Do Work - Labor Day Erg Competition
Sunday, September 1, 2024
9 am CDT start
Let's do work! The Challenge: 10x100m with 10 seconds rest in between for a total of 1000 meters. Behold the power of 10s.
Where is your sweet spot? Do you have a monster start? Are you a master of the middle? A negative splitting wizard? Or is consistency from start to finish your secret? Show us what you've got! You labor for that which you love, and you love that for which you labor. Let’s do work!
Winning Categories include:
Fastest overall time, Fastest/Best Interval, Most Overall Calories, and Most Accurate Rower: Match Initial Pace & Rate.
This virtual race will be conducted ONLINE using ERGZONE.
The app is free to download in your mobile app store.
Full Entry - $25 (Race merch and media)
Speed Pass Entry - $15 (Race access only)
Full-entry racers will receive a March Meter Madness UV-protected race decal.
• 3” laminated polypropylene
Full-entry racers will also receive a vintage keychain bottle opener.
3.75” x 1.45” silver with epoxy coating
Race Rules & Info
Age Divisions
SGGM = Super Great Grand Master > 70
GGM = Great Grand Master > 60
GM = Grand Master – 50-60
M = Master – 27-49
O = Open – 20-26
JR = Junior – 0-19
Weight Categories
Lightweight Women: <= 135lbs (61.5kg)
Heavyweight Women: > 135 lbs (61.6kg)
Lightweight Men <= 165lbs (75kg)
Heavyweight Men > 165lbs (75kg)
Adaptive Categories
PR1
PR2
PR3
RACERS IN OTHER TIME ZONES may compete at their local time on Sunday, September 1 at 9 am, but they MUST submit their results within 24 hours of completing the event at their local time.
COMPETING ON AN OLDER MODEL ERG? You can still compete if your erg doesn't have a PM5 monitor. You cannot participate in live racing, but your score will count in the official results and rankings. Just enter your race time manually on the ErgZone app with a screenshot of your monitor so we can verify your results.
Manual Submissions must be entered on Sunday, September 1, to be counted in the official rankings and be posted on our website.
Make sure the date on your monitor is correct!
Fools Fest Sprints
Medals & Prizes
WE NEED YOUR SHIPPING ADDRESS!
Fools Fest Sprints can't send your official race decal, medals, or other prizes without your mailing address! Let us know where to send your race merch. Thanks, and good luck! Click this RACE MERCH button to enter your shipping address:
IMPORTANT
By registering for the Ergon Metron or any other Fools Fest Sprints event, I declare that I am physically able to compete and in no way hold Fools Fest Sprints, ErgZone, or any of their partners or sponsors liable for any injury or health issue I may sustain by participating. I'm entering at my own risk!
