{"id":823,"date":"2021-10-21T15:53:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T19:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derfmagazine.com\/home\/?p=823"},"modified":"2021-10-21T15:57:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T19:57:50","slug":"selfies-slowed-times-of-flying-pig-marathoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derfmagazine.com\/home\/sports\/selfies-slowed-times-of-flying-pig-marathoners\/","title":{"rendered":"Selfies slowed times of Flying Pig marathoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>CINCINNATI, OH<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; The average finishing time of the Flying Pig Marathon was significantly lower this year than in years past. Experts are blaming the drop on large amounts of time runners took using Twitter and posting selfies on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLast year I was running fifteen minute miles,\u201d explained runner Katie O\u2019Brien. \u201cThis year I averaged about forty. My new phone has such a fantastic camera, I did not want to miss the opportunity to document how great I was doing in the marathon. It might have hurt my time, but now I have over a hundred awesome shots of me posing with cups of water, bananas, and people cheering for me. My Facebook page has never looked so great!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts say that the incidents of using social media during marathon runs are on the rise throughout the running world. \u201cEven professional runners are getting into the habit,\u201d said Runners Age Magazine editor Kevin Wolfe. \u201cThose people worked hard to obtain their three dozen followers on Twitter, so I guess they feel compelled to keep them up to date with content. It also explains why runners from Kenya remain so dominant. 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