Video Highlights 2015 Boston Marathon
April 20, 2015
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Vincent L. Gambini, Esq. wrote:My guess is Mike Rossi runs again for fitness and health but won't officially enter any races again in the near future.
What's Lehigh race director Barb McKeever's response to all the latest including the 100K offer from letsrun.com?
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No response is not an admission of anything , no response means you're irrelevant .
IDC wrote:
No response. wrote:No response.
No response is not an admission of anything , no response means you're irrelevant .
I resemble that remark.
Still trying to figure out the balance here. No doubt that Rossi cheated and his denials make him look more ridiculous. But it totally pales in comparison to the widespread cheating by Litton over years all over the country, in marathons AND shorter races (sometimes multiple races in same weekend, check out those Gasparilla results), and when multiple sources did the research to confirm the cheating, letsrun.com just ignored it, took down the posts. I would have more respect for their work on Rossi if they had not dropped the ball so notably with Litton, forcing others to do all the work. Litton created far more damage to the sport than the hapless Rossi.
I posted several days ago that he purged his Facebook page of a lot of cover and profile photos that he had used to taunt posters on this board.
That was about the time he changed his cover photo to himself and his son, with their backs to the camera, looking out over a lake. That coincided with a huge drop off in the posts on here that I suspect were from Mike. I don't know if Mike does symbolism but it felt like he was moving on. When LetsRun put their piece out he had to know that he was suddenly going to get a lot of views so he cleaned things up a bit.
Now he is Mike, the country boy who supports the Marines, loves his family and is a wedding DJ.
Gone is the Mike of Nelson saying "ha ha," Johnny Cash giving us the bird, the Goodfellas laughing hysterically and a troll doll showing us that we had been "trolled."
I guess you didn't hear. Supposedly Mike is going around telling friends and family that all of his accts. were hacked and he didn't have control over those posts.
Seems he has regained control and is back in line. One question I have though, why would the hackers just attack those critical of Mike? Wouldn't they want to embarrass him by coming clean and admitting he cheated? Maybe they felt bad for him.
RossiCheated wrote:
I posted several days ago that he purged his Facebook page of a lot of cover and profile photos that he had used to taunt posters on this board.
That was about the time he changed his cover photo to himself and his son, with their backs to the camera, looking out over a lake. That coincided with a huge drop off in the posts on here that I suspect were from Mike. I don't know if Mike does symbolism but it felt like he was moving on. When LetsRun put their piece out he had to know that he was suddenly going to get a lot of views so he cleaned things up a bit.
Now he is Mike, the country boy who supports the Marines, loves his family and is a wedding DJ.
Gone is the Mike of Nelson saying "ha ha," Johnny Cash giving us the bird, the Goodfellas laughing hysterically and a troll doll showing us that we had been "trolled."
I noticed the same thing, in addition to cleaning up some twitter tweets. However, he is also now blocking those on twitter who have any negative comments. Are country music fans more accepting of cheaters and liars? I certainly do not think that Marines are. I think that most Marines, and even steadfast country music performers and fans, would be taken aback by Rossi's antics with regards to the way he handled the school issue, the cheating, subsequent lies about cheating, his trolling attacks and his real personality in general.
Citizen Kane wrote:
Still trying to figure out the balance here. No doubt that Rossi cheated and his denials make him look more ridiculous. But it totally pales in comparison to the widespread cheating by Litton over years all over the country, in marathons AND shorter races (sometimes multiple races in same weekend, check out those Gasparilla results), and when multiple sources did the research to confirm the cheating, letsrun.com just ignored it, took down the posts. I would have more respect for their work on Rossi if they had not dropped the ball so notably with Litton, forcing others to do all the work. Litton created far more damage to the sport than the hapless Rossi.
The difference is that Rossi's letter went viral so continuing to cover him has a much better chance of being followed by non-runners. I agree that Litton did more damage to the sport than Rossi. The other aspect is that Rossi stole a BQ spot, Litton was actually good enough to BQ himself without cheating. Although he did steal prize money which is bad also.
Maybe there have been enough cheats and Rossi just happens to be the one to break the camels back and ignite the backlash?
Rossi also kept this thread going, I'm pretty confident many of the posts are by him, didn't Litton disappear after a little while?
