3 Hours...100 Bikes...Spin to Benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation; Renaissance ClubSport Hosts Arete Racing Team Fundraiser.Sports Editors/Lifestyle Editors WALNUT CREEK Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2003 Renaissance ClubSport will host a 3-hour "mass" indoor cycling Indoor cycling is a form of high-intensity exercise that involves using a stationary exercise bicycle in a classroom setting. The concept was created in the 1980s when Schwinn and ultra-endurance athlete Jonathan Goldberg ("Johnny G.") introduced the Spinning program. event to benefit the Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France—cycling's most prestigious race—seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005. Foundation (LAF LAF Lance Armstrong Foundation (non-profit cancer organization) LAF Look and Feel LAF Laugh LAF Lebanese Armed Forces LAF Liquidity Adjustment Facility LAF Lost And Found LAF Laminar Air Flow ). On May 18, 2003 from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, Myles Murphy, Renaissance ClubSport trainer, and his elite cycling team, Arete a·rête n. A sharp, narrow mountain ridge or spur. [French, from Old French areste, fishbone, spine, from Late Latin arista, awn, fishbone, from Latin, awn. Racing, will lead the Lance Armstrong Challenge Spinning event along with some of the Bay Area's finest instructors. This 3 hour event will bring together 100 fitness and cycling enthusiasts in the first "mass" Spinning event of it's kind in the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay and promises to deliver a fantastic and unique experience to all that participate. In addition to a great spinning work out, each participant will receive an event T-shirt, sponsor thank-you gift and a ticket to the post-event party at the Renaissance ClubSport hotel and fitness resort. Arete Racing Team has developed several events to help raise funds and awareness for LAF, and the second event to be sponsored by Renaissance ClubSport, additional sponsors include: CLIF Bar, Sports Basement, Cytosport, Rudy Project, Star Trac and Computrainer. This event is a prelude to Arete Racing team's Race Across America The Race Across America, or RAAM, is an ultra marathon bicycle race across the USA that started in 1982 as the Great American Bike Race. RAAM is arguably the best-known and longest annual endurance cycling event in the world. ; a non-stop "ultra" bike race that will cover nearly 3,000 miles in only 6 days. Teams will race through 15 states from San Diego, CA, to Atlantic City, NJ, in June 2003 to raise awareness and funds for The Lance Armstrong Foundation. The Lance Armstrong Challenge Spinning event is open to the public. Participants can register at Renaissance ClubSport, 2805 Jones Road, Walnut Creek, CA 94597 (925/938-8700) or by visiting www.lachallenge.com. Individual entry is $100 and Team entry is $150 (up to 3 people). All proceeds will go to LAF. This is one of many charitable causes that ClubSport has supported since the company's inception in 1978. All ClubSport properties work with many local charities to benefit schools, children's charities and the less fortunate in California, Oregon and Nevada. For more information on the Lance Armstrong Foundation visit www.laf.org, or for information on RAAM RAAM Race Across America RAAM Register of Australian Archives and Manuscripts RAAM Remote Anti-Armor Mine RAAM Reducing the Availability of Alcohol to Minors (Ocean City, MD) visit http://www.ultracycling.com/index.html. About ClubSport All ClubSport properties work with many local charities to benefit schools, children's charities and the less fortunate in California, Oregon and Nevada. ClubSport is part of the Leisure Sports, Inc. family of fitness facilities. Leisure Sports, a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , is a prominent developer and operator of high-end sports clubs and hotels. Based in California, the company has pioneered the "fitness resort" concept by building clubs that combine function with aesthetics and practicality with luxury. The company currently operates clubs in California, Nevada and Oregon serving over 30,000 members. The company has developed and operated eight clubs under the ClubSport brand and two full-service hotels, the 300-room, Pleasanton Hilton Hotel in Pleasanton, CA and the 175-room Renaissance ClubSport Hotel and Fitness Resort in Walnut Creek, CA. For more information on Leisure Sports or ClubSport, please visit www.clubsports.com. |
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