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

I think if Rossi takes up any of the challenges there is some money to be made streaming the attempt.

Possibly a tidy sum from viewers and adverts driving traffic alike. Not to mention Mike.

I can see it now, Mike's 800 twitter followers that have been sick of his $hit will all pay $20 to watch it live. 800 X $20 = $16k, enough to cover the event-related expenses.

iiagdtr wrote:

I think if Rossi takes up any of the challenges there is some money to be made streaming the attempt.

Possibly a tidy sum from viewers and adverts driving traffic alike. Not to mention Mike.

For all the newcomers here, this is probably Mike's favorite article about his cheating. Feel free to share this with as many people as you know.

http://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/07/21/cecily-tynan-mike-rossi-cheat-boston-marathon/

Kind of a shame Mike isn't here to share this special moment, 20,000 posts before Christmas. It's a beach, dude! Another record setting run to be proud of!

If Mike officially took up the challenge well ahead of race day, all it would take is a few articles and some local news coverage to blow it up massively on social media. It would be kind of stupid of him to accept but I think he might win some viewer sympathy points for embarrassing himself (that is, if he plans on retreating to a deep dark hole right after).

iiagdtr wrote:

I think if Rossi takes up any of the challenges there is some money to be made streaming the attempt.

Possibly a tidy sum from viewers and adverts driving traffic alike. Not to mention Mike.

runningonempty wrote:

Rossi won't officially take on the challenge. If he ever does another marathon it will be some off the path marathon where he can manipulate the course, hit the rossi mats if any, pass a photographer or 2 and get close to 3:11. He will claim victory while cheating.

Any l;egit attempt at a marathon will fall well short of a 3:11.. I bet he doesn't break 3:30...

That seems like the likely outcome. He'll refuse the offer, saying he doesn't want the money, and then he'll cheat at another obscure marathon with as few chip mats as possible, then say "see, I proved you wrong."

A lot of marathons still only have three chip maps: start, halfway, and finish. All he has to do is pull another LVM with one added stop in the middle.

TheDudeAbides wrote:

Kind of a shame Mike isn't here to share this special moment, 20,000 posts before Christmas. It's a beach, dude! Another record setting run to be proud of!

12 Trolls in a basement should be proud, that is 1666.66 posts each.

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

12 Trolls in a basement should be proud, that is 1666.66 posts each.

Fast and endurance. That's the Dirty Dozen.

I think you should have another offer:

$50,000 to admit publicly that he cheated. He can choose to keep it or give it to a charity, and that decision must be decided at this public admission.

The whole goal is to show that this guy cheated at the sport we love and respect. The $100k or $200k is there to entice him into the arena, and "prove" he didn't cheat. We all know he can't run anything resembling a 3:11, so we are all just hoping to see the epic fail when he does not approach the time he claims he could achieve. Would that be entertaining? Of course (VERY entertaining), but I think it would fall flat in terms of being truly gratifying.

It's this type of offer that will gain traction with the non-runner crowd.

multivitamin wrote:

runningonempty wrote:

Rossi won't officially take on the challenge. If he ever does another marathon it will be some off the path marathon where he can manipulate the course, hit the rossi mats if any, pass a photographer or 2 and get close to 3:11. He will claim victory while cheating.

Any l;egit attempt at a marathon will fall well short of a 3:11.. I bet he doesn't break 3:30...

That seems like the likely outcome. He'll refuse the offer, saying he doesn't want the money, and then he'll cheat at another obscure marathon with as few chip mats as possible, then say "see, I proved you wrong."

A lot of marathons still only have three chip maps: start, halfway, and finish. All he has to do is pull another LVM with one added stop in the middle.

That's probably enough to sink Rossi though. His math skills are so bad that he'd probably split two hours for the first half and one hour for the second. As long as Barb isn't the RD it should be enough for a DQ.

I don't like the idea of rewarding a cheater and liar plus I doubt the brojos have 50k laying around gathering dust. Mike needs to prove what he did, and the bojos are saying in no small terms that he cheated and got away with the BQ. Mike could sell his confession to the NYT maybe. Or go on 60 Minutes with a tearful sorry. Attention and sympathy and cash, what a deal,

racinej wrote:

I think you should have another offer:

$50,000 to admit publicly that he cheated. He can choose to keep it or give it to a charity, and that decision must be decided at this public admission.