A Snowden wrote:
I guess you didn't hear. Supposedly Mike is going around telling friends and family that all of his accts. were hacked and he didn't have control over those posts.
Seems he has regained control and is back in line. One question I have though, why would the hackers just attack those critical of Mike? Wouldn't they want to embarrass him by coming clean and admitting he cheated? Maybe they felt bad for him.
Just because he claims that doesn't make it so. Just like he claims was given 6 or 7 photos by the Via Marathon Committee that purports to show him on the course doesn't make it true, especially since he has no problem making that claim but refuses (wonder why) to produce them. Also, he is taking a page out of celebs/sports losers who tweet and post stupid things and say, oops, my account was hacked. Well, for someone who has no problem with posting all over the web, its a bit ironic this comes out second or third hand rather than from the horse's ass, I mean mouth. He could have set up another account and said that he disavows himself of the other accounts. Plus the pictures posted were real time of him and or family so his supposed hacking is just more KoolAid for those who like drinking it.
Just add this to his ever growing list of lies.
Re: Citizen Kane wrote:
Rossi also kept this thread going, I'm pretty confident many of the posts are by him, didn't Litton disappear after a little while?
There was the initial "Dan Baxley" stuff then lots of anonymous stuff on the thread here that could only have been him.
The fictional races were of course what set him apart from most rational people but his attempts to draw attention to his exploits were more low-key.
abingtonrunner wrote:
A Snowden wrote:I guess you didn't hear. Supposedly Mike is going around telling friends and family that all of his accts. were hacked and he didn't have control over those posts.
Seems he has regained control and is back in line. One question I have though, why would the hackers just attack those critical of Mike? Wouldn't they want to embarrass him by coming clean and admitting he cheated? Maybe they felt bad for him.
Just because he claims that doesn't make it so. Just like he claims was given 6 or 7 photos by the Via Marathon Committee that purports to show him on the course doesn't make it true, especially since he has no problem making that claim but refuses (wonder why) to produce them. Also, he is taking a page out of celebs/sports losers who tweet and post stupid things and say, oops, my account was hacked. Well, for someone who has no problem with posting all over the web, its a bit ironic this comes out second or third hand rather than from the horse's ass, I mean mouth. He could have set up another account and said that he disavows himself of the other accounts. Plus the pictures posted were real time of him and or family so his supposed hacking is just more KoolAid for those who like drinking it.
Just add this to his ever growing list of lies.
Ahhhaaaaa haaaaaaa haaaaaaa AAAAAAHAAAAAA HAAAAAAA
You got trolled!!!!!!!!!
Don't believe everything you read on the interwebs. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Snowedin wrote:
abingtonrunner wrote:Just because he claims that doesn't make it so. Just like he claims was given 6 or 7 photos by the Via Marathon Committee that purports to show him on the course doesn't make it true, especially since he has no problem making that claim but refuses (wonder why) to produce them. Also, he is taking a page out of celebs/sports losers who tweet and post stupid things and say, oops, my account was hacked. Well, for someone who has no problem with posting all over the web, its a bit ironic this comes out second or third hand rather than from the horse's ass, I mean mouth. He could have set up another account and said that he disavows himself of the other accounts. Plus the pictures posted were real time of him and or family so his supposed hacking is just more KoolAid for those who like drinking it.
Just add this to his ever growing list of lies.
Ahhhaaaaa haaaaaaa haaaaaaa AAAAAAHAAAAAA HAAAAAAA
You got trolled!!!!!!!!!
Don't believe everything you read on the interwebs. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I didn't get trolled nor did I believe it, especially since it is not the first time I heard that stupidity. What I don't want is the other "people" here to believe it or repeat it.
I don't see what the big deal is . Who cares about honesty anymore ? I don't ! I cheat on my taxes , I take gum from the wayward , I lie to my boss and go to the beach instead of work and get paid a sick day ..... And so do thousands , millions of others . It's the way of the world . You are all delusional ! Honesty doesn't matter , it gets you no where , cheating lying and thievery is the best way to go ,
abingtonrunner wrote:
Snowedin wrote:Ahhhaaaaa haaaaaaa haaaaaaa AAAAAAHAAAAAA HAAAAAAA
You got trolled!!!!!!!!!
