| Sharky's Ride the Beaches |
| Sunday 28 April 2024 | Venice, FL |
1,000 PARTICIPANT LIMIT!REGISTER EARLY TO GUARANTEE YOUR PARTICIPATION!A History of Sharky's Ride the Beaches: Sharky’s Ride the Beaches supports three charities: ✅ Team Tony, a local Sarasota based foundation helping, hands on those going though cancer treatment and their families. ✅ Friends of the Legacy Trail, dedicated to the maintenance and expansion of Sarasota County’s best cycling asset, the Legacy Trail Park. ✅ Livestrong Foundation, helping people nationwide finding the resources and strength to fight cancer. 2023 Ride the Beaches hosted 800+cyclists and raised $40,000.00 for charity. In our 19 years since inception, Ride the Beaches has donated $450,000 to charity. The owners and employees of Sharky’s as well as community members DONATE their time to this event. Every penny over cost is donated and NO ONE is paid for their time* preparing for or working at this event! THE FOOD: All riders will start the day with breakfast on the beach at Sharky’s. Breakfast will be fresh fruit, juice, bagels, fruit bread, and coffee. All rest stops will be stocked with water, sports drink, fresh fruit, snacks (Shark Bites!!!) and/or sandwiches. Lunch will be served on the beach at Sharky’s. THE RIDE ROUTES: 🚴♂️ The 70 mile ride will follow the 35 milers for the first half. After Manasota Key the ride will head east through horse farm country. There will be a rest stop along the Myakka River. From there we head west again and will pick up The Legacy Trail. We will ride the trail up to the next rest stop sponsored by The Friends of The Legacy Trail and then to Casey Key, more riding along the beach, ending at Sharky’s for lunch. 🚴♂️ The 35 mile ride will take you over the Intercoastal waterway to the neighborhood streets of south Venice. You will cross the intercoastal waterway again, and have your first rest stop. Now ride down beautiful Manasota Key. In some places you will be so close to the beach, you have to watch for sand in the road with many beautiful vistas of the Gulf! After returning on the key you will hit the rest stop again and head back to Venice, this time using the Venetian Waterway Trail part of the way. 🚴♂️ The 15 mile ride stays on the island of Venice. There is an optional extra 4 miles that goes off the island, on the Venetian Waterway Trail (to Shamrock Park as the turn around point). This ride is suitable for most anybody with a bike. You will ride to Casperson Beach to access the Venetian Waterway trail. After riding the trail to the north side of Venice you will ride low traffic roads to the Venice Yacht Club for your rest stop. From there you will meander through residential side streets back to Sharky’s. Purchase your Sharky's Ride Jersey here: coming soon! * Emergency service workers are compensated for their time |
Registration fees
🟥 Metric Century | 70 miles Closed
Online registration closed-
70 miles | 7:30 am start time
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$65.00
INCLUDES Commemorative Event T-Shirt
Jan 1 – Mar 31 -
ClosedApr 1 – Apr 1
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$65.00
DOES NOT INCLUDE t-shirt
Apr 1 – Apr 25
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⬜️ Half-Metric Century | 35 miles Closed
Online registration closed-
35 miles | 8:00 am start time
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$65.00
INCLUDES Commemorative Event T-Shirt
Jan 1 – Mar 31 -
ClosedApr 1 – Apr 1
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$65.00
DOES NOT INCLUDE t-shirt
Apr 1 – Apr 25
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🟦 Quarter Metric Century | 15 miles Closed
Online registration closed-
15 miles | 9:00 am start time
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$65.00
INCLUDES Commemorative Event T-Shirt
Jan 1 – Mar 31 -
ClosedApr 1 – Apr 1
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$65.00
DOES NOT INCLUDE t-shirt
Apr 1 – Apr 25
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Road Sharks 16th Annual Sharky's Ride the Beaches Video
Route Options
Route Maps
Early Packet Pickup Info
| Day(s) | Start Time | End Time | Location |
| Fri 26 Apr 2024 | 4:00 pm | 7:00 pm | Bicycles International 1744 S Tamiami Trail, Venice, FL 34293 |
| Sat 27 Apr 2024 | 10:00 am | 2:00 pm | Real Bikes 581 U.S. 41 Bypass, Venice, FL 34285 |
Start Location
Weather Cancellation Policy
This is a Rain or Shine event. No refunds or transfers.
The safety of our participants and volunteers is our most important concern and if any of the threatening weather conditions are present the day of the event (tornado warning, tornado watch, thunderstorm, heavy rain or a hurricane decides to visit), the event may be delayed or canceled.
When weather conditions or other physical conditions present a danger to participants, such conditions fall under the label “acts of nature,” it will not result in refunding of any event entry fees or future event credits, since funds were already spent in preparation for your event day.
Top donors
| No. | Name | Amount |
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| 1 | Anonymous | $500.00 |
| 2 | Anonymous | $267.10 |
| 3 | mark suwyn | $162.30 |
| 4 | Mark Ayers & Karen Schaffer | $107.35 |
| 5 | STEVE KELLEY | $107.35 |
Top teams
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Half FastRaised:$169.34 |
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SuwynRaised:$162.30 |
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Realz STEM GirlsRaised:$69.10 |
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SMBCRaised:$54.96 |
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Pedal MashersRaised:$54.96 |
Top fundraisers
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View fundraiser page for Steven
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Steven Mudgett$673.29 Raised$500.00 Goal |
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View fundraiser page for ronda
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ronda faulk$240.55 Raised$500.00 Goal |
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| 3 |
View fundraiser page for Peter
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Peter Bieniek$189.78 Raised$750.00 Goal |
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View fundraiser page for Robert
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Robert Thomson$188.93 Raised$750.00 Goal |
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View fundraiser page for STEVE
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STEVE KELLEY$134.83 Raised$500.00 Goal |
Contact information
- Event contact
- Wendy Kuhns
- sharkysride@gmail.com
- Phone
- 9417260014
- Website
- Visit website
