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

Guy Who Gives +1 wrote:

LMR wrote:

Shut up. I'm just giving somebody the whole story. I didn't reveal any information that he couldn't have found out himself by reading back over the thread.

Nobody asked for the whole story. RoJo asked how she got involved. abingtonrunner2 explained it. You piled on with irrelevant crap that you think shows Mike is a bully. It had nothing to do with how she got involved. It had nothing to do with Mike's Via DNRTM20M (did not run the middle 20 miles). It had nothing to do with Mike's Turkey Non-Trot.

Many, many people have told you this before, so I know I'm tilting at windmills here, but here goes:

This is a running site. People here (other than you) care that Mike cheated at Via to qualify for Boston. People here (other than you) care that Mike cheated again at a Turkey Trot to try to take the BroJos dare money. People here care about that because this is a running site.

This is not an anti-bullying site. Bullys exist, and they suck, but they don't warrant discussion here.

This is not a site for pissed off wedding professionals to air grievances about each other. I'm sure there are places where those discussions can take place, but this isn't it.

This is not a site to talk about what you think about someone else's marriage, someone else's kids, whether someone else owns a vacation home or a time share, or anything else that doesn't have to do with running

I've followed this thread from the start. It's been entertaining, for sure, but I follow it because people who cheat in races really bug me, especially when there's something to gain by it (like a Boston qualifying time or an age-group place recognition). I follow this in spite of you and your constant attempts to make this something that it's not.

So, one more time, just for kicks (because, again, I know you will completely ignore this), try to read and understand these words:

"Please do not post personal information in this thread and keep the discussion on topic."

Guy Who Gives +1 wrote:

LMR wrote:

Shut up. I'm just giving somebody the whole story. I didn't reveal any information that he couldn't have found out himself by reading back over the thread.

Nobody asked for the whole story. RoJo asked how she got involved. abingtonrunner2 explained it. You piled on with irrelevant crap that you think shows Mike is a bully. It had nothing to do with how she got involved. It had nothing to do with Mike's Via DNRTM20M (did not run the middle 20 miles). It had nothing to do with Mike's Turkey Non-Trot.

Many, many people have told you this before, so I know I'm tilting at windmills here, but here goes:

This is a running site. People here (other than you) care that Mike cheated at Via to qualify for Boston. People here (other than you) care that Mike cheated again at a Turkey Trot to try to take the BroJos dare money. People here care about that because this is a running site.

This is not an anti-bullying site. Bullys exist, and they suck, but they don't warrant discussion here.

This is not a site for pissed off wedding professionals to air grievances about each other. I'm sure there are places where those discussions can take place, but this isn't it.

This is not a site to talk about what you think about someone else's marriage, someone else's kids, whether someone else owns a vacation home or a time share, or anything else that doesn't have to do with running

I've followed this thread from the start. It's been entertaining, for sure, but I follow it because people who cheat in races really bug me, especially when there's something to gain by it (like a Boston qualifying time or an age-group place recognition). I follow this in spite of you and your constant attempts to make this something that it's not.

So, one more time, just for kicks (because, again, I know you will completely ignore this), try to read and understand these words:

"Please do not post personal information in this thread and keep the discussion on topic."

Guy Who Gives +1 wrote:

LMR wrote:

Shut up. I'm just giving somebody the whole story. I didn't reveal any information that he couldn't have found out himself by reading back over the thread.

Nobody asked for the whole story. RoJo asked how she got involved. abingtonrunner2 explained it. You piled on with irrelevant crap that you think shows Mike is a bully. It had nothing to do with how she got involved. It had nothing to do with Mike's Via DNRTM20M (did not run the middle 20 miles). It had nothing to do with Mike's Turkey Non-Trot.

Many, many people have told you this before, so I know I'm tilting at windmills here, but here goes:

This is a running site. People here (other than you) care that Mike cheated at Via to qualify for Boston. People here (other than you) care that Mike cheated again at a Turkey Trot to try to take the BroJos dare money. People here care about that because this is a running site.

This is not an anti-bullying site. Bullys exist, and they suck, but they don't warrant discussion here.

This is not a site for pissed off wedding professionals to air grievances about each other. I'm sure there are places where those discussions can take place, but this isn't it.

This is not a site to talk about what you think about someone else's marriage, someone else's kids, whether someone else owns a vacation home or a time share, or anything else that doesn't have to do with running

I've followed this thread from the start. It's been entertaining, for sure, but I follow it because people who cheat in races really bug me, especially when there's something to gain by it (like a Boston qualifying time or an age-group place recognition). I follow this in spite of you and your constant attempts to make this something that it's not.

So, one more time, just for kicks (because, again, I know you will completely ignore this), try to read and understand these words:

"Please do not post personal information in this thread and keep the discussion on topic."

LMR wrote:

abingtonrunner2 wrote:

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.

And just to elaboration the story.

Cecily and her current husband had both been married before. I honestly don't know if they were both divorced or at stages of being separated when they first met and started dating. But at one point the ex-wife went ranting and raving to the press and Cecily left a voicemail for her that wasn't very nice, which she again took to the press. It was a minor scandal at the time.

Since then Cecily has gone on to marry the guy and they have two beautiful children.

So Mike has gone and called her a home wrecker, which is not an accurate description.

But Mike thinks he is better than anybody who is divorced, simply because he is still married. Of course, he seems to forget that he is lying to his wife and children about their whole trip to Boston. I don't have high regards for a woman who would idly sit by and watch her husband lie to his family and friends.

LMR wrote:

Call it like it is wrote:

UN F ING BELIEVABLE !!!!

Abington runner gave Rojo encouragement and a little bit of info, you go and try to enable someone to Rossi the thread??? To skip over pages of posts? You are an enabler. and to think you would try that on Rojo!!!

Haven't you learned anything from this thread??? Do NOT encourage people to Rossi the thread or anything in life. You are cheating them out of the experience of earning and enjoying something and it is completely unfair to others who have put in the time on this thread. A lot of us have read every F ING post on this damnable thread and invested/wasted hours if not days of our lives in it. You are low Ken. You have said some bat crazy mean stuff about kids Cecily confederates Nazis and US vets but this is a new low even for you.

Encouraging Rojo to skip chunks of the thread. DESPICABLE YOU.

I've read every stupid post on this thread and I dare say Ken you haven't and now you are encouraging others to skip posts.

My hate for you knows no limits

It's Rojo's website. Others gave him a synopsis and I filled in the blanks. If Rojo thinks I gave too much info he can delete the posts.

You people are such hypocrites. You post all kind of off-topic sh!t about Mike's job and hair plugs and Dr. Suess rhymes, and then you have the nerve criticize me. LOL Look at your own posts first and you'll discover the reason why I haven't been banned yet. Your posts are NO better.