Hattiesburg anyone?

I would also be interested in this post. My wife and I are moving to Hattiesburg in July and are eagerly looing forward to meeting the tri and cycling community. We went down for the 1st annual Eagleman Sprint Tri and really enjoyed it.  I have read about the Trace but have yet to ride it or even jog on it.  

I will be back up there in the fall because i am going back to usm.  Pool wise I know there is a YMCA off Highway 11 between interstate 59 and highway 49.    Also you can join up at the payne center ( usm's gym  they have pool there aswell.

I live in Hattiesburg and work at USM. The Payne Center has a 50 yard pool. There is a Y in Hattiesburg and also Petal. Both Y's have master swim.

The trace is a great place to ride and run. There is a Sunday group ride every week that starts at the trail head (USM) that begins at 1:30 each week. There is also a pretty big goup of triathletes doing their own thing in and around the pine belt.

I do long runs and ride every Saturday and Sunday either alone or with groups of people. Let me know when any of you are in town and I bet we can hook up. I'm also in the local running club - the pine belt pacers - lots of runners.


James

Thanks for the info James.  I'm gonna PM you and see if I can hook up with a group ride this weekend.  I'll be up there Saturday and Sunday. 

If you guys are still monitoring this forum, I would like to hook up and train with yall and maybe get some tips.

I still haven't really found anyone to consistently ride with up there.  I usually just resort to riding the Trace.  Gets a little boring riding 3-4 hours on the Trace, but it's safe, so that's always good.  I'd love to find some hilly routes of about 40-70 miles to give me some variety. 

If you are still looking for a riding partner in Hattiesburg give me a call and lets talk.  My name is Billy, 601 520 7281.  Just identify yourself as Kmill23 when I answer.

Thanks, look forward to meeting you.

Hey all, my name is Phillip.  My wife and family are from H'burg and live there now.  I am finishing up in Afghanistan and will be living there starting in June.  I have been training for my first season of triathlon while I have been deployed.  I want to start a tri club when I get there with the hopes of developing a group of folks to train with, trade experiences/knowledge, swap gear, motivate and help the long workouts go by easier.

So the point of this post is to find out what kind of interest I could get for this.  I envision a dedicated group with the "in it to win it" mentality.  Get togethers and training will be relaxed and fun but with a purpose....to improve and move up the ranks at the finish line.  I want a group that pushes each other to get better.  Women are welcome as well, I can think of 2 that I know that would be interested.

So, it's still 3 months from now but I wanted to get this up soon to let people trickle in and find it.  My personal email is [email protected].  Email me there with your interest and I'll keep in touch and save your contact info.  I would like to have a website where we can all communicate so if anyone has any knowledge of that, bring it on.  Also be thinking of any names for the club.

Hope to hear from you, feel free to email me or post here in this thread.

Phillip


---When you're not training somebody, somewhere is and when you meet them they will beat you.---

There is a tri club in the works. Ben Hughes (the guy that does the eagleman tri in the fall and the april fools dualthon in the spring) is working on getting one together.

I ride with a group on Tuesday / Thursday mornings at about 6AM (once the light gets a little better). I also ride many Saturday mornings.

As far as hills go - just south of 98 in Oak grove has some hills (oloh purvise road / WPA / Kinght , etc). I logged 'a thousand miles' last year training for IMKY.

I am also involved with the running club ( pinebeltpacers.org ). Drop by there forum if you are looking for a running partner.

James

Since I started this thread, I ended up getting a job in Laurel, MS.  I'm moving up there in a few weeks, and can't wait!  We just signed for a house, should be closing in a few weeks. 

The riding scene in Hattiesburg is great.  I met some great folks to ride with.  If anyone ever wants to ride, just send me a PM.

I'm moving to Hattiesburg on June 4th and hope to find these cycling groups that have been mentioned!!

I live in Hattiesburg and just started getting serious about tri training in January. A friend and I do some bike rides on the Longleaf trace starting at Jackson rd station. I'm still a pretty slow biker so haven't tried to join up with any group rides.