Additional Information
WHY WE RIDE
Eliminate a need for Donor Waiting Lists. There are over 105,000 Americans currently on the national organ transplant waiting list. Over 3,500 are listed at transplant centers right here in Florida. Any one of us could start a new day only to find that we have been diagnosed with an illness in which our only lifeline is an organ transplant. Every 13 minutes a new name is added to the waiting list and every 90 minutes someone dies for lack of a donor organ.
The Katie Ride for Life is a cycling/walking event in which novices to serious riders may participate to raise funds to provide organ donor education and increase donor commitment. It is a great opportunity to make a difference.
The Katie Ride for Life will raise funds to increase awareness of the importance of organ and tissue donation and encourage Floridians to make a positive decision about donation.
THE ROUTE
Try the 30km (18 miles), 60km (36 miles), 100km (62 miles), or the all-out 100-mile Centurty Ride -- each on paved roads along some of North Florida's beautiful coastline.
For 30, 60 and 100km riders, the route will progress south down the center of Amelia Island until it meets Amelia Parkway, a beautiful oak tree canopied road that will wind the riders through American Beach and then into Amelia Island Plantation. Riders will be in for a treat with over 3.5 miles of paved riding within the Plantation.
For 60 and 100km riders, the route will then turn due south and cross from Amelia Island over to Big Talbot Island and onto Little Talbot Island. Proceeding further south the ride will have spectacular views of the ocean on one side and the marsh on the other until the riders reach the Ribault Club on Fort George Island. The Club will have a special water stop and riders may view the restoration of this 1928 private club nestled some two miles into the island. The ride will then return north along the coastline and back to the Start/Finish for lunch, music and fun!
100-mile Century riders will continue South and then West along Heckscher Drive, New Berlin Road and out Cedar Point Road. The return will be over the same course.
5k and 10 walkers will walk through beautiful tree-lined Fort Clinch State Park.
