Travel Race Morning

[bbarton1406]

I'm doing Ironman Lake Placid this summer my first one, and I have the option of staying at a place very cheap 700 dollar for 6 nights the two major concern are that one its to the northeast and the only way to get to the course race morning is going on 73 which the bike course runs threw. The second major concern is that its 27 miles away from race start. I already have a room booked in Sarnac Lakes which is 8 miles to the west and is 10 min drive from the start. The house would be nice and it would sleep everyone that is coming to see me do the race if I were to just use the room it would be 750 to only sleep 3 of us. I don't know if anyone has any past experiences with staying out of town in lake placid but I'm have a very hard time making up my mind. Any suggestions?

[MattCollister]

73 runs south of town. Although, of the three major roads coming in to LP, 86 heading west (towards Saranac) is the only one that isn't part of the course. In general, Lake Placid is not an easy place to get to.

With that said, I know other racers stay out toward or beyond both Wilmington (off 86, on the course) and Keene (off 73, on the course). I am guessing they either get in to town that morning via the shuttle buses that run throughout the day, or they're able to drive in that early.