Trail Mix is two events, an off-road duathlon and a mountain bike race, on the same day! Two distances for each event.
The Trail Mix duathlon is a 2 mile run, 10 mile bike, 2 mile run (individual or team of 2 people, 1 runner and 1 biker)
The Half Mix duathlon is a 2 mile run and 5 mile bike.
The Trail Mix Competitive mountain bike race is 20 miles
The Trail Mix Sport mountain bike race is 10 miles.
Sign up for both a duathlon and a mountain bike race and receive a 25% discount at checkout!
The run loop is at https://www.strava.com/segments/29916486 and goes clockwise. The bike loop is at https://www.strava.com/segments/32772773 and goes counter-clockwise. Both courses and transition will be thoroughly marked.
All of the events are at the Atwood Park Trail System, 7074 Rydberg Rd, Rockford, IL 61109. Both runs and the ride will be on the off-road trails. A mountain bike is strongly recommended. Sign up as an individual or a team consisting of 2 people. Professional chip timing by Tri-3 Sports Timing. Your entry includes a custom Purist water bottle, your choice of meal from Sizz n Fizz food truck, and ice cream from Dairyhäus on site! There's not any packet pickup to worry about ahead of time. Pre-racing meeting for the duathlon will be at 8:45am. You must be checked in before then. The MTB course will be open for pre-riding at 11a with non race course trails open all day. Pre-race meeting at 11:45a. We will cap the total duathlon entries at 90 and the total mountain bike entries at 125. There is not race day sign up.
100% of proceeds for the event will be donated to further trail building and maintenance in the Rockford area.
This event is co-hosted by Rock River Multisport and Rockford Area Mountain Biking Alliance. Artwork donated by Aaron Johnson of Aaron Branding at www.aaronbranding.com.
Oct 04, 2026
Distance — 11.3K
Type — Multisports
09:00
$50.00
Oct 04, 2026
Distance — 22.5K
Type — Multisports
09:00
$55.00
Oct 04, 2026
Distance — 22.5K
Type — Multisports
09:00
$80.00
Oct 04, 2026
Distance — 32.2K
Type — Multisports
12:00
$55.00
Oct 04, 2026
Distance — 16.1K
Type — Multisports
12:01
$50.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for October in Rockford.
Learn more about the host city, Rockford.
Rockford is a city in the Rock River Valley in Northern Illinois. With a population of over 145,000 (2019), it is the third largest city in the state.
Read more launchOfficial finishing times from previous editions of Trail Mix.
| Place | Name | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | David Whitmore | 1:13:05.9 | |
| 🥈 | Zak Messink | 1:13:15 | |
| 🥉 | Grzegorz Dziubek | 1:13:20.3 | |
| 4 | Cameron St.Clair | 1:17:16.4 | |
| 5 | Erika Danckers | 1:21:19 | |
| 6 | Bradley Lindgren | 1:27:23 | |
| 7 | Jess Galle | 1:29:16.3 | |
| 8 | Kevin Fagerstrom | 1:30:56.5 | |
| 9 | Miles Groh | 1:30:56.5 | |
| 10 | Justin Quintero | 1:30:57 | |
| 11 | Arin Whitmore | 1:31:37.6 | |
| 12 | Paxton Sneath | 1:32:15.8 | |
| 13 | Gene Flanagan | 1:32:37 | |
| 14 | Jana Brady | 1:33:51.6 | |
| 15 | Steven Heimbaugh | 1:33:55.2 | |
| 16 | Johnes Flores | 1:34:47.8 | |
| 17 | Mark Hunley | 1:35:26.8 | |
| 18 | Cara Feller | 1:37:48.5 | |
| 19 | Laura Marinaro | 1:42:40.9 | |
| 20 | Jarreht Versendaal | 1:44:03.4 | |
| 21 | Michael Freymann | 1:47:24 | |
| 22 | Christopher Bowlds | 1:50:54.7 | |
| 23 | Brent Versendaal | 1:53:15 | |
| 24 | Skylar Versendaal | 2:00:38.6 |
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