Hood to Coast 2016: Organizers Change Route to Avoid Springwater Corridor

Organizers of the Hood to Coast Relay - scheduled to begin in just three weeks - have change the route so runners will avoid the Springwater Corridor. The change comes in response to safety concerns.

The eleventh leg had been planned as a 4.51 mile stretch that would have taken runners through the corridor from SE 122nd Avenue to SE 82nd Avenue. That area has had an increasing crime problem associated with a growing homeless camp.

A sweep and cleanup of the area that had been scheduled for August 1st has been postponed until September 1st.

The new route for leg 11 is 6.64 miles.

Hood to Coast is a 198 mile relay that begins August 26th at Mount Hood and ends August 27th in Seaside. There will be 12,600 runners on 1,050 teams of between eight and 12 runners.

There will also 3,600 volunteers assisting along the route.

The race was first run in 1982. This is the 35th running.