IMKY 2009 (Page 6)

You will see come Saturaday during the bike checkin and Monday morning.  4 elevators in the suite tower for 600 rooms = lots of waiting.  Personal I thought it was nice staying at the Galt House but there was alot of ill people during these times.

x2 on the townplace suites,, very nice place,.,, the next morning sucked because they were closing roads for a massive bike rally,,,, but I didn't get over to buy stuff until 10:30ish so if you left early you might have missed it...

2009 will by my 3rd IMKY and 3rd stay at the Galt House.  I highly reccommend it!  When I go to Disney world, I stay in a Disney hotel becuase it's part of the experience.

Registration is at the Galt House, the expo is there, all of the athlete briefings are there, bike tech is there, the massage people are there and a couple of thousand of your fellow triathletes and their families will be there.

Yes, without question, the elevators suck!  I learned the hard way though - reguest 'the lowest floor available' when you make your reservation.  If you stay on the 2nd or 3rd floor, you will never get on an elevator as there are escalators in the east towers.

No kitchen but he Galt House dinning room - the Magnolia Cafe - has a good breakfast buffet.  The hotel is w/i walking distance to the KICC where the pre-race and post race banquets are held.  The hotel is on the river and you can sit in your room and look out at the river to monitor water conditions.  :-)  You can walk to the starting area and you can walk from the finishl ine back to your room.

The Galt House is not the cheapest hotel but you spent $500+ on the race entry and $2k - $3k on your bike and countless dollars on tubes, gels, bike repairs, pool fees, running shoes, bike gadgets and such....now is not the time to skimp.  Enjoy the weekend and be right in the middle of things.

~Mike

My first IM also and I am staying at Galt House. I have run numerous marathons and have always enjoyed staying at host hotel. Hopefully this will be the same experience. Arriving Tue afternoon until Mon morn. 

Jim

So am I the biggest idiot on the planet???

I just now realized that the race next year is NOT on Labor Day weekend. My wife is a teacher and so are our friends who will be coming with. We were making plans on what days everyone would have off and when we will leave when we realized Labor Day falls late next year.

Am I the only one who was mistaken?

Yes, you are the only idiot who made this bonehead mistake.  Well, you asked.  :-)

BTW, on a semi-related note....I've often wondered why people get to the race site so much ahead of the race.  Why arrive Monday or Tuesday for a Sunday race?  Even arriving Wednesday seem excessive to me.  I don't even think the expo opens till Thrusday.   I'm fortunate in that I only live about 4 hrs from Louisville so I get there about noon on Friday.

~Mike

1) Airport is wicked close -- a ten minute drive from downtown.

3) I don't believe the Galt house ever filled up (its a huge two tower hotel that hosted two other conventions the same weekend as IMKY).  I added a room in early August and it wasn't an issue.  I believe the cost was $189 / night.

1) Yeah the airport is close, you can pretty much get anywhere you need to go in Louisville in 15 minutes or less.

 2) There might be some places straight down I-65 or somewhere in Southern Indiana but nothing super close.

 3)  I live in Louisville so I don't need a hotel room but if I were coming from out of town I would probably stay at the Galt House just for convenience sake.  And they have a sweet Bourbon bar. 

Maybe this has been answered but I am looking at the Hyatt place Downtown. It says it is connected to the 4th st live.

So is it that close to the finish?

HOw far away is the bike area that I will need to go back and retrieve my bike from?

How far are the Hyatt and Galt house apart?

The hyatt is cheaper than the Galt ...

I am also at the Hyatt....same questions apply....

1. Hyatt is closer to the finish than the Galt House.

2. Bike area is 1 - 1.5 miles from 4th Street Live or so.  Appearantly there's a shuttle?  I had my mother pick up my bike while I was running.

3. Galt and Hyatt at 1/2 - 3/4 mile apart or so. (Galt is closer to the transition area and start, Hyatt is closer to the finish).

I am in too!!!

but before I need to complete IM Austria in july 09.

hopefully I do both