24-Hour Ergathon Fundraiser
2024 Legends of the Hidden Rowing Challenge Ergathon
Join us as we pay homage to the hit 90s Nickelodeon TV show: Legends of the Hidden Temple!
2024 Ergathon:
President’s Day Weekend
Friday, February 16 @ 3:30pm
to
Saturday, February 17 @ 3:30pm
@ Litchfield Hills Fitness
Don’t forget to donate to your favorite rowing club!
Interested in becoming a 2024 event sponsor?
Learn about the benefits of sponsoring our 3rd Annual Legends of the Hidden Rowing Challenge. Contact Coach Drew or Coach Holly if interested!
Litchfield Hills Rowing Club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible.
2nd Annual Masters 1K ErgGatta: Olmec’s Revenge
As part of our Legends of the Hidden Rowing Challenge Ergathon, we are hosting a Masters 1K Indoor Rowing Race! It’s time to show off those winter muscles we all have been working toward in a little friendly adults-only erg challenge. Join us for some 90s style fun!
The Straight Facts
Date: Saturday, Feb 17th
Check-in: 9-9:30am
First wave start: 9:45am
Distance: 1K (the proper masters distance)
Cost: $30, with all proceeds going toward LHRC’s Ergathon goal.
1 overall winner per category
We will follow a HOCR-style age and gender format (e.g., women 50-59). If we do not have enough entries in a category, athletes will join another decade, with a corresponding age adjustment.
Winners will receive classic 90s TV show prizes: a sticker, a LOTHT Medallion, and a mystery prize (could it be slime?!)
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Thank You!
Thank you to our 2023 Ergathon sponsors: Litchfield Deli & Catering, Toast & Co., and Hometown Pizza! We are grateful for your tasty treat donations!
And a special thanks to Litchfield Hills Fitness for partnering with us for winter training, and for hosting our 2023 Ergathon!
2023 Highlights
Our 2023 2nd Annual 24-Hour Ergathon was a huge success!
Over the course of 24 hours (or 1,440 minutes), LHRC athletes and friends erged 320,049 meters over 34,566 strokes (a total of 199 miles) with an average split of 2:14.9. We raised $15,621 from 253 incredible donors making the 2023 Ergathon the most successful LHRC fundraiser of all time! We purchased a 4x that helped get our high school athletes to the USRowing Youth National Championship!
2023 was also the 1st iteration of Olmec’s Revenge, our Masters 1k ErgGatta! Thank you to the 18 athletes that participated and to our friends at Great River Rower for bringing a squad to compete!
2022 Highlights
Our 2022 1st Annual 24-Hour Ergathon was a huge success!
Over the course of 24 hours (or 1,440 minutes), 36 LHRC athletes and friends as young as 13 and as extra-young as 70 erged 330,941 meters over 34,566 strokes (a total of 206 miles). We hit an average split of 2:10.5, and kept our rating at a 24. Even our Board President hopped on an erg at 2am! And thanks to our friends who erged alongside us, we gained an additional 150,116 buddy meters, putting our total event meters at 481,057. From 70 donors, we raised $5,074, more than doubling our original fundraising goal.
Thanks to local businesses for supporting our 2022 Ergathon: Bohemian Pizza and Tacos, Litchfield Deli & Catering, Litchfield Ford, toast&co