‘Big Hurt’ relay on tap for Sept. 26

Bring a team or try it on your own. Either way, there’s likely to be some pain involved.

Sequim Gazette staff

Bring a team or try it on your own. Either way, there’s likely to be some pain involved.

After a decade away, the Big Hurt — a multi-sport relay/individual race — returns to Port Angeles on Saturday, Sept. 26.

Peninsula residents Scott Tucker, Tim Tucker and Lorrie Mittmann, along with title sponsor Family Medicine of Port Angeles, are putting on the event 11 years after the Big Hurt had its last hurrah.

The race consists of four race legs: a 16.5-mile mountain bike leg, three-mile kayak leg, 30-mile road bike leg and finishing with a 10-kilometer run.

This year’s Big Hurt is limited to 50 relay teams and 50 individuals.

The race starts at 10 a.m. with a mountain bike leg, followed by a kayak, road bike and finally a 10K run. The race finishes in downtown Port Angeles next to the Red Lion Hotel and Hollywood Beach, with live music and a beer garden at the Red Lion stage.

See bighurtpa.com to register or for more details. Event organizers are seeking sponsors and volunteers.

To help out, e-mail to olympicadventuretrail@gmail.com.