Crazy In Love Erg Marathon
Sunday, February 16, 2025
8 am CST start for all racers! Live and offline.
You have to be Crazy In Love to erg 42,195 meters! For those who want to test the depth of their devotion to indoor rowing, we’ve got a virtual event for you!
Racing live via the ErgZone app.
The 42,195 meters will be broken into 4000m intervals without any scheduled rest in between, but YOU MAY REST!
If you want to take a break, stand up, hydrate and stretch, go to the bathroom, etc., simply put your handle in the cradle and leave your phone connected to your monitor. Your monitor will not time out if your phone is connected to the event via ErgZone. It doesn’t matter when you take a break or for how long. If you need to hit the bathroom at 22,315 meters, get up and go! Just don’t take your phone with you. Leave your phone connected to the event exactly where it is.
Once you stop rowing, your flywheel will spin down to a stop, but the elapsed time will continue as you take your break. When you return, sit down and start rowing.
Important safety tip: Make sure the batteries in your monitor are fresh! (This is especially important if you plan on taking a lot of extended breaks.)
If you are competing offline independently, you must enter your Crazy In Love Erg Marathon results into the app on ErgZone to appear on the leaderboard. Here’s the link on how to do it:
If you decide, “THAT’S ENOUGH!” and break up with your erg and this event, send us a screenshot of how far you made it. You still get your can coolie, AND you’ll get a Dear John letter as well!
The official start time of this marathon is 8 am CST for all racers.
Love Rating Categories:
2.45 hrs or less = OBSESSED
3 hrs = SERIOUS
4 hrs = WILD
5 hrs = FLIRTING
6 hrs = CRUSH
7 hrs = FRIENDS
8-24 hrs = BLAH
Every racer will receive a Crazy In Love collapsible neoprene can coolie.
Approximately 2mm thick, they will stretch and easily fit in standard 12oz cans and standard 12oz bottles.
Every racer will receive a social media share image with their category lit up on the erg love testing machine.
Every racer will also get a UV-protected official CIL erg marathon race decal.
This is a Metron Maximus required race.
All racers will receive a Crazy In Love Erg Marathon can coolie.
• Collapsible neoprene coolie easily fits standard 12oz cans and bottles.
All racers will also receive a Crazy In Love Erg Marathon UV-protected race decal.
• 3” UV laminated polypropylene
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, February 11 at 8 am, but they MUST submit their results within 24 hours after completing the event at their local time.
COMPETING ON AN OLDER MODEL ERG? If your erg doesn't have a PM5 monitor, you can still compete. You will not be able to 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 with in 24 hours of Sunday, February 11, and have the correct time per your location (8 am CST in Chicago is 2 pm in London) to be counted in the official rankings and posted on our website.
Make sure the date on your monitor is correct!
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ErgZone “How-To” Guides
Click below to learn how to access virtual live racing on the ErgZone app, how to manually enter your erg score from an offline race, and get familiar with a live race controlled start sequence.
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!
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