Buffalo Trace Trail Race
About this race
Join us for the Buffalo Trace Trail Race at the Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve on Saturday, May 9th, 2026. Race starts at 9 am.
The Buffalo Trace Trail Race is a Second Wind Running Club race and is part of the Second Wind Running Club race circuit.
The Buffalo Trace Trail Race takes you through the approximate 5-mile trail at the Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve. You will run on wooded trails and through the prairie. Online registration is available through race day. A percentage of the proceeds and all donations from the race will be donated to the Forest Preserve Friends Foundation.
Parking is ONLY available at the Mahomet-Seymour High School (302 W State St., Mahomet).
The race start/finish is a short walk north of the High School to the Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve west parking lot off Crowley Road.
Pets and running strollers are not permitted in the race.
Packet pickup will take place on race day from 730-845am in the parking lot of Mahomet-Seymour High School.
Please consider volunteering! A successful race needs more than runners, so click on the volunteer link for a list of tasks where you can help.
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Buffalo Trace Trail Race
Typical race-day weather
Based on 8 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Mahomet, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:43 AM and sets at 7:56 PM local time (CDT) in Mahomet on May 9, 2026 — 14h 13m of daylight.
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2026 results — Buffalo Trace Trail Race
Buffalo Trace Trail Race · 49 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cram Soss | 32:14 | 6:43 /mi |
| 2 | Robert Lipscomb | 32:49 | 6:50 /mi |
| 3 | Sam Mabry | 33:29 | 6:59 /mi |
| 4 | Nicholas Dale | 33:40 | 7:01 /mi |
| 5 | Jonathan Tomkin | 34:10 | 7:07 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 2 Mahomet events
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