Tiger 10 Miler - Trail Race Presented by Byron Bank
About this race
Join us for the 9th Annual Tiger 10 Miler Trail Race presented by Byron Bank! This exciting race will take runners on ten miles of twists, turns, and hills within the Byron Forest Preserve and the more secluded Nardi Equine Prairie. All participants will receive a custom finisher's medal, shirt and our unique age group awards go 3 deep in 5-year brackets. Overall male & female winners and also male and female masters winners will receive awards and a cash prize. Special awards will be given to five year finishers of the Tiger 10 Miler. Those five years don't have to be consecutive, just five total finishes. This is a "cup free" race so please bring your handheld water bottle or hydration pack as we won't have paper cups at our three aid stations in order to keep our trails clean and be environmentally friendly. Following the race, the after party will be held at Hairy Cow Brewing Company from 10:00 a.m. to noon. Race participants will kick back and enjoy complementary pizza while awards, cash prizes, and door prizes are distributed! "Like" or "follow" us on the socials @Tiger10Miler for updates and pictures of the course.
Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
Time: 8:00 a.m.* - 11:00 a.m.
Check-in: 7:00-7:45 a.m. at the Byron Forest Preserve Jarrett Prairie Center
Packet Pickup:
Pre-race: Friday 9/18 at the Byron Park District front desk 5pm-8:30pm. 500 N. Colfax St. Door 55, Byron, IL 61010
Race day: packet pickup at the race site 7am-7:45am.
* Walkers are welcome and will start at 7:30am. The early start is assigned by performance is not done by or for convenience to competitors and Byron Park District reserves the right to decide entry or not to early start. 18 minute mile pace will finish the course in 3 hours. The early start is out of respect to our volunteers and hopefully will shorten the amount of time they spend working on race days.
Location: Byron Forest Preserve
Fee:
$60/person on or before July 6th
$70/person July 7th - August 30th (8/30 is the last day to guarantee a shirt)
$80/person August 31 - race day.
*Online registration closes at noon on Friday 9/18.
Age groups:
0 - 19 Yrs
20 Yrs - 24 Yrs
25 Yrs - 29 Yrs
30 Yrs- 34 Yrs
35 Yrs- 39 Yrs
40 Yrs- 44 Yrs
45 Yrs- 49 Yrs
50 Yrs- 54 Yrs
55 Yrs- 59 Yrs
60 Yrs- 64 Yrs
65 Yrs- 69 Yrs
70 Yrs & Older
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Trail running
Tiger 10 Miler- 9th Annual Trail Race
Typical race-day weather
Based on 9 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Byron, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:41 AM and sets at 6:59 PM local time (CDT) in Byron on September 19, 2026 — 12h 18m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Tiger 10 Miler - Trail Race Presented by Byron Bank
Tiger 10 Miler- 9th Annual Trail Race · 88 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Plachno | 1:03:21 | 6:20 /mi |
| 2 | Chase Sarver | 1:09:59 | 7:00 /mi |
| 3 | Alan Tiongson | 1:10:52 | 7:05 /mi |
| 4 | Mauricio Grisales | 1:12:09 | 7:13 /mi |
| 5 | Kyle Anderson | 1:13:19 | 7:20 /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, 5 Byron events
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