Fayetteville’s beautiful trail system will be home to the 2019 Ladies DU Fayetteville, a 15-mile duathlon open to women of all ages. Organized by Fayetteville Parks and Recreation and taking place Sunday, June 9, 2019, hundreds of participants will run two miles, bicycle eleven miles and then finish with another two-mile run on popular sections of the city’s fully paved trails.

Whoa. They had us at baked goods and beer—but the 2019 Highway 71 Pastry Tour organizers have planned absolutely gorgeous bike tour routes to accommodate riders ranging from beginners to hard core, making this is one road ride not to miss.

Just like the changing of the clocks for the beginning of Daylight Savings and the celebrated immergence of dogwood and redbud trees throughout the Ozarks, there are a few happy reminders that spring has fully taken hold in Northwest Arkansas. One of those seasonal rites is the annual Spring Square 2 Square Bike Ride, a 30-mile cycling celebration on the Razorback Greenway, which starts in Fayetteville and finishes in Bentonville.

The Joe Martin Gran Fondo, taking place May 4, is a one-day cycling event for amateurs who would like to experience part of the same courses as the pros, but who do not want to live life on the edge — at least not for their day job!