Don't believe everything you read on the interwebs. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I didn't get trolled nor did I believe it, especially since it is not the first time I heard that stupidity. What I don't want is the other "people" here to believe it or repeat it.
You believed it. You got trolled. Don't try to back out of it now.
RossiCheated wrote:
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Viral-Boston-Marathon-Running-Dad-Accused-of-Cheating-303010481.html#commentsThe race officials lied.
Watch this video. They told this reporter they were actively talking to runners who finished just before and after Rossi. They did no such thing. I know because I have had personal correspondence with several, including some of the first people you would absolutely have to talk to (they finished very close to Rossi or a few minutes behind him but also crossed the start line at exactly 7:10:31, for example). The marathon would have all the contact information, whereas I had to dig. Yet I reached out. The LVHN Via Marathon officials did not.
Not a single one told me they had been contacted by race officials. And I talked to them after the "decision" was released, when I was dumbfounded by it and wanted to know what in the hell kind of investigation they did.
As the press release suggested, nobody complained on race day so it was case closed. There was no investigation.
And if you are wondering why I dug up this video, it is because we are trying to get this reported back on the story.
This post by RossiCheated is very, very important. If true (and I think RC has proven reliable throughout this thread), it is powerful evidence that LVM lied about its investigation. The question then becomes: who at LVM is responsible for the lie? Barb McKeever? Lisa Walkiewicz? Bart Yasso? All of the above? It also leads to other questions. Did LVM even do an investigation? Who was involved in the investigation? Was USATF contacted as part of the investigation? Were ANY runners from the 2014 LVM contacted as part of the investigation?
RossiCheated, you need to contact rojo, Victor Fiorillo, the writer at Philly Magazine who has covered this story, and Alison Wade and Megan Hetzel, who have both covered this story for Runners World. This would be an important follow-up to the Rossi story. If Barb, Lisa and/or Bart lied about the LVM's investigation, that would take this story to a whole new level.
Yes! Wow what a incestuous "investigation" there seems to be.
THIS IS KEY!!!!! wrote:
RossiCheated wrote:http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Viral-Boston-Marathon-Running-Dad-Accused-of-Cheating-303010481.html#commentsThe race officials lied.
Watch this video. They told this reporter they were actively talking to runners who finished just before and after Rossi. They did no such thing. I know because I have had personal correspondence with several, including some of the first people you would absolutely have to talk to (they finished very close to Rossi or a few minutes behind him but also crossed the start line at exactly 7:10:31, for example). The marathon would have all the contact information, whereas I had to dig. Yet I reached out. The LVHN Via Marathon officials did not.
Not a single one told me they had been contacted by race officials. And I talked to them after the "decision" was released, when I was dumbfounded by it and wanted to know what in the hell kind of investigation they did.
As the press release suggested, nobody complained on race day so it was case closed. There was no investigation.
And if you are wondering why I dug up this video, it is because we are trying to get this reported back on the story.
This post by RossiCheated is very, very important. If true (and I think RC has proven reliable throughout this thread), it is powerful evidence that LVM lied about its investigation. The question then becomes: who at LVM is responsible for the lie? Barb McKeever? Lisa Walkiewicz? Bart Yasso? All of the above? It also leads to other questions. Did LVM even do an investigation? Who was involved in the investigation? Was USATF contacted as part of the investigation? Were ANY runners from the 2014 LVM contacted as part of the investigation?
RossiCheated, you need to contact rojo, Victor Fiorillo, the writer at Philly Magazine who has covered this story, and Alison Wade and Megan Hetzel, who have both covered this story for Runners World. This would be an important follow-up to the Rossi story. If Barb, Lisa and/or Bart lied about the LVM's investigation, that would take this story to a whole new level.
THIS IS KEY!!!!! wrote:
RossiCheated wrote:http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Viral-Boston-Marathon-Running-Dad-Accused-of-Cheating-303010481.html#commentsThe race officials lied.
Watch this video. They told this reporter they were actively talking to runners who finished just before and after Rossi. They did no such thing. I know because I have had personal correspondence with several, including some of the first people you would absolutely have to talk to (they finished very close to Rossi or a few minutes behind him but also crossed the start line at exactly 7:10:31, for example). The marathon would have all the contact information, whereas I had to dig. Yet I reached out. The LVHN Via Marathon officials did not.
