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Event Information:
The
Ironman Lousville, Kentucky is
entering its fourth year, and has
already become a unique stop in the
Ironman series and this year
promises more of the same. Ford
Ironman Louisville is an Ultra
distance triathlon consisting of:
2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2
mile run. The Swim Course is a point
to point swim; set in a time trial
fashion (athlete position is first
come first serve: don’t be late).
Athletes will jump off the dock at
Tumbleweed Southwest Grill to start
the event. Athletes then will swim
with the current till they reach the
finish at the Great Lawn.
Athletes will be required to reach
the 61-mile mark on the bike course
(located at the intersection of
State Road 42 and KY-393) and start
the second loop by 2:15 p.m.
Athletes have until 6 p.m. to reach
the transition area at the
completion of the 112-mile course.
Athletes will be required to reach
mile 14 on the run course (located
on Muhammad Ali Drive just prior to
the second loop) by 9:15 p.m. and
complete the marathon course by
midnight.
Louisville is the largest city in
the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the
county seat of Jefferson County.
Since 2003, the city's borders have
been coterminous with those of the
county because of a city-county
merger. The city's population at the
2010 census was 741,096
(consolidated; balance total is
597,337). An important internal
shipping port in the 19th century,
Louisville today is best known as
the location of the Kentucky Derby,
the first of three annual
thoroughbred horse races making up
the Triple Crown.
Louisville is home to a number of
annual cultural events. Perhaps most
well-known is the Kentucky Derby,
held annually during the first
Saturday of May. The Derby is
preceded by a two-week long Kentucky
Derby Festival, which starts with
the annual Thunder Over Louisville,
the largest annual fireworks display
in the nation. The Kentucky Derby
Festival also features notable
events such as the Pegasus Parade,
The Great Steamboat Race, Great
Balloon Race, a marathon, and about
seventy events in total. Esquire
magazine has called the Kentucky
Derby "the biggest party in the
south." Since 2007, Louisville has
been host to the annual Ironman
Louisville triathlon in August, one
of only eight Ironman events in
North America. In 2009, 2352
participants finished the course.
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