2003 Life Time Fitness Triathlon Offers Corporate Challenge Division; Minneapolis Mayor Endorses Challenge as Opportunity for Companies to Showcase Skills, Teamwork.Lifestyle Editors/Business Editors EDEN PRAIRIE Eden Prairie A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300. , Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2003 With Professional and Amateur Fields Full, Corporate Challenge is Last Opportunity to Participate in Most Exciting Athletic Event of 2003 Life Time Fitness announced today that the 2003 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. , presented by Nokia 5100, will feature a Corporate Challenge division. Open to any business, the Life Time Fitness Corporate Challenge offers a great way for companies to encourage teamwork (product, software, tool) Teamwork - A SASD tool from Sterling Software, formerly CADRE Technologies, which supports the Shlaer/Mellor Object-Oriented method and the Yourdon-DeMarco, Hatley-Pirbhai, Constantine and Buhr notations. among employees and receive brand recognition at the August 2, 2003, Minneapolis Aquatennial The Minneapolis Aquatennial is an annual event held in the U.S. city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, since 1940 celebrating the city's famous lakes, rivers, and streams. Its current tagline is The Ten Best Days of Summer. event. Employees may compete individually or in a relay format, and are encouraged to wear company-branded apparel. Awards will be given to the top three female and male individuals, and the top three female, male and mixed-relay participants. Corporate Challenge partners receive: -- A Company logo on the Triathlon triathlon, athletic event made up of three contests. Since the 1970s the term has come to mean especially a race combining swimming, bicycling, and running. A notable example is Hawaii's Ironman Triathlon, held since 1978, which features a 2. Corporate Challenge banner at event site -- A Company logo on Corporate Challenge section of the Life Time Fitness website (www.lifetimefitness.com) along with a link to the Company's website Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak heralds the Corporate Challenge as a great way to show the strength of a company outside of the boardroom. "The Life Time Fitness Triathlon Corporate Challenge represents a great way for the business community to engage employees in a fun and challenging event along with the thousands of competitors who will descend de·scend v. de·scend·ed, de·scend·ing, de·scends v.intr. 1. To move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down. 2. upon Minneapolis on August 2nd." Life Time Fitness Triathlon officials also highlighted the Corporate Challenge as the only remaining opportunity to participate in the 2003 event. As Corporate Challenge registrations are limited, interested companies are urged to sign up early by calling 952-229-7227 or 866-321-7575. In addition to more than 2,100 amateur athletes, the 2003 Life Time Fitness Triathlon will present an impressive field of the world's elite professional triathletes (Also see, "2003 Life Time Fitness Triathlon Draws 'Who's Who' Among World's Elite Professional Triathletes," - Business Wire, June 27, 2003) competing for the largest prize purse PURSE. In Turkey the sum of five hundred dollars is called a purse. Merch. Dict. h.t. in the history of the sport, at $500,000, along with same-day 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 national broadcast TV coverage. The Triathlon features a stunning course, beginning and ending at Minneapolis' Lake Nokomis Lake Nokomis is one of several lakes in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The lake was originally named Lake Amelia in honor of Captain George Gooding’s daughter, Amelia, in 1819. and covering a 27-mile path within the City's beautiful Parkway system. Both short- and international-distance courses will be offered. The short-distance course includes a .4-mile swim, 10-mile bike race and a 2.1-mile run. The international-distance course features a .75-mile swim, 21.3-mile bike race and 4.7-mile run. The Event is a part of the Minneapolis Aquatennial, a ten-day premier Twin Cities civic celebration that upholds a 64-year community tradition and hosts more than 800,000 visitors. For more information about the Life Time Fitness Triathlon visit www.lifetimefitness.com or call 952-229-7227 or 866-321-7575. 2003 Life Time Fitness Triathlon Sponsors
Life Time Fitness is proud to recognize the 2003 Life Time Fitness
Triathlon sponsors:
Presenting Sponsor: Nokia 5100
Gold Sponsors: POWERADE
Life Fitness
Silver Sponsors: Galyan's
Cargill Health & Food Technologies
Liberty Mutual
Casio
Answer Financial
Seattle Sutton's
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