Not a single one told me they had been contacted by race officials. And I talked to them after the "decision" was released, when I was dumbfounded by it and wanted to know what in the hell kind of investigation they did.
As the press release suggested, nobody complained on race day so it was case closed. There was no investigation.
And if you are wondering why I dug up this video, it is because we are trying to get this reported back on the story.
This post by RossiCheated is very, very important. If true (and I think RC has proven reliable throughout this thread), it is powerful evidence that LVM lied about its investigation. The question then becomes: who at LVM is responsible for the lie? Barb McKeever? Lisa Walkiewicz? Bart Yasso? All of the above? It also leads to other questions. Did LVM even do an investigation? Who was involved in the investigation? Was USATF contacted as part of the investigation? Were ANY runners from the 2014 LVM contacted as part of the investigation?
RossiCheated, you need to contact rojo, Victor Fiorillo, the writer at Philly Magazine who has covered this story, and Alison Wade and Megan Hetzel, who have both covered this story for Runners World. This would be an important follow-up to the Rossi story. If Barb, Lisa and/or Bart lied about the LVM's investigation, that would take this story to a whole new level.
RossiCheated, contact me regarding the runners you have communicated with. I have a connection that will write a story about Barb McKeever and why they refuse to look at the evidence and why they didn't do an investigation.
I live in Bucks County and can make sure this gets done via driving to Barb's office to confront her, as opposed to just emailing her and having her ignore it.
OMG is there is bigger tool in such a small shed, or a bigger pile of horse hockey, or a more odoriferous LIAR on the planet?Mike wins!
A Snowden wrote:
I guess you didn't hear. Supposedly Mike is going around telling friends and family that all of his accts. were hacked and he didn't have control over those posts.
Seems he has regained control and is back in line. One question I have though, why would the hackers just attack those critical of Mike? Wouldn't they want to embarrass him by coming clean and admitting he cheated? Maybe they felt bad for him.
Can you post your correspondence with these people?
THIS IS KEY!!!!! wrote:
RossiCheated wrote:http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Viral-Boston-Marathon-Running-Dad-Accused-of-Cheating-303010481.html#commentsThe race officials lied.
Watch this video. They told this reporter they were actively talking to runners who finished just before and after Rossi. They did no such thing. I know because I have had personal correspondence with several, including some of the first people you would absolutely have to talk to (they finished very close to Rossi or a few minutes behind him but also crossed the start line at exactly 7:10:31, for example). The marathon would have all the contact information, whereas I had to dig. Yet I reached out. The LVHN Via Marathon officials did not.
Not a single one told me they had been contacted by race officials. And I talked to them after the "decision" was released, when I was dumbfounded by it and wanted to know what in the hell kind of investigation they did.
As the press release suggested, nobody complained on race day so it was case closed. There was no investigation.
And if you are wondering why I dug up this video, it is because we are trying to get this reported back on the story.
This post by RossiCheated is very, very important. If true (and I think RC has proven reliable throughout this thread), it is powerful evidence that LVM lied about its investigation. The question then becomes: who at LVM is responsible for the lie? Barb McKeever? Lisa Walkiewicz? Bart Yasso? All of the above? It also leads to other questions. Did LVM even do an investigation? Who was involved in the investigation? Was USATF contacted as part of the investigation? Were ANY runners from the 2014 LVM contacted as part of the investigation?
RossiCheated, you need to contact rojo, Victor Fiorillo, the writer at Philly Magazine who has covered this story, and Alison Wade and Megan Hetzel, who have both covered this story for Runners World. This would be an important follow-up to the Rossi story. If Barb, Lisa and/or Bart lied about the LVM's investigation, that would take this story to a whole new level.
Mike Ain't Right wrote:
OMG is there is bigger tool in such a small shed, or a bigger pile of horse hockey, or a more odoriferous LIAR on the planet?
Mike wins!
A Snowden wrote:I guess you didn't hear. Supposedly Mike is going around telling friends and family that all of his accts. were hacked and he didn't have control over those posts.
Seems he has regained control and is back in line. One question I have though, why would the hackers just attack those critical of Mike? Wouldn't they want to embarrass him by coming clean and admitting he cheated? Maybe they felt bad for him.
You got trolled too!!!!!!!111!!!!!!!!! Yes!
another glorious day on the MR cheating thread. keep it up boys.
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