It started early. By 4 a.m. the growing puddles in Port Townsend’s dark streets glinted with tail lights, broken only by the shadows of pedestrians, and the electric glow of anticipation—all headed in the direction of the R2AK starting line. This was the day. In the harbor, crews stopped pretending to sleep, packed their gear for the first/last time, ran ...

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