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

EZPass Mike wrote:

abingtonrunner2 wrote:

There is probably a better chance of Rossi running a 3:11 then for him to seek professional help, at least right now. The only way someone like that would ever seek help is if there was some sort of personal upheaval or if he was finally and rightfully DQ'd, then he may do so.

1. He knows he cheated.

2. Those close to him have to know he cheated.

He will not change. Despite the fact that he is hurting his family name, he will not change.

The fact that Mike cheated in a marathon to qualify for Boston means little or nothing to those around him. He has maintained to his friends that he was lucky that day in Lehigh. It is a joke now to him as well as those close to him.

He is mentioned as a cheat at just about every local race held around his local area. There were a bunch of people joking at the Philly RnR this past weekend about the whole situation but mostly about him.

Sadly his bizarre public posts and rants are not the joke that he sees them as. As karma would have it , he had gotten away with the cheating to those closest to him only to destroy what was left of his image all on his own. Funny that he uses the lame excuse that his social media accounts have gotten hacked. Another thing that happens to celebrities that he sees happening to him.

bored troIIer wrote:

"Cecily Tynan ‏@CecilyTynan · Nov 1

Cecily Tynan Retweeted Runner's World

Congrats to everyone who ran @nycmarathon today. Running a full 26.2miles is a fantastic accomplishment! #greatjob"

Looks like Cecily's nailed you again Mike, especially the bit about "Running a full 26.2miles".

Cecily responded very early this morning to a tweet I had yesterday, which she has deleted that said - How does one run@nycmarathon from PA? #notime

Cecily and others have really been serving it to him the last week:

https://twitter.com/CecilyTynan/status/658746885759479809

Cecily Tynan ‏@CecilyTynan · Oct 26

Don't get me wrong, @phillyspiral Running a 5k, at any pace, is great. But who brags about a 5k race at a pace< "marathon pace"? 3mi vs 26.2

paul montini ‏@phillyspiral · Oct 26

@CecilyTynan agreed. That's why I thought you would find it interesting. I applaud everyone who makes an effort to get out in any capacity.

Cecily Tynan Verified account 

‏@CecilyTynan @phillyspiral Just getting off the couch is admirable. But, don't cheat 2 @bostonmarathon & then attack anyone who questions your bogus time

paul montini ‏@phillyspiral · Oct 26

@CecilyTynan @bostonmarathon the personal attacks on my and others families was over the line. Cheating albeit horrible pales in com

Cecily Tynan ‏@CecilyTynan · Oct 26

@phillyspiral @bostonmarathon His alter ego, Lydia Romero is pretty brutal, too (especially after some Friday night cocktails!)

paul montini ‏@phillyspiral · Oct 26

@CecilyTynan @bostonmarathon Friday nights seem to be popular for both of them. Funny she disappeared after someone called him out. Lol

Cecily Tynan ‏@CecilyTynan · Oct 26

@phillyspiral @bostonmarathon Whoever called "her" out, must be very smart :) Let's face it, the dude craves attention, even the negative

rwb ‏@iiagdtr · Oct 27

@CecilyTynan @phillyspiral Mike: "Luke...who is your father?" @BartYasso This is the monster Via has helped create. Do the right thing.

rwb ‏@iiagdtr · Oct 27

@CecilyTynan @phillyspiral @BartYasso Just so there is no doubt. He cheated & he assaults anyone who questions him.

iiagdtr wrote:

I'm going to be posting less in this thread based on good advice

Why, what was the advice?

I, for one, would like to see Perdente Mike run 26.2 to his full potential... Can anyone say: Ho! LOL! LOL!! LOL!!! LOL!!!!

Predicted *best* time for 26.2 miles (on foot, not in a car): 3:40, tops.

LOL!

Still no response from Bart Yasso. She calls his decision out and he doesn't respond.

Anyone else liking the new troll blocking tool in this forum?

Anybody know what the guy actually ran in his dwindling marathon career?

Philly 3:40ish? Boston 4:0something?

Trollminator wrote:

Ken did retweet something insightful from Cecily though. She ran a 40min 10k (sub 6:30 pace) recently, after a real injury. Mike could never run one 6:30 mile, let alone 6. Actually, Rojo should lower the standard and offer $10k for one single 6:30 mile.

