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

Korean.

Read a fvckin book

And it's Korean characters, not Chinese.

p00pbreathbillionaire wrote:

quick question, ignore my ignorance-- but why does his medal say relay? was it the normal marathon finisher's medal? Just a minor point. Also, curious if anyone knows where I can buy this t-shirt

http://twitter.com/EVERLASTvegan/status/589947689208418305

it is sure to be a cult classic for runners years to come.

The medal reads "FULL&HALF RELAY 5K KIDS RACE WALK". It's for all events. The lime green ribbon does say Via Marathon on it, so possibly the finishers of shorter distances got a different ribbon, but Rossi has the normal marathon medal.

Random observation wrote:

Is that a foot pod on his left shoe? Wouldn't that record to his watch, even if his GPS was off?

He uses Nike+ and it has been in alot of his training posts

ah thanks.

SaraB wrote:

I've noticed in a few different running photos that there's something on his right shoe. Is that the race chip? Ours are normally on the back of our bibs in the UK so never seen anything like that

Lehigh had a chronotrack b-tag on the back of the bib. Anything in the shoe is not from the race.

I totally believe he would build up that much sweat running with 3:11 marathoners from the last relay point...which is what he did. Also, look at his frigging face, then look at the pain in the face of the girl next to him. That's what a marathon in that heat looks like.

progman wrote:

Wow, looks like it was a warm day to run a 30min + PR.

I think Sara is my new hero.

SaraB wrote:

It's a private and hidden group so you can only request to join if you're friends with a member on FB who sends you an invite. Apparently he was thinking of doing Dopey in 2016. He coming back in and posting trivial stuff, because he likes the attention I think, so I've got everyone ignoring him until he answers real questions. I keep asking him for his estimated slpits but he just ignores the question. He did give usd a different LV finish photo that I've nott seen before though. Is a lot more detailked in regards to 'sweat' patterns and the sunglasses are back. Obviously I saved it and I'm screenshotting everything

http://imgur.com/SGqxK2q

Wow, he dries off quickly... wonder who is taking these pics, innocent bystander or an accomplice? He also seems to have a finger condition, his pointer finger(s) and only the pointer finger stays fully extended while there is a camera on him, odd.

I'll jump in... Having RFID timing systems on course just adds more evidence towards the possibility of a DQ in a race. Chip timing data is not the end all, be all. It can be disputed (ala Kip Litton) and manipulated (having someone else wear your chip). Chip timing data, in conjunction with photos at a point is better. But, someone can still argue that not everyone was captured by the photographer. What nobody has mentioned is on course video. If a race wants to be real cheap and not have the extra timing systems on course or back up a chip timing point (match bib number, chip data, with an image), simply have someone with a video camera record the entirety of a point on course. If we had a complete video of a point along the course, any debate would be over. The only thing that gives me hope in the finality of this is that the photos can be "spliced" to show a continuous record.

BOPA wrote:

Also, look at his frigging face, then look at the pain in the face of the girl next to him. That's what a marathon in that heat looks like.

http://imgur.com/SGqxK2q

Yup. He's fresh as a daisy, happy as can be. Look at her. Exhausted, slumped shoulders, water in hand, desperately looking for a couch to go plop on? Him, looks ready to head off to whatever afternoon sporting event he was planning to attend.

Pathetic.

If this keeps up I may cancel DirecTV, this is far more entertaining than 1000 channels of nothing on.

Singapore slinger wrote:

Airtrent wrote:

This thread is priceless and has entertained me for days. I have read every single post and my wife thinks I am now more obsessed and crazy than Mike Rossi....

Me too. But then I have been known to read court transcripts for entertainment. Truth can be stranger than fiction.

Surprised no one else has noticed he appears to have taken the prize for 5th place in his age group ...http://results.chronotrack.com/event/results/event/event-10268?lc=en

gatorade&vodka wrote:

SaraB wrote:

I've noticed in a few different running photos that there's something on his right shoe. Is that the race chip? Ours are normally on the back of our bibs in the UK so never seen anything like that

Lehigh had a chronotrack b-tag on the back of the bib. Anything in the shoe is not from the race.

He is wearing some type of shoe pod then.

Also, have realised Mike has an Instagram account. Found a treadmill photos that shows the beginning of a time for running 6.16 miles. 5 something so it has to be 50 something minutes right? It's from 12 months ago? Has anyone screen printed the relevant stuff off the instagram account yet it case to vanishes? I would do it but I'm still only up to page 18 for the spreadsheet

Oh no scrap that, I misread it. Looks like top 5 over 40's then only top 3 in the other age groups.

You really can't use slow training runs against him. I've known plenty of 2:20s marathoners who do their easy days around 8min pace.

But I am entirely convinced (as everybody should be at this point) that Mike did not run the entire course. Everything from the pictures to the way he is handling these facebook comments is too damming.

If people are slandering me and claiming a liar, I'm doing everything I can to prove otherwise.

I forgot to add the link https://instagram.com/p/ndTBPJuyFS/?taken-by=mikerossi22

omnipotent boy wrote:

You really can't use slow training runs against him. I've known plenty of 2:20s marathoners who do their easy days around 8min pace.

But I am entirely convinced (as everybody should be at this point) that Mike did not run the entire course. Everything from the pictures to the way he is handling these facebook comments is too damming.

If people are slandering me and claiming a liar, I'm doing everything I can to prove otherwise.

So? Why do so many seem to think that the way they would react is the way that everyone else must react, otherwise they are guilty? Seems like pretty poor reasoning to me.

As others have said - stick to the facts and leave your pop psychology at home.

Great Freudian slip in 1 of Mike's posts:"Louis...I don't need to prove I didn't run LV"

SaraB wrote:

Hopefully this should work. Mike has posted a lot in Dopey Challenge facebook group. I've tried to screen print everything and save it. I'm putting each post into an album because there'smultiple images. Can people see this

http://imgur.com/a/tRkVv