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The New York Sports Clubs today announced that the New York Sports Clubs/Cadence Cycling Team established a new Guinness World Record� for most miles traveled on a single stationary bike in 24 hours. The team cycled a total of 829.84 miles, at an average pace of 34.58 miles per hour. �Our members set personal records every day, but today�s achievement is truly historic,� says Merrill Richmond, Vice President of Marketing for New York Sports Clubs. The previous record was held by a UK team of riders who rode for 595.17 miles at approximately 25 miles per hour in 2006. Holden Comeau, one of the New York Sports Clubs/Cadence Cycling Team riders also established a new world record for greatest distance traveled by an individual rider in one hour � 40.668 miles. �Many teams were eyeing this challenge and we are really thrilled we were able to set a new record,� says Comeau. The record was broken during New York Sports Clubs� Saints and Spinners event, a 24-hour Spin�-a-Thon benefit in New York�s iconic Grand Central Terminal. The event, which took place from 7 a.m. Friday, January 18, through 7 a.m. Saturday, January 19, raised over $250,000 for HealthCorps, a non-profit organization founded by �Oprah Winfrey Show� Health Expert Dr. Mehmet Oz devoted to fighting teen obesity. The New York Sports Clubs/Cadence Cycling Team was comprised of Chad Butts, Mikael Hanson, Tucker Brown, Holden Comeau, Thomas Wood and Stefan Kusurelis. The records were set using a Star Trac NXT spin bike. In addition to New York Sports Clubs, other sponsors for Saints & Spinners included Snapple JetBlue Airways, the New York Post, Star Trac, Gristedes and City Sports. About NYSC New York Sports Clubs (NYSC) is the largest operator of fitness clubs in the New York area. Our full service clubs, located where members work and where they live, offer state of the art equipment, motivating group exercise classes, personal training and more. NYSC is owned and operated by New York-based Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. (TSI) (NASDAQ:CLUB). In addition to New York Sports Clubs, TSI operates under the brand names of Boston Sports Clubs, Washington Sports Clubs and Philadelphia Sports Clubs, with 158 clubs and approximately 490,000 members in the U.S. as of December 31, 2007. For more information, visit, www.nysc.com. About HealthCorps: HealthCorps, founded by cardiac surgeon Mehmet Oz, is a national, school-based mentorship program that educates American youth about preventive health and the workings of their bodies. Through the creation of educated consumers and the nurturing of student health activism, HealthCorps is at the forefront of the fight against children's obesity and diabetes mostly affecting communities of color. The program, currently in 28 NYC high schools, is projected to expand to 80-90 schools in Fall 2008 and include programs in NY, NJ, PA, FL, AZ, OH, TX and CA. It is a non-profit program under Foundation for the Advancement of Cardiac Therapies �FACT,� headquartered in NYC. For more information, please visit www.HealthCorps.org.