5th Annual Bike The Coast- Taste The Coast

Tri-City Medical Center (www.bike-the-coast.com)presents The Fifth annual Bike The Coast- Taste The Coast a unique cycling event,, food festival and sports expo in Oceanside, is pleased to announce that it has 1500 riders already registered for the fifth annual event on November 1, 2014. 

As in previous years, this event will feature a choice of five bike rides (7, 15, 25, 50 & 100 miles), the Mainstreet Oceanside Street Food Festival, the San Diego County Bike Coalition Charity Beer Garden, and a Sports Expo at the Oceanside Pier.   Working with Visit Oceanside, the event has already begun to draw reservations for that weekend.

Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside has returned as the presenting sponsor for the 3rd consecutive year. “It has been three wonderful years with Tri-City Medical Center,” said event organizer Jim Curl of Event Media, Inc.  “Tri-City Medical Center has been very supportive of our goals: To reach out to the cycling community and to build this event (2200 riders in 2013).   “Tri-City Medical Center is very pleased to partner again with Event Media to offer this event as part of our mission of advancing the health and wellness of those we serve by offering to the residents of San Diego County an opportunity to participate in a world-class cycling event. Bike the Coast - Taste the Coast is a good example of the type of event that promotes that goal,” said Tim Moran, CEO of Tri-City Medical Center.

About Tri-City Medical Center
Tri-City Medical Center is a Gold Seal-approved, full-service, acute-care hospital with two advanced clinical institutes and physicians practicing in 60 specialties. The hospital, a leader in robotics and minimally invasive technologies, has served the community for more than a half-century. It is administered by the Tri-City Healthcare District, which includes parts or all of Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad and San Marcos. For more information about Tri-City Medical Center, please visit www.tricitymed.org.

About Bike the Coast – Taste the Coast 
Bike the Coast – Taste the Coast is a bicycle ride offering a choice of 7, 15, 25, 50 and 100-mile rides starting and finishing with food, beer garden, sports expo and music at the Oceanside Pier on Saturday, Nov. 1.  The cycling courses include the San Luis Rey Bike Trail and San Diego’s North County beaches of Oceanside, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Solana Beach and Del Mar. Proceeds from the ride support the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition www.sdcbc.org -- a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to making bicycling better in greater San Diego.  The ride is supported locally by the Visit Oceanside, Oceanside Bicycle Committee and Oceanside Kiwanis. For more information including course maps, event schedule and registration, visit: www.bike-the-coast.com.  For Oceanside travel information, www.VisitOceanside.org or call 760/721-1101.