About cycling & running in ArnhemArnhem Training Notes
Running: Locals run Arnhem like a park city with teeth. The 5 km beginner loop runs past the Nederlands Watermuseum and the waterfalls at Grote Vijver. Park Presikhaaf and Angerenstein give you nearly 6 km, while Klarenbeek, Monnikenhuizen, Geitenkamp, and Arnhemse Allee make a tidy 7 km. Immerloo Park gives you 6 km along the water. The Elderveld loop runs 5 km past Park De Steenen Kamer and Jubileumpark. Arnhem Run Club - ARC, Loopgroep Arnhemia, and Tante Trail keep the group runs moving. Rabo Bridge to Bridge, Stuwwalloop Oosterbeek, Eldense Dorpsloop, and Nijmegen Zevenheuvelenloop are the anchor events.
Cycling: Locals ride Arnhem because the city changes shape fast. Arnhem Noord gives you the stuwwal, woodlands, moraines, gravel, and the climbs. Arnhem Zuid gives you the flat riverside dike work for Z2, intervals, and long base miles. Warnsborn can put you almost wholly on gravel toward Veluwezoom, and the RijnWaalpad runs 17 km as a bicycle highway to Nijmegen. Gelderland gives you kilometres of separated bike lanes, so a quick crit-style spin or a long gran fondo day both work. MTB Arnhem, AirborneMTB, RETO Arnhem, Gele Rijders, and Roelofs Fietsen are the names to know. Gelreman triathlon, Biothlon, and Rondje Nederland sit on the calendar.
Season: Summer puts Loopgroep Arnhemia in the forests and parks of Arnhem Noord, which is exactly where you want the shade, the singletrack feel, and the small climbs. September gives runners the Rabo Bridge to Bridge anchor, with the John Frost Bridge as the obvious mental marker. Winter changes the map without killing the training. Loopgroep Arnhemia shifts to Arnhem Zuid when the days get shorter, and cyclists lean harder on the dikes, the separated lanes, and flatter Z2 miles. Veluwezoom still has the punch when you want it, with the high point reaching 110 m above sea level outside Limburg.
