Life Time Fitness Turkey Day 5K to Draw More Than 10,000 Participants Including Team USA Minnesota Athletes
-- This Minnesota holiday tradition features a 5K fun run and walk with a pumpkin pie challenge -- Second Harvest Heartland to benefit from non-perishable food donations -- Kids Carnival to feature fun fitness activities, games and Turkey Day Kids 1K at Target Center
CHANHASSEN, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- An estimated 10,000 participants, including members of Team USA Minnesota dressed as turkeys, will take part in the Life Time Fitness (NYSE: LTM) Turkey Day 5K in Downtown Minneapolis on Thursday, November 25. This 21-year festive holiday tradition starts the Thanksgiving Holiday off right with a USAT-certified run and morning fun walk for people of all ages starting at 8:20 a.m. The top 20 finishers beating the Team USA Minnesota turkeys will receive a special holiday surprise, a pumpkin pie.
The Life Time Fitness Foundation will collect non-perishable food donations prior to the race to support Second Harvest Heartland. Additionally, a portion of the proceeds from each race registration will be donated to Second Harvest Heartland through the Life Time Fitness Foundation. In 2009, race participants helped collect 6,217 pounds of much-needed food for the non-profit.
As part of the event, kids of age three- to eight-years old may enjoy a Kids Carnival featuring fun fitness activities and games from 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. in the Life Time Fitness Target Center gymnasium. Kids also can take part in their very own indoor Turkey Day Kids 1K, starting at 9 a.m.
Registration for the Turkey Day 5K is still open and available at several running specialty stores, including TC Running Company (Eden Prairie), Start Line (Minnetonka), Right Fit Running (Mounds View), Runner's Gate (Lakeville), Run-n-Fun (Burnsville and St. Paul) and REI (Bloomington, Maple Grove and Roseville). Race entry is also available online at www.turkeyday-5k.com until midnight on November 23, or on race day at the Target Center on the upper concourse level.
Life Time Fitness is proud to recognize the 2010 Life Time Fitness Turkey Day 5K sponsors:
-- Clif Bar -- J.R. Watkins -- KS95 -- Muscle Milk -- Nature's Prime Organic Foods -- Old Dutch -- Old Home -- Pearson's -- REI -- Skechers Shape-Ups -- Tria
About Life Time Fitness, Inc.
Life
Time Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: LTM) is the healthy way of life company based
in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The Company is dedicated to providing programs
and services that help its members connect and engage with their areas
of interest, and achieve success with their health and fitness
goals. Life Time Fitness designs and operates distinctive, multi-use
sports, professional fitness, family recreation and spa/resort centers
that help members lead healthy and active lives. As of November 18,
2010, the Company operated 89 centers in 19 states and 24 markets.
Additional information about Life Time Fitness centers, programs and
services is available at lifetimefitness.com.
Source: Life Time Fitness, Inc.
Released November 18, 2010