I am planning a run through the
Mississippi Hill Country Loop from Batesville, MS to Scoby, MS on Saturday February 20th. It will probably just be a Saturday run.
I started this thread as a planning thread for anyone else that would like to join. The trail is about one hour south from Memphis, TN and two hours north from Jackson, MS. The portion of the trail I plan on tackling is ~100 miles. I have not run this trail yet.
I've looked at the route on Google Earth and it appears to be about about 80% trail, 20% pavement. Some of the reviews I have read on the route seem to indicate that only about 1-5% of the trail sections are very technical.
If we get a big enough group, I'd like to test out some recovery methods and equipment. I've got the maps for the route/
If that date works for you, speak up here and we an begin coordinating and exchanging meetup info.
There is a McDonald's located at 302 MS-6 in Batesville, MS that would be a good meeting/start point. It is right near the trail start, though there is about ten miles of pavement from there before we hit dirt.
Here is the map overview: