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

Oh Lord, stop watching Foxnews wrote:

Bloviator wrote:

I could have taken it much further, by didn't want to over-bloviate, lol. Seriously, of course the general public sympathizes and is protective because again, they are not much different in their daily lives. Too much un-"reality" tv and such.

Or maybe the world doesn't revolve around your hobby.

If a guy at your work continued to rant and rave about how a guy cheated in his beer league softball finals last summer, and how the other team won, would you care?

And if your buddy at work tried to mobilize the global softball community to take down this one guy and his team, blathering on about justice and photos and contacting people to obtain videos, would you think he has become mentally unhinged?

Because I'm guessing you would tell your buddy to let it go, gain some perspective, and quit boring you with his stupid facking softball stories that nobody gives a sh!t about, because it's just a bunch of sad, balding old men trying to cling to their youth, playing a silly game thats means nothing to anyone.

Oh Lord, stop watching Foxnews wrote:

Bloviator wrote:

I could have taken it much further, by didn't want to over-bloviate, lol. Seriously, of course the general public sympathizes and is protective because again, they are not much different in their daily lives. Too much un-"reality" tv and such.

Or maybe the world doesn't revolve around your hobby.

If a guy at your work continued to rant and rave about how a guy cheated in his beer league softball finals last summer, and how the other team won, would you care?

And if your buddy at work tried to mobilize the global softball community to take down this one guy and his team, blathering on about justice and photos and contacting people to obtain videos, would you think he has become mentally unhinged?

Because I'm guessing you would tell your buddy to let it go, gain some perspective, and quit boring you with his stupid facking softball stories that nobody gives a sh!t about, because it's just a bunch of sad, balding old men trying to cling to their youth, playing a silly game thats means nothing to anyone.

Two things wrote:

Thing One: I am done posting here. Barb McKeever and the Via Lehigh Valley Marathon have no integrity, in my opinion. None. As a result, it is clear to me that she is not going to DQ Mike Rossi no matter what evidence might turn up in the future. I believe Rossi chose LVM because he knew it did not have timing mats on the course and it had a relay, so driving part of the course undetected would be easy, but he couldn't have known it also had an impotent Race Director. Barb may be the only Race Director in the country who wouldn't have DQ'd Rossi in light of the overwhelming (and conclusive) evidence that he cheated. There is no point to continue posting when the only point that matters has already been made many times over.

Which brings me to Thing Two: no matter how many times Rossi or the trolls post that "Mike wins," Rossi definitely lost on this whole endeavor. Yes, his goal was to run Boston, but more than that, his burning desire was to brag about running Boston. Well, Rossi ran Boston, and he is probably stupid enough to still brag about it, but the reality is that many, many people have heard of him and only know of him as the guy who cheated to run the Boston marathon. Rossi didn't win. He knows it and we all know it. I have never run the Boston marathon and I will never be fast enough to qualify for Boston, but I wouldn't switch places with Rossi for anything.

Congratulations, Rossi, you are known the world over as the marathon cheater immortalized in the Lets Run thread with the most posts ever. It must suck to be you.

Two things wrote:

Thing One: I am done posting here. Barb McKeever and the Via Lehigh Valley Marathon have no integrity, in my opinion. None. As a result, it is clear to me that she is not going to DQ Mike Rossi no matter what evidence might turn up in the future. I believe Rossi chose LVM because he knew it did not have timing mats on the course and it had a relay, so driving part of the course undetected would be easy, but he couldn't have known it also had an impotent Race Director. Barb may be the only Race Director in the country who wouldn't have DQ'd Rossi in light of the overwhelming (and conclusive) evidence that he cheated. There is no point to continue posting when the only point that matters has already been made many times over.

Which brings me to Thing Two: no matter how many times Rossi or the trolls post that "Mike wins," Rossi definitely lost on this whole endeavor. Yes, his goal was to run Boston, but more than that, his burning desire was to brag about running Boston. Well, Rossi ran Boston, and he is probably stupid enough to still brag about it, but the reality is that many, many people have heard of him and only know of him as the guy who cheated to run the Boston marathon. Rossi didn't win. He knows it and we all know it. I have never run the Boston marathon and I will never be fast enough to qualify for Boston, but I wouldn't switch places with Rossi for anything.

Congratulations, Rossi, you are known the world over as the marathon cheater immortalized in the Lets Run thread with the most posts ever. It must suck to be you.

Guy who gives +1 wrote:

Two things wrote:

Thing One: I am done posting here. Barb McKeever and the Via Lehigh Valley Marathon have no integrity, in my opinion. None. As a result, it is clear to me that she is not going to DQ Mike Rossi no matter what evidence might turn up in the future. I believe Rossi chose LVM because he knew it did not have timing mats on the course and it had a relay, so driving part of the course undetected would be easy, but he couldn't have known it also had an impotent Race Director. Barb may be the only Race Director in the country who wouldn't have DQ'd Rossi in light of the overwhelming (and conclusive) evidence that he cheated. There is no point to continue posting when the only point that matters has already been made many times over.

Which brings me to Thing Two: no matter how many times Rossi or the trolls post that "Mike wins," Rossi definitely lost on this whole endeavor. Yes, his goal was to run Boston, but more than that, his burning desire was to brag about running Boston. Well, Rossi ran Boston, and he is probably stupid enough to still brag about it, but the reality is that many, many people have heard of him and only know of him as the guy who cheated to run the Boston marathon. Rossi didn't win. He knows it and we all know it. I have never run the Boston marathon and I will never be fast enough to qualify for Boston, but I wouldn't switch places with Rossi for anything.

Congratulations, Rossi, you are known the world over as the marathon cheater immortalized in the Lets Run thread with the most posts ever. It must suck to be you.

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