The whole goal is to show that this guy cheated at the sport we love and respect. The $100k or $200k is there to entice him into the arena, and "prove" he didn't cheat. We all know he can't run anything resembling a 3:11, so we are all just hoping to see the epic fail when he does not approach the time he claims he could achieve. Would that be entertaining? Of course (VERY entertaining), but I think it would fall flat in terms of being truly gratifying.

It's this type of offer that will gain traction with the non-runner crowd.

Paying someone to admit cheating proves nothing. It's already proven that he cheated. He just can't admit it. If Mike is stupid enough to attempt anymore Rojo Challenges, then he deserves perpetual trolling.

racinej wrote:

I think you should have another offer:

$50,000 to admit publicly that he cheated. He can choose to keep it or give it to a charity, and that decision must be decided at this public admission.

The whole goal is to show that this guy cheated at the sport we love and respect. The $100k or $200k is there to entice him into the arena, and "prove" he didn't cheat. We all know he can't run anything resembling a 3:11, so we are all just hoping to see the epic fail when he does not approach the time he claims he could achieve. Would that be entertaining? Of course (VERY entertaining), but I think it would fall flat in terms of being truly gratifying.

It's this type of offer that will gain traction with the non-runner crowd.

Just offer him the 50K for the pictures and GPS data he claims to have had all along. I would throw in 500.00

runningonempty wrote:

Just offer him the 50K for the pictures and GPS data he claims to have had all along. I would throw in 500.00

Offer him nothing for telling the truth because it is priceless.

TheDudeAbides wrote:

runningonempty wrote:

Just offer him the 50K for the pictures and GPS data he claims to have had all along. I would throw in 500.00

Offer him nothing for telling the truth because it is priceless.

Who in Mike's life thinks that he is not a cheater? I'm sure they all realize that he is a cheater and narcissist. They put up with him for various reasons, but they know he is a cheater.

So don't give him a penny. Let him live his sad little life. The world will need 70 year old DJs delivering embarrassing-to-most selfies in 20 years. Mike will fill that need.

Okay, if you really want to put the heat on Rossi, this is what Brojos should do:

1.) Offer $100,000 to Rossi if he runs a 3:11 marathon to be donated to the F.O.P. Survivor's Fund. This is the charity his golf tournament benefits.

2.) Offer $1,000 to the F.O.P. Survivor's Fund if Rossi attempts the challenge and runs under 3:40.

This would put pressure on Rossi to attempt the challenge and at the same time let all of his "friends" see if he is the real deal. I don't think there is any way he would be able to turn down this offer without really looking like a fool in front of all of the people he tries to help with the charity.

dgdgdgdg wrote:

Okay, if you really want to put the heat on Rossi, this is what Brojos should do:

1.) Offer $100,000 to Rossi if he runs a 3:11 marathon to be donated to the F.O.P. Survivor's Fund. This is the charity his golf tournament benefits.

2.) Offer $1,000 to the F.O.P. Survivor's Fund if Rossi attempts the challenge and runs under 3:40.

This would put pressure on Rossi to attempt the challenge and at the same time let all of his "friends" see if he is the real deal. I don't think there is any way he would be able to turn down this offer without really looking like a fool in front of all of the people he tries to help with the charity.

I love this idea!! Turning down $$ for the FOP Survivor Fund would make him look absolutely horrible to friends and family. I'm still curious how much $$ would have to be offered for Rossi to put in the training and run 3:11. For example would $1M be enough?

Rossing the count?

I78 Rossi Lane wrote:

Here are three more empty posts to get 20,000.

dgdgdgdg wrote:

Okay, if you really want to put the heat on Rossi, this is what Brojos should do:

1.) Offer $100,000 to Rossi if he runs a 3:11 marathon to be donated to the F.O.P. Survivor's Fund. This is the charity his golf tournament benefits.

2.) Offer $1,000 to the F.O.P. Survivor's Fund if Rossi attempts the challenge and runs under 3:40.

This would put pressure on Rossi to attempt the challenge and at the same time let all of his "friends" see if he is the real deal. I don't think there is any way he would be able to turn down this offer without really looking like a fool in front of all of the people he tries to help with the charity.

This is an absolutely great idea. It plays to his ego and he can't help himself.

Instead of the 2nd offer, maybe make it a sliding scale. If he misses, start the clock at $60,000. For each 30 seconds he misses 3:11:45 by, take away another $1,000. A 3:41:45 gets him zero.