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

3:21:45 wrote:

Just a quick bit of advice. Don't give away so much personal information. I am pretty sure he will be able to find you and attack you for your seemingly civil post . Here are some of the things one might expect upon being outed:

Personal attacks and intimidation , attacks against family members ( sometimes against minors and often very in appropriate ) , attacks against your business or form of income , posting of personal address . [quote]

Something along these lines:

Awesome find, POD !!!

3:21:45 wrote:

[quote]presidentjoe wrote:

Does posting this count as cyber-bullying?

http://m.imgur.com/tGuIUgS

RossiRat wrote:

Speaking of downfall: I haven't seen Satan here in a while. Is he busy orchestrating the downfall of the RAT that is ROSSI?

Did someone call the Prince of Darkness? Why yes, I am so very VERY proud of my son. Look at all he had done for our cause. The Great Deceiver, once a proud mantle of mine, I loving pass to the one who had earned the right to the title.

He sold his soul for a 3:11:45, which I gave him, if only in his mind for why else should it matter? It helps keep him close to my bosom.

He believes and that love is the lie that binds.

He may yet be a running cover boy. So many irons in the fire, we're a match made in hell.

WWRD wrote:

Awesome find, POD !!!

3:21:45 wrote:

[quote]presidentjoe wrote:

Does posting this count as cyber-bullying?

http://m.imgur.com/tGuIUgS

If you search imjur you can find some real jems. I just found this one and I can't believe it was overlooked by the via committee. It's the only proof of him on the course and imo pretty damning evidence.

[quote]3:21:45 wrote:

Just a quick bit of advice. Don't give away so much personal information. I am pretty sure he will be able to find you and attack you for your seemingly civil post . Here are some of the things one might expect upon being outed:

Personal attacks and intimidation , attacks against family members ( sometimes against minors and often very in appropriate ) , attacks against your business or form of income , posting of personal address . [quote]

An article or national news org needs to look into this evil side of Mike. Only the Patch article hinted of what lies beneath the happy DJ veneer.

LoperHard wrote:

Long time reader, first post.

I'm from Europe (Belgium) and many over here are aware of this story. Rightly so because it's pretty fascinating stuff. Good thing that people following Rossi's shenanigans. I also like the idea of the charity.

Greetings from Australia, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and goodwill to all men, except Rossi of course. Down here in Australia we also follow the Rossi saga, in fact he's quite well known amongst runners and we're looking forward to 2016 developments and another 20,000 posts.

Raise the stakes Rojo and I agree make it payable to a charity of your choice, would it also be tax deductible in the US?

DevilsAdvocate wrote:

Greetings from Australia, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and goodwill to all men, except Rossi of course. Down here in Australia we also follow the Rossi saga, in fact he's quite well known amongst runners and we're looking forward to 2016 developments and another 20,000 posts.

Raise the stakes Rojo and I agree make it payable to a charity of your choice, would it also be tax deductible in the US?

You did say "men" so Rossi was implicitly excluded. But I'm sure your qualifier helped Barb McKeever comprehend the nuance.

3:21:45 wrote:

Get ready and I hope you have thick skin! Mikey doesn't let up. Ever.

Should your screen name be 3:11:45? Or is it just a typo?

LMR wrote:

3:21:45 wrote:

Get ready and I hope you have thick skin! Mikey doesn't let up. Ever.

Should your screen name be 3:11:45? Or is it just a typo?

No it's correct but since you are asking I'll explain. Everything in his life has come up just short or a little bit off. He missed many math classes to be the youngest on air host in history for Dancing On Air . He thought that would be his claim to fame but sadly it did not pan out. Through many missteps he finally started that climb to fame and notoriety with Boston and the letter. In a sick and twisted bit of Karma those missed math classes came to bite him in the ass just as fame was knocking loudly . The 3:21 is the time he planned to run but he forgot the marathon started at 7:10. In a panick he held to the original calculations that were written in sharpie on his forearm. Not being able to recalculate while drinking his Starbucks Latte gave us all the gift of 3:11:45.

Haha, that combined with this sums him up nicely:

DevilsAdvocate wrote:

Greetings from Australia, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and goodwill to all men, except Rossi of course. Down here in Australia we also follow the Rossi saga, in fact he's quite well known amongst runners and we're looking forward to 2016 developments and another 20,000 posts.

Raise the stakes Rojo and I agree make it payable to a charity of your choice, would it also be tax deductible in the US?

Well anypayments we make are coming from LetsRun so they will be a business expense so yes they are tax deductible. But it's not like I'd be making money if I have to pay out on $10,000 or $100,000. It's just that I won't have to pay taxes on that.

