PORT ANGELES — In a very close finish for such a long endurance race, the team of Senior Streakers edged Motley Tu Tue by just 41 seconds for the Big Hurt championship this weekend.

Senior Streakers finished the four-discipline race in 3 hours, 51 minutes and five seconds, while Motley Tue Tue finished in 3:51:46.

The battle for third and fourth was close, as well. Raise the Bar finished third in 3:52:31, while Sound Bikes & Kayaks was fourth at 3:52:52, just 21 seconds behind. In all, the top four teams were within 1:47 of each other, remarkble given the 54.6-mile length of the overall race.

The Big Hurt entails a 15-mile mostly downhill mountain bike leg, a 2.6-mile kayaking leg through Port Angeles Harbor, a 30-mile road cycle leg to the west of Port Angeles and a 10K foot race along

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