ADVISORY/Life Time Fitness to Announce 2003 Triathlon Prize Purse and Network Television Coverage Plans on March 4.Sports Editors/News Editors/Lifestyle Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Tuesday Tuesday: see week. (March 4) --(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2003 2003 Event to Deliver Largest Prize Purse PURSE. In Turkey the sum of five hundred dollars is called a purse. Merch. Dict. h.t. in 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. History, Same-Day Network Television Coverage; Minnesota Minnesota, state, United States Minnesota (mĭn'ĭsō`tə), upper midwestern state of the United States. It is bordered by Lake Superior and Wisconsin (E), Iowa (S), South Dakota and North Dakota (W), and the Canadian provinces Governor, Minneapolis Mayor, Downtown Council President, and Life Time Fitness CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. To Deliver Remarks at Press Conference Event/Teleconference
WHAT: 2003 Life Time Fitness Triathlon Press Event/Teleconference
- Company officials will announce the history-making 2003
Triathlon prize purse along with the event's same-day network
television broadcast details. The event will feature remarks
by Minnesota Governor, Tim Pawlenty, Minneapolis Mayor, RT
Rybak, Minneapolis Downtown Council President and CEO, Sam
Grabarski, and Life Time Fitness Founder and CEO, Bahram
Akradi. Elite world triathletes Becky Gibbs, a Minnesota
native, and Australian Craig Walton also will be a part of the
special event. Additionally, Life Time Fitness officials will
present a donation to the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin
Cities, the event's official charity.
WHEN: Tuesday, March 4, 2003 - 11:30 a.m. Please plan to arrive no
later than 11:15 a.m. (Following the presentation, a light
lunch will be offered.) Media representatives who cannot
attend the event in person also may participate via
teleconference. To do so, dial 800-553-2178 or 303-267-1006
and enter conference ID number 3132479. The conference
scheduler is Jason Thunstrom, Life Time Fitness.
WHERE: Minneapolis' Historic Milwaukee Road Depot - Great Hall -
located at 225 South 3rd Avenue, Minneapolis
ABOUT: About the Life Time Fitness Triathlon
Set to occur on Saturday, August 2nd, 2003, in Minneapolis,
and now in its second year, the 2003 Life Time Fitness
Triathlon already has become internationally renowned with its
exciting and dramatic "battle of the sexes" format, and
record-setting prize purse. In 2003, more than 2000 of the
world's elite professional and amateur athletes from 15
countries and 35 states are expected to participate in the
Minneapolis Aquatennial-sanctioned event.
Redefining the sport, the 2003 Triathlon features, "the
Equalizer," a unique timing structure that allows professional
women and men to compete on equal ground, resulting in a new
and innovative competition format, and a dramatic race to the
finish for the first place prize. In 2002, The Equalizer
resulted in a mere 15-second gap between the winner, Barb
Lindquist of Idaho and the lead male, Craig Walton of
Australia.
Furthermore, the race features a stunning course, beginning
and ending at Minneapolis' Lake Nokomis and covering a 27-mile
path within the City's beautiful Parkway system.
Life Time Fitness, Inc. Life Time Fitness, Inc. is a privately held health, fitness and nutrition company that operates 29 multi-purpose, state-of-the-art Sports, Fitness and Recreational Centers in six national markets including Minnesota, Illinois Illinois, river, United States Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, NE Ill., and flowing SW to the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill. It is an important commercial and recreational waterway. , Michigan Michigan (mĭsh`ĭgən), upper midwestern state of the United States. It consists of two peninsulas thrusting into the Great Lakes and has borders with Ohio and Indiana (S), Wisconsin (W), and the Canadian province of Ontario (N,E). , Ohio, Indiana Indiana, state, United States Indiana, midwestern state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Lake Michigan and the state of Michigan (N), Ohio (E), Kentucky, across the Ohio R. (S), and Illinois (W). and Washington DC. Additional Life Time Fitness expansion currently is underway in Arizona Arizona (âr'əzō`nə), state in the southwestern United States. It is bordered by Utah (N), New Mexico (E), Mexico (S), and, across the Colorado R., Nevada and California (W). and Texas. The Company is headquartered in Eden Prairie Eden Prairie A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300. , Minn. and can be reached at 952-947-0000 or on the Web at www.lifetimefitness.com. |
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