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

I can make his dreams come true!

No shortcuts wrote:

For a race to be Rossi-fied, it must have a finisher's medal! The bigger, the better.

As obsessed with that cruise as he is, I'm very surprised he's never run Disney. A medal with Mickey Mouse ears, and Mike doesn't have one. Shocking.

It's going to take a lot more than wishing for him to clear up this disaster

Mickey Mouse wrote:

I can make his dreams come true!

No shortcuts wrote:

For a race to be Rossi-fied, it must have a finisher's medal! The bigger, the better.

As obsessed with that cruise as he is, I'm very surprised he's never run Disney. A medal with Mickey Mouse ears, and Mike doesn't have one. Shocking.

do you really need 4 MACs to produce a wedding video?????? Seems excessive. And do wedding video guys make enough money to buy 4 MACs? Or is this guy just a white elephant?

Oh, and I think he is talking to you, Ken

Ackley wrote:

I would like to see Jake Stout (in costume) pace Rossi in any Brojo sanctioned attempts:

http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2015/12/portlander_jake_stout_shows_he.html

Great idea. If he ever goes for the $100,000, I'll hire a US elite marathoner who didn't make the Olympics to run next to him in some sort of ridiculous costume.

Speaking of clothes, can someone please email me Mike's business address. I'd like to buy him a Christmas present and thought of the perfect gift:

Spoiler alert - 2016 Boston Marathon jacket was unveiled today.

Picture me Trollin wrote:

I imagine His neighbors know he's a cheater, but to be polite and avoid Mike Rossi assaulting them, they will keep this knowledge to themselves at neighborhood block parties, school events, etc.

The Grimes for dimes AOL lawyers probably dont care because he and the firm get $ no matter what.

Over kill. Lots of neighbors know their neighbors are having affairs on drugs, etc. In the grand scheme of things, this is much different and for the most part in 2015 neighbors stick to themselves.

Fire Barb McKeever! wrote:

He can't claim the money anyways unless he notifies the brojos beforehand of his attempt.

He may decide to cheat and "run" close to 3:11 at some obscure race, hundreds of miles from his hometown and without giving prior notice, to prove all of us "trolls" wrong, but who does he really think he'll be fooling?

That's the overwhelming problem he faces - more so than trying to figure out the method of his cheating (and he will cheat again); if he could actually run under 20 minutes, he wouldn't secretly enter some small local race somewhere - he would want the whole world to watch him run under 20. But he can't, so he has to cheat. And the guy really likes to cheat. The only rational inference to make in him not letting people watch and collect the $10,000, is because he is cheating. Unfortunately for him, as soon as he announces that he ran under 20 at some race somewhere without prior notice, it will just be announcing to the world that he has cheated again.

Well, I keep saying cheated, but that is of course only as long as the restrictive exclusionary running community, with their outdated elitest notions, continue to deny transrunners their equal right to enter events and identify as a runner. Making transrunners throw away any sense of dignity and self worth as they are forced to come up with humiliating methods to avoid the oppressive middle section between the start and finish line needs to end. Running is for everyone, especially those who don't want to actually run. My big dream is to start a series of marathons ("Transmarathons Across America") hosted by Flavor Flav. Each and every transrunner will personally have the worlds biggest finisher's medal put around their neck by Flavor Flav as they exit the transmarathonner bus and cross the finish line. I'm sure I'm not alone right now in having a tear in my eye as I envision all those transrunners with their Flavor Flav finisher medals around their necks beaming with the sense of belonging and acheivement. One day, my transrunner friends. One day.

randmart wrote:

Not running with him, as that would spook him too much, but a nice comfortable 20-40 yards back ... just close enough to keep an eye on him

Also, don't collar him as soon as he cuts the course ... let him finish & get his 3:11, and Tweet and gloat before the big reveal

"Mr. Rossi? I'm Chris Hansen and these are the Brojos. You may want to take a seat"

Hand him the check, then bring out a nice officer to cuff him for fraud. Mikey would look good in orange, it would compliment his plugs.

Trollminator wrote:

Rossi posted that?! Wow, what a juvenile female

somebloke wrote:

"Fake friends believe in rumors, real friends believe in you."

that sh*t has ZERO likes. ZERO.

Mike, you are a joke.

I think he's taking pot shots again at his 'neighbors' who he knows are posting on this thread but he isn't quite sure who they are. It was the same with the earlier Mikey and Betsy tweets.

Mike Ross wrote:

do you really need 4 MACs to produce a wedding video?????? Seems excessive. And do wedding video guys make enough money to buy 4 MACs? Or is this guy just a white elephant?

