beach near his luxurious compound, er, condo there.
Also don't put it past him to try a 5k cheat before the end of the year or even next. He needs some cred, money is secondary.
What about this one
http://www.poconomarathon.org/http://findmymarathon.com/race-detail.php?zname=PoconoMountain Run for the Red Marathon
Ken, Go away. There is no such thing as "we" in anything you do or say. Mike sucks, you're just as bad.
bored troLLer wrote:
LMR wrote:I'M sure he's "incorporated" the help of his DJ friends at East Coast.
It's not "we're". It's just YOU.
And you meant enlisted.
You are the only one sure he has "minions" to help him. The whole "because they stopped on Friday and Saturday night coincidence crap" is pretty meaningless. Most of us have better things to do than post on this thread on Friday and Saturday nights. Does that mean we're all wedding DJs???
If Mike asks others to post for him, he's calling attention to his cheating. The last thing Mike wants to do is call the attention of his friends to this thread.
This.
printer wrote:
Ken, Go away. There is no such thing as "we" in anything you do or say. Mike sucks, you're just as bad.
This.
Some easy ways to rossi that course. He has to be concerned about more rossi mats these days. Would be great to know where so we can alert the RDs.
