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For:  Ride Captain
Subject: Gatoride
Sender: Emily Grissom
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The Gatoride is back! Join us on Sunday, March 8 in Gainesville, FL for the second annual, Perry McGriff’s GATORIDE. With five different distances and a kids rodeo, there is something for everyone!
Register today and receive special early-bird pricing of $35! Also enjoy 15% off of your online registration by using GATORIDE15 at checkout.  Special early-bird pricing ends on Friday, February 15th but the code is good up until online registration closes!

Register online today at bikereg.com/gatoride

The ride is open for all levels with a registration fee. There’s a 5-mile fun-ride for kids and adults; 31, 43, 69, or 90 mile supported rides, along with a DJ/Live music, raffles, food, and beverages! Riders registered receive a GATORIDE finisher medal!

This one-day bike ride and family-friendly festival’s proceeds benefit LifeSouth and honors Perry C. McGriff Jr., a longtime Gator and mainstay in the Gainesville community. Perry C. McGriff, Jr. served as a member of LifeSouth’s board of directors for nearly 30 years, was Chairman of LifeSouth’s Five Points of Life Foundation, and was one of the founding members of the Gainesville Sports Organizing Committee (Gainesville Sports Commission).  Since 1988, Perry has hosted many sporting events in the community, helping bring in millions of dollars of impact into Alachua County.  Perry was also an advocate for blood donation; donating more than 67 gallons of blood in his lifetime. Through his love of sports, Perry developed a cross-country ride to share stories of lives that had been saved by the donation of one of the Five Points of Life. Over the course of seven rides and 14,650 miles, Perry shared the road with riders who were alive because someone donated.  Perry died February 2, 20
 17 in his hometown- Gainesville, Fla.

Course Maps –
Gatoride 31
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29280013
Gatoride 43
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/31752198
Gatoride 69
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29279646
Gatoride 90
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29279944