Event information
Great Southwest Marathon
Mar 16, 2002
Where
Abilene, TX, United States
Start time
08:00
Distances
Marathon
Sub-events
26.2
Marathon
March 16, 2002 Saturday
Distance: Marathon·Start time: 08:00
MarathonPoint to pointRun/Walk
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Marathon of the Southwest: Participants have many reasons for running
About 105 runners took part in Saturday's Marathon of the Southwest in Abilene, TX, with Chris Crawford winning in 2:46:09, his 51st marathon and ninth in Texas. Dawn Murphy of Dallas took the women's field in 3:22.51. They are just two of the many stories runners had to tell about the race and their marathon careers.
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