I think she might have been a friend of a friend. She responded to one of Mike's tweets after he stole that BQ, just saying congrats etc... And Mike thought they were BFF after that. Then, when G&V called him out and the article went up she tweeted about it and he just lost it. He called her every name in the book and even created a fake account to harass her. She'a everything he wants to be, and he'd love nothing but to rip her skin off and wear it.

rojo wrote:

LMR wrote:

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/

I'd never read that. Great article.

Can someone tell me how the metereologist Cecily got involved. Did she know mike or did she just get drawn into the story as a runner?

CSU-1959 wrote:

We should collectively write a children's story titled Rossi the Rat to teach kids about the consequences of cheating. Authored by the Letsrun Vigilantes, published by the Brojos, all proceeds to a running related charity.

I'll fire up The Seussifier

"That was a nice 5K Mike, how did it go?"

"I'll tell you later, because that's when I'll know"

"But you just finished, what does you're watch say?"

"Oh, yeah, I'll just OUCH!!! My ankle gave way!!!"

rojo wrote:

Well anypayments we make are coming from LetsRun so they will be a business expense so yes they are tax deductible. But it's not like I'd be making money if I have to pay out on $10,000 or $100,000. It's just that I won't have to pay taxes on that.

Better than him getting it and at least it reduces your outlay, not that he's ever going to do it, so I suppose it's academic.

I want to add one thing about Cecily. She pretty much took the brunt of Mike's anger for anything negative said on the Internet about him. It was like she personified every person who was critical. I guess because she had 40,000+ followers on Twitter he just couldn't stand that or something. He called her and her family everything that he claimed others called him and his kids and blamed her for it. That to me pretty much sums up Mike. If you want to understand him, look at his interactions with Cecily. If I would have been her I so would have done a restraining order against Mike. Might have even sued his sorry butt and taken those 5 MacBooks he has to his name.

Okay I am kidding about the MacBooks but not the rest of it. I wouldn't want to take his only way of making a few bucks.

Trollminator wrote:

I think she might have been a friend of a friend. She responded to one of Mike's tweets after he stole that BQ, just saying congrats etc... And Mike thought they were BFF after that. Then, when G&V called him out and the article went up she tweeted about it and he just lost it. He called her every name in the book and even created a fake account to harass her. She'a everything he wants to be, and he'd love nothing but to rip her skin off and wear it.

rojo wrote:

I'd never read that. Great article.

Can someone tell me how the metereologist Cecily got involved. Did she know mike or did she just get drawn into the story as a runner?

As a Philly and local (to Rossi) guy, they were never in real life friends nor was it a friend of a friend situation. They exchanged very friendly tweets prior to Rossi's cheating at VIA, and both followed each other. As Rossi was training for his big cheating, I mean race at VIA, she gave some encouraging words and they exchanged niceties. However, as it started to become apparent that something was amiss with Rossi's VIA race, she tried to give him the benefit of the doubt, which was short-lived when the details and FACTS (not one single picture of him on the course, his prior race times, lack of tweeting about his VIA time, etc). Then he started attacking her and bringing a lot of rumors from a long time ago. He tried to convince her, an accomplished runner, marathoner, and triathlete that being the only runner not to be photographed at any professional photo checkpoints is common and happens a lot. However, she retorted, its not common at all and that she had never heard of that happening before. All downhill from there.

randmart wrote:

CSU-1959 wrote:

We should collectively write a children's story titled Rossi the Rat to teach kids about the consequences of cheating. Authored by the Letsrun Vigilantes, published by the Brojos, all proceeds to a running related charity.

I'll fire up The Seussifier

"That was a nice 5K Mike, how did it go?"

"I'll tell you later, because that's when I'll know"

"But you just finished, what does you're watch say?"

"Oh, yeah, I'll just OUCH!!! My ankle gave way!!!"

Had a great race with that big three-eleven!

You must feel like you're in hog heaven!

But tell me Mike, just how did you do it?

The mileage and endurance, how did you accrue it?

"T'was nothing" Mike said, and gave me a wink

"Though I know the trolls might raise a big stink

I'll tell you the secret of my biggest PR.

I just started the race, but hopped in my car!

I was quite worried then, would I be early or late?

But was saved by good old I-78!"

printer wrote:

Actually, he did try to intimidate be once over the summer on this thread. He specifically used my real name in a reply (using one of his fake names). From that point on I hammered him here and publicized his pathetic actions in other social media forms. He has no idea of the torment that would come back at him if he kept up that crap to me.

But, the difference between you and me is that I don't need to sulk to point of discussing his family. You haven't said anything today about his family. Let's keep it that way.

So... Printer... you're our hero? That's how you knew about the GTR restraining order?

Ken, knock it off. abingtonrunner2 did a great job of providing the relevant background without re-dredging the crap that Mike threw at her. What you added to "elaborate" was no better Mike slinging that crap to begin with. Why is it so hard for you to understand the giant red lettering at the top of each page? Do not post personal information. Period. Knock it the fck off, dude.