21st Annual AppleMan Triathlon

SUPPORT THE ROTARY CLUB OF LITTLETON’S ANNUAL APPLEMAN TRIATHLON

This year’s AppleMan Triathlon will take place on Sunday, July 20, from 8:00 am to 11:30 am, starting and ending at Long Lake Beach in Littleton. This is the Rotary Club of Littleton’s largest fundraiser:  100% of the net proceeds from this race are used to support our Club’s charitable projects and volunteer activities to help many Littleton organizations, including senior citizens, children in need of beds (through our Deb’s Beds program), veterans, school programs and scholarships, and many more projects helping our neighbors far and wide.   This year’s AppleMan is dedicated to all of our generous sponsors.   Without your help, we would not be able to do most of the charity work we do all year round.

More than 450 participants are expected to show up for this year’s race, backed up by about 150 volunteers.   This event puts Littleton on the map and celebrates the accomplishments of hundreds of athletes who have competed over the past 20 years.

The AppleMan Triathlon is a sprint event involving the completion of three sequential endurance races:  a half-mile swim, a 10-mile bike ride, and a 3-mile run.  Competitors range from casual teams from families and businesses to dedicated individuals who compete in multiple events nationally and, in some cases, internationally.  While top finishers in each age- and gender-specific class are recognized, the goal of most of the competitors is to improve their personal best times.  Race timing and logistics are handled by NEI (New England Timing), a well-known local producer of multisport competitions with more than 17 years of race production experience.  The race is sanctioned by USA Triathlon, the national sanctioning body for triathlons in the USA and sponsor of the USA Olympic Triathlon Team.

To recognize our sponsors from previous years and to encourage new companies to join us, we will be having a special “Thank our Appleman Sponsors” section on our race website, www.applemantriathlon.com, and our Club Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/rotarylittleton.  Since the site is currently generating more than 10,000 views, it will be an excellent way our sponsors' names out to residents all around our community, throughout the state, and farther.

The Rotary Club of Littleton is a service club made up of men and women from the Littleton area.  The club is a member of Rotary International, one of more than 46,000 clubs with more than 1.4 million members worldwide.  Rotary is dedicated to “Service Above Self” and provides volunteers and financial support to projects around the world.  Join us at the race and learn more about Rotary!