Life Time Fitness Triathlon
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Saturday, July 17, 2004

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Life Time Fitness, a national health and fitness company, today announced the broad field of professional triathletes -- who will participate in the 2004 Life Time Fitness Triathlon.

Based upon registrations to date, 14 of the professional participants will go on to compete at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Combined, a field of more than 40 female and male professionals will battle for the event's record $500,000 prize purse. Set to take place on Saturday, July 17, 2004, in Minneapolis/ St. Paul, the event will be broadcast via same-day national coverage on NBC Sports at 1:00 p.m. (CST).

The Triathlon features Life Time Fitness' Equalizer, an innovative competition format that allows the professional women and men to compete on equal ground, creating a dramatic battle-of-the-sexes race to the finish for the first-place prize of $250,000. The second through fifth place finishers will receive $50,000, $35,000, $25,000, and $20,000 respectively. Cash will be awarded to the overall top 12 professional women and top 12 professional men.

The stellar 2004 field of female and male professionals include:

Women:

Liz Blatchford (AUS)
Leanda Cave (UK)
Julie Dibens (UK)
Sharon Donnelly (CAN)
Loretta Harrop (AUS) *
Rina Hill (AUS) *
Michellie Jones (AUS)
Barb Lindquist (USA) *
Samantha McGlone (CAN)
Carol Montgomery (CAN)
Laura Reback (USA)
Emma Snowsill (AUS)
Sandra Soldan (BRA)
Jessi Stensland (USA)
Julie Swail (USA)
Sheila Taormina (USA) *
Susan Bartholomew Williams (USA)
Evelyn Williamson (NZL)
Joanna Zeiger (USA)

Men:
Craig Alexander (AUS)
Paul Amey (UK) *
Greg Bennett (AUS) *
Hamish Carter (NZL) *
Bevan Docherty (NZL) *
Arturo Garza (MEX)
Kris Gemmell (NZL)
Chris Hill (AUS)
Reto Hug (SUI) *
Hunter Kemper (USA) *
Eneko Llanos (SPA) *
Vladimir Polikarpenko (UKR)
Andy Potts (USA) *
Matt Reed (NZL)
Greg Remaly (USA)
Miles Stewart (AUS)
Conrad Stoltz (RSA) *
Simon Thompson (AUS) *
Luc Van Lierde (BEL)
Craig Walton (AUS)

(* 2004 Olympic Games Participant)

More than 2,500+ amateur and professional athletes are expected to participate in the event. The Triathlon features a stunning course, beginning and ending at Minneapolis' Lake Nokomis and following the Twin Cities beautiful Parkway system

. Both Olympic- and short- distance courses will be offered. The short course includes a .4-mile swim, 15-mile bike race and a 3-mile run. The Olympic course features a 1.5K swim, 40K bike and 10K run.