by Harry Hall

Chris Crawford's marathon career has come a long way since that initial effort of 3:20 at San Francisco in 1982. Nineteen years and 48 marathons later, the new Masters runner is still running marathons-and setting PRs.

"I have no explanation for this," he said shortly after winning the masters division and taking 4th overall in the 2001 White Rock Marathon with a time of 2:34:53.

But maybe he does have an explanation. For the first time in his career, he will average 10 miles a day for an entire year. He's been logging 80-85 miles per week - and running lots of marathons. It was in mid-November he ran his sixth marathon in 2001, placing first overall in the Arkansas Marathon, recording a 2:43 on the hilly course.