“The most impressive thing about marathon runners is how they don’t check their phone for 3+ hours”

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Entry from March 04, 2019

“The most impressive thing about marathon runners is how they don’t check their phone for 3+ hours”

Many people are addicted to their phones. “The most impressive thing about marathon runners is how they don’t check their phone for 3+ hours” was posted on Twitter by ratthew on March 3, 2011. The line quickly went viral.

Twitter
ratthew
@sucittaM
The most impressive thing about marathon runners is how they don’t check their phone for 3+ hours.
3:32 PM - 3 Mar 2011

Twitter
T Spheres
@tspheres
HA! RT @sucittam: The most impressive thing about marathon runners is how they don’t check their phone for 3+ hours.
3:39 PM - 3 Mar 2011

Twitter
Sarah Brennan
@ImSoSarah
The most impressive thing about marathon runners is how they don’t check their phone for 3+ hours. via @poshjosh @sucittaM
3:48 PM - 3 Mar 2011

Twitter
🤷🏾‍♂️
@sickolia_
I have to give up to Marathoners,they dont check their Phones for 3 frigging hours!!!
10:59 AM - 5 Mar 2011

Google Books
The Mental Circus:
Quotes, Notes and Art
By Ronnie G. Shaeffer
Outskirts Press, Inc.
2016
Pg. 31:
The most impressive thing about marathon runners is how they don’t check their phone for 3+ hours.

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WorldOfGeekStuff
@WorldGeekStuff
The most impressive thing about marathon runners is how they don’t check their phone for 3+ hours.
1:55 AM - 21 Nov 2017

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Jared Toay
@jaredtoay
The most impressive thing about marathon runners is how they don’t check their phone for 3 hours.
2:43 PM - 18 Dec 2018

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🤣 The Dad Joke Man 😉
@DadJokeMan
The most impressive thing about marathon runners is how they don’t check their phone for 3 hours…. 🤔😱
3:12 AM - 4 Mar 2019

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