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

LOL, this guy is a great experienced troll. He fooled a bunch of you to believe he is some associate of the cheater. Sub3HourMarathoner's comment is an inside lrc joke.

Keep it up, troll brah!

That's fantastic.

This is....THE MOST AMAZING THING EVER!

Where are the LRC hackers? Make this guy pay!

rojo wrote:Does anyone have any emails from Mr. Rossi? Look up the iP on them.

Yeah, I wish it were that simple.

Between NATing and typical changing IP addresses, that's a non-starter.

Option 1:

Send the guy an email with a valid, unique URL to click on. The http server log will verify it. But, it has to be unique for just this purpose.

Option 2:

Send an HTML email with images hosted at a unique URL. The email client downloads the images and the http server verifies it. Again, it has to be unique URL just for this purpose.

Most of you knuckleheads blindly download everything in html email messages so option #2 is the most likely way forward.

rojo wrote:

I ALSO HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE. I lied last night when I said we can't look up IPs. We most definitely can. I just wanted the person defending Mr. Rossi to keep doing it under different handles.

So here we go. Johnny Two Times was right. Pretty much all of the posts defending Mr. Rossi were coming from the same IP address.

The following posts all came from IP: 98.235.239.44 which when I look it up is Comcast Cable - Camp Hill, PA.

"Soccermoms", "fasterthanyoudbag", "Sub3HourMarathoner", "BostonBQ" and "SpeedyGuy" are all the same person or at least from the same IP.

That make me spit out my drink, you win the internet.

Need another set of eyes on this but watch the finishing video below at 2:09.10 (Clock=3:11.37). Douglas Rendall (lime green top) is just entering in the distance and at 2:09.23, a dark figure comes from the left but never crosses to the other side. I could be seeing things but that person ends up being Mike Rossi.

http://results.chronotrack.com...0268?lc=en

'Not sure about a radio show but it looks as though he was wearing a coveted Boston Marathon media credential around his neck in the photo with his family during this story:

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/28913170/school

Camp Hill isn't very close to where Rossi lives. Doubtful it was his home domain. Probably the work of a sub contractor.

Of course it's possible that a course cutter can jump back into a race further on down the line. We know that that happens a lot. However, in this case we know that Rendall and Rossi started and finished the marathon within seconds of each other. If Rossi left the course as people are maintaining, he either:

A. re-entered the course at a point where Rendall just happened to be running by, an amazing coincidence, or

B. He was waiting for Rendall at some point along the course so that he would know when it would be a good time for him to jump back in and not arouse suspicions.

If the latter, then there may indeed be photos or witnesses that saw him milling about on the sidelines.

There is of course option C. He actually ran the marathon and shadowed Rendall from start to finish and had the misfortune of being skipped by the photographers.

KMN wrote:

Just Wondering Again wrote:

OK, so looks like Rossi is guilty as charged.

One thing that I am curious about is why the investigation started in the first place. Does someone scan all results, compare them against past performances and look for any anomalies? Seems way too labor intensive. Did someone just not like that this guy posted his note to the principal and decided to take a close look (and lo and behold he's a cheater)?

Just curious - how did this whole thing get started?

Pretty sure it was obvious he cheated on page 1 but on page 46 you're asking why this thread started?

Do you not understand the meaning of the phrase "to get started"?

runDirtyrun wrote:

rojo wrote:Does anyone have any emails from Mr. Rossi? Look up the iP on them.

Yeah, I wish it were that simple.

Between NATing and typical changing IP addresses, that's a non-starter.

Option 1:

Send the guy an email with a valid, unique URL to click on. The http server log will verify it. But, it has to be unique for just this purpose.

Option 2:

Send an HTML email with images hosted at a unique URL. The email client downloads the images and the http server verifies it. Again, it has to be unique URL just for this purpose.

Most of you knuckleheads blindly download everything in html email messages so option #2 is the most likely way forward.

BTW, even if you do the above, the dhcp lease on his address may have expired and the troll has a new public address. Typically, those DHCP leases are very long though, so maybe you get lucky.

rojo wrote:

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I'll be more than happy to go on the Today Show to talk about this guy, even debate him. In the history of the world, I'm pretty confident there has been any human with a 21:52 5k fitness level that has run a marathon in 3:11. Phsyiologically it's impossiblet to go 8 times as far, only slowing down that little.

Wanted to debate that, but I think you're right.

Paula Radcliffe: 14:29/2:15:25...M pace 9.7% slower than 5k pace.

Rossi: 21:52/3:11:30...M pace only 3.6% slower.

Rossi would need to run a 5k in 20:29 to have a similar speed decay as one of the greatest ever had.

Need another set of eyes on this but watch the finishing video below at 2:09.10 (Clock=3:11.37). Douglas Rendall (lime green top) is just entering in the distance and at 2:09.23, a dark figure comes from the left but never crosses to the other side. I could be seeing things but that person ends up being Mike Rossi.

http://results.chronotrack.com...0268?lc=en

Camp Hill, PA is a ways from Rydal though. Not sure if it's actually him posting, or someone trolling, or some relative etc

Raysism wrote:

The video to me is really funny. That's how I always envision myself crossing the line after a huge PR or the elusive 5K victory, but in reality I end up kicking like a total mess through the finish and then just sitting there with my hands on my knees.

so, so true.

Camp Hill is like 100 miles from Rydal. Doubt it is him. I assumed it was a troll, but it is interesting that the IP came from at least somewhat remotely close to Mike.

if you google "Camp Hill, PA" and "rossi" you can find a few leads on who might have posted that. perhaps a family member?

Anyway, highly speculative. Rossi is a common surname.

Need another set of eyes on this but watch the finishing video below at 2:09.10 (Clock=3:11.37). Douglas Rendall (lime green top) is just entering in the distance and at 2:09.23, a dark figure comes from the left but never crosses to the other side. I could be seeing things but that person ends up being Mike Rossi.

http://results.chronotrack.com/event/results/event/event-10268?lc=en