''Equalizer'' Announced for 2006 Life Time Fitness Triathlon: 9 Minutes and 49 Seconds.MINNEAPOLIS -- Unique Timing Format Allows Professional Female and Male Triathletes to Compete Head-to-Head for Event's $500,000 Cash and Prize Purse With the clock ticking down to the Saturday morning, July 15, start of the 2006 Life Time Fitness Triathlon The Life Time Fitness Triathlon is a triathlon race held annually in Minneapolis MN. An Olympic Distance length course winds its way through the city, drafting is not permitted. , Life Time Fitness (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LTM LTM abbr. long-term memory ) officials today announced the much-anticipated "Equalizer" for this year's event: 9 minutes and 49 seconds. Based on past Life Time Fitness Triathlon course results, as well as outcomes of other world and American Olympic-distance triathlons, the Equalizer allows the field of pro women to start ahead of the pro men by a predetermined pre·de·ter·mine v. pre·de·ter·mined, pre·de·ter·min·ing, pre·de·ter·mines v.tr. 1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance: amount of time, resulting in a dramatic "battle of the sexes" race to the finish for the event's prize and cash purse of $200,000 for the overall winner. The announcement took place before 40 professional triathletes at the 2006 Life Time Fitness Triathlon Professional Triathlete tri·ath·lete n. One who competes in a triathlon. meeting today in Minneapolis. Life Time Fitness Triathlon officials determine a new Equalizer each year. Past Equalizer times are: Year Equalizer Actual Gap Variance ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2002 9:39 9:24 0:15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2003 9:41 8:58 0:43 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 11:09 8:25 2:44 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 9:32 10:25 (0:53) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 9:49 --- --- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About the 2006 Life Time Fitness Triathlon On Saturday, July 15, 2006, over 2,500 amateur and professional triathletes from 40 states, along with thousands of spectators, will descend upon Minneapolis and St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery for the 2006 Life Time Fitness Triathlon. The event begins at 8:00 a.m. (CDT CDT abbr. Central Daylight Time CDT Central Daylight Time CDT n abbr (US) (= Central Daylight Time) → hora de verano del centro; (BRIT ). The 2006 Life Time Fitness Triathlon will be broadcast nationally on NBC Sports NBC Sports is a division of NBC, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. The NBC Sports broadcast lineup includes: The Olympic Games (through 2012), the NFL, the NHL, Notre Dame Football, the PGA Tour, the USGA Championships, Wimbledon, the French in High Definition on July 29 at 3:30 p.m. (CDT). About Life Time Fitness, Inc. Life Time Fitness, Inc. (NYSE:LTM) operates distinctive and large sports and athletic, professional fitness, family recreation and resort/spa centers. As of July 13, 2006, the Company operated 49 centers in nine states, including Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Texas and Virginia. The Company also provides consumers with personal training consultation, full-service spas and cafes, corporate wellness programs, health and nutrition education, the healthy lifestyle magazine - Experience Life, athletic events, and nutritional products and supplements. Life Time Fitness is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. (www.lifetimefitness.com). LIFE TIME FITNESS, the LIFE TIME FITNESS logo, and EXPERIENCE LIFE are registered trademarks of Life Time Fitness, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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