Eh, I think that's cutting it to close. Even legit Mike might be able to pull off a 6:30. For perspective, I'm a 1:55 half marathoner, and even I can (barely) run a 6:30 mile if it's just 1 mile.

Phil McCrackin wrote:

Mike Rossi ‏@mikerossi22 · 2h2 hours ago  Pennsylvania, USA

Hey Richie..it's ok for you to post photos of my kids and make fun of me, but you can't take it....#limpio #hypocrites #whoisthemonster

5:56 PM - 31 Oct 2015 · Details

Who's Richie, someone on LR?

This Rossi sure is a strange character.

He's deleted the tweet, but did we ever find out who Richie is?

Hobby Ironmanner wrote:

Even legit Mike might be able to pull off a 6:30. For perspective, I'm a 1:55 half marathoner, and even I can (barely) run a 6:30 mile if it's just 1 mile.

Just barfed in my mouth.

Is this the new runners world site?

LOL!

Trollminator wrote:

I'm pretty sure that's what's driving smartrunnr and (AKA?) finisher medaL.

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+1 LOL!

My money would be on the clock beating him. Either way it would be a great challenge because even if he did break 6:30 everyone would clearly see him struggle massively, which is not kosher for a 3:11 marathoner, in or out of shape. Of course he wouldn't accept the challenge for this reason, the same reason he flushed $250 down the toilet and skipped NY and the same reason he registered as Mike Ross in that 5k... saving himself from further embarrassment.

Hobby Ironmanner wrote:

Trollminator wrote:

Ken did retweet something insightful from Cecily though. She ran a 40min 10k (sub 6:30 pace) recently, after a real injury. Mike could never run one 6:30 mile, let alone 6. Actually, Rojo should lower the standard and offer $10k for one single 6:30 mile.

Eh, I think that's cutting it to close. Even legit Mike might be able to pull off a 6:30. For perspective, I'm a 1:55 half marathoner, and even I can (barely) run a 6:30 mile if it's just 1 mile.

Two for the price of one here, Ken disses Mike, Mike disses Cecily: https://twitter.com/kenstillman/status/658484141059649536

Hobby Ironmanner wrote:

Trollminator wrote:

Ken did retweet something insightful from Cecily though. She ran a 40min 10k (sub 6:30 pace) recently, after a real injury. Mike could never run one 6:30 mile, let alone 6. Actually, Rojo should lower the standard and offer $10k for one single 6:30 mile.

Eh, I think that's cutting it to close. Even legit Mike might be able to pull off a 6:30. For perspective, I'm a 1:55 half marathoner, and even I can (barely) run a 6:30 mile if it's just 1 mile.

I think it depends if you're better at short or long distances. My mile time on the track gives me a a 3:51 marathon and my 5k is 4:06 in a race calculator but I'm nearly an hour over my mile estimated time at an actual marathon. Yasso 800's don't work for me either, they give me a an average of 3:49 but I'm pretty sure i'll never do a 3:49 marathon.

Trollminator wrote:

My money would be on the clock beating him. Either way it would be a great challenge because even if he did break 6:30 everyone would clearly see him struggle massively, which is not kosher for a 3:11 marathoner, in or out of shape. Of course he wouldn't accept the challenge for this reason, the same reason he flushed $250 down the toilet and skipped NY and the same reason he registered as Mike Ross in that 5k... saving himself from further embarrassment.

Chances are that it will be a long time before he enters another race. So far he's only raced one 5k since Boston in which he didn't even register with his complete name.

If he's a runner, he will run. But I don't think we will see him actively pursuing one of the challenges under his own name. Or even enter a race under his own name while there's still people monitoring his results.

I agree and that makes sense if we were talking about a normal person. But Mike has the ability to not care or know that people think he is a cheating fool.

SaraB wrote:

I think it depends if you're better at short or long distances. My mile time on the track gives me a a 3:51 marathon and my 5k is 4:06 in a race calculator but I'm nearly an hour over my mile estimated time at an actual marathon. Yasso 800's don't work for me either, they give me a an average of 3:49 but I'm pretty sure i'll never do a 3:49 marathon.

Well, those indicators work not that great when the times are relatively slow. And the gap mile/5k is also quite high, which also doesn't help.

Uzhorod wrote:

And the gap mile/5k is also quite high, which also doesn't help.

mile/5k to marathon, I mean