Oh, and I think he is talking to you, Ken

That picture certainly shows how Rossi manages all his screen names, handles and alter-egos, even the latina ones.

SuperCooper123 wrote:

Trollminator wrote:

Rossi posted that?! Wow, what a juvenile female

I think he's taking pot shots again at his 'neighbors' who he knows are posting on this thread but he isn't quite sure who they are. It was the same with the earlier Mikey and Betsy tweets.

that sounds low. that sounds like Mike. :)

Inconvenient Truth wrote:

Mike Ross wrote:

do you really need 4 MACs to produce a wedding video?????? Seems excessive. And do wedding video guys make enough money to buy 4 MACs? Or is this guy just a white elephant?

Oh, and I think he is talking to you, Ken

That picture certainly shows how Rossi manages all his screen names, handles and alter-egos, even the latina ones.

Yeah, he's not claiming multiple monitors. So, Mike, you're working on 4 separate videos at the same time, then? Nice to know my video would get his complete, undivided attention.

Where ever he runs, word on the street is Paul Ryan Rossi is going to pace him and Brian Williams Rossi will be there to commentate and verify the event.

Kevin52 wrote:

Where ever he runs, word on the street is Paul Ryan Rossi is going to pace him and Brian Williams Rossi will be there to commentate and verify the event.

John Kerry Rossi will hand him a 2016 Boston Celebration jacket when they finish. As kept men they have much in common.

rojo wrote:

[quote]Ackley wrote:

I would like to see Jake Stout (in costume) pace Rossi in any Brojo sanctioned attempts:

http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2015/12/portlander_jake_stout_shows_he.html

Great idea. If he ever goes for the $100,000, I'll hire a US elite marathoner who didn't make the Olympics to run next to him in some sort of ridiculous costume.

Speaking of clothes, can someone please email me Mike's business address. I'd like to buy him a Christmas present and thought of the perfect gift:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/12/adidas-unveils-2016-official-boston-marathon-anthem-jacket/

Spoiler alert - 2016 Boston Marathon jacket was unveiled today.

Love the Holiday Spirit!

FatCaliDog wrote:

rojo wrote:

[quote]Ackley wrote:

I would like to see Jake Stout (in costume) pace Rossi in any Brojo sanctioned attempts:

http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2015/12/portlander_jake_stout_shows_he.html

Great idea. If he ever goes for the $100,000, I'll hire a US elite marathoner who didn't make the Olympics to run next to him in some sort of ridiculous costume.

Speaking of clothes, can someone please email me Mike's business address. I'd like to buy him a Christmas present and thought of the perfect gift:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/12/adidas-unveils-2016-official-boston-marathon-anthem-jacket/

Spoiler alert - 2016 Boston Marathon jacket was unveiled today.

Love the Holiday Spirit!

To keep the holiday spirit theme going, maybe we can get a charity entry for transmarathoners and all chip in to sponsor Rossi's 2016 Boston Marathon entry. What would be the theme for this year's video? Maybe Spike Lee can direct it. Still in the game baby!

Mike Ross wrote:

do you really need 4 MACs to produce a wedding video?????? Seems excessive. And do wedding video guys make enough money to buy 4 MACs? Or is this guy just a white elephant?

Oh, and I think he is talking to you, Ken

Yeah, definitely aimed at me. Multiple machines is not uncommon for wedding videos. I have an iMac to do basic stuff and business. Then I have Macbook Pro to do the videos at the receptions (what is known as the same day edit).

And then I have two Mac Pros. Encoding the video for Blu-Ray and digital delivery can take a while. So it makes sense to have one machine for editing, and then when your done an edit have it encoded on another machine. This way the editing machine is never tied up.

The only difference is I own my machines. The ones Mike uses are owned by Bob.

Sorry to get off topic. I thought I'd give some insight into Mike's bragging tweet.

Oh, so those aren't even his? It seems like he is showing of how baller he is. Is Mike not baller?

Hopkinton wrote:

What goes on in that feeble mind of his? Seriously.

http://media.salon.com/2015/04/mike_rossi.jpg

I've reported your post as inappropriate and offensive.

If you're going to post offensive material at least give some kind of warning. When I opened the link the kids were around and it frightened the bejeezus out of them.

PhiI McCrackin wrote:

Hopkinton wrote:

What goes on in that feeble mind of his? Seriously.

http://media.salon.com/2015/04/mike_rossi.jpg

I've reported your post as inappropriate and offensive.

If you're going to post offensive material at least give some kind of warning. When I opened the link the kids were around and it frightened the bejeezus out of them.

This is what victory looks like: