LHRC’s 4th Annual 24-Hour Ergathon
2025 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!
When? Friday, February 14 at 12pm to Saturday, February 15 at 12pm
Where? Litchfield Hills Fitness, 599 Bantam Road, Litchfield, CT
Don’t forget to donate to your favorite rowing club!
Interest in becoming an event sponsor for the 2025 event? Keep scrolling, or learn more here!
A special thank you to Instrument Technology Inc., “Temple Guard” Sponsor of the Orange Iguanas, Taylor Propane, “Temple Guard” Sponsor of the Green Monkeys & Quantum Organics, "Temple Guard" Sponsor of the Blue Barracudas
Litchfield Hills Rowing Club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Become a Corporate Sponsor of the 2025 Ergathon!
Sponsorship Opportunities
Our Legends of the Hidden Temple-themed event features exciting team challenges and friendly competition!
Choose from these sponsorship levels:
Olmec’s Legacy Partner – Event Sponsor | $5,000
Artifact Accumulation Challenge – Meter Challenge Sponsor | $2,000 each
•First team to row 30,000 meters
•First team to row 60,000 meters
Temple Guards – Individual Color Team Sponsors | $1,000 each (Choose a team!)
•Blue Barracudas
•Green Monkeys
•Orange Iguanas
•Purple Parrots
•Red Jaguars
Why Become a 2025 LHRC Ergathon Sponsor?
Brand Visibility – Reach 100+ event attendees, 1,000+ newsletter subscribers, 2,000+ social media followers, and 100+ daily website visitors
Recognition in Promotional Materials – Featured in emails, press releases, social media, our annual report, and website
On-Site Branding – Opportunity for banners, tables, and live shout-outs at the event
Community Impact – Your support helps provide financial aid and new equipment to keep rowing accessible for all
What Your Sponsorship Supports
In 2024, thanks to community support, LHRC:
✔ Registered 338 youth and 144 masters athletes
✔ Sent 24 youth rowers to Youth Nationals, with our Women’s U16 4x+ placing 4th in the country
✔ Had 25 youth and masters athletes race at the Head of the Charles
✔ Awarded over $10,000 in financial aid
✔ Celebrated 20+ alumni currently rowing at Division 1 colleges
“LHRC has been a transformative experience for our family. The discipline, focus, and teamwork have been invaluable for our son.” – Current Parent
All sponsorships are tax-deductible, and sponsors will receive a formal donation receipt.
Ergathon Unplugged – A Kickoff Event
We’re excited to kick off LHRC’s Fourth Annual Ergathon with a special event fundraiser: Ergathon Unplugged featuring the Flying Ivories Dueling Pianos, great food, drinks, and lots of fun—all in support of our rowing community!
When? Thursday, February 6th, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Where? Woodbury Brewing Co., 738 Main Street South, Woodbury, CT
Tickets? $35 (includes 1 beer voucher)
Max Capacity: 150 people
21+ event
What’s Happening:
Dueling Pianos by The Flying Ivories: Enjoy a high-energy, interactive performance where you can request your favorite tunes and get in on the fun!
4th Annual Ergathon Kickoff: Celebrate the launch of our biggest fundraiser of the year and show your support for the LHRC rowing community—don’t worry, there won’t be any erging involved!
Come for the live music, stay for the raffles, food, friends, and all-around good vibes.
Help us kick off the Ergathon and rally for our goal of raising $35,000 to support our rowing program.
Get your tickets here, and we can’t wait to see you there!
3rd 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
When? Saturday, Feb 15th
Check-in between 9-9:30am
First wave starts at 9:45am
Distance? 1K! (the proper masters distance)
Cost? FREE! Donations are accepted :)
Who? We will have 5 different categories this year!
Novice Masters Women (athletes with less than 1.5 years of rowing experience)
Novice Masters Men (athletes with less than 1.5 years of rowing experience)
Masters Women
Masters Men
Mixed Gender Relay (teams of 2)
*No on-the-water rowing experience necessary!*
Didn’t click the SIGN-UP button above? Here’s another chance: Sign-up now!
2025 Ergathon Flyer
The Red Jaguars (led by Coach Tom), Orange Iguanas (led by Coach Norah), Green Monkeys (led by Coach Drew), Blue Barracuds (led by Meg & Coach Holly), and Purple Parrots (led by Coach Brea) face off again to be crowned fundraising champions of the 2025 Legends of the Hidden Rowing Challenge Ergathon!
Share this year’s flyer to help your team retrieve the winning artifact from within the Hidden Temple!
Click on the flyer for a downloadable PDF.
Thank You!
for your continued support of Litchfield Hills Rowing Club! Curious about Ergathons of the past? Check out highlights from the first 3 events!
And a special thanks to Litchfield Hills Fitness for partnering with us for winter training, and for hosting our 2023, 2024, & 2025 Ergathons!
2024 Highlights
The 3rd Annual LHRC 24-hour Ergathon was the most successful fundraiser in club history!
Over 24 hours (or 1,440 minutes), LHRC athletes and friends erged 312,397 meters. We raised $28,910 from 265 incredible donors, just shy of our $30,000 goal! For the first time, we had three corporate sponsors serve as “Temple Guards”. Thank you to TankFarm, Instrument Technology, Inc., and Taylor Propane for your support!
2024 was also the 2nd iteration of Olmec’s Revenge, our Masters 1k ErgGatta! Thank you to all who participated, and a special shoutout to our winners Dan Lynch and Diana Mazzacane! Thank you to Market Place Tavern of Litchfield and The Village Restaurant and Tap Room for generously donating gift cards to our hard-working winners!
Once again, our friends at Litchfield Deli & Catering, Toast & Co., and Hometown Pizza supported us with food and drink donations to keep us fueled throughout the event. Thrivent supported our ergathoners with a donation to purchase snacks that gave us an extra boost through the night! We are grateful for your tasty treat donations and continued support!
And a special thanks to Litchfield Hills Fitness for partnering with us for winter training, and for hosting our 2024 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!
Thank you to some wonderful local businesses for donating food to keep us fueled for this year’s event: 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!
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