30 van Amsterdam Noord

The 30 van Amsterdam Noord is an early-September running event in Amsterdam Noord with 30 km, half marathon, and 10 km options. AV ATOS has organized it for many years, and the organizer is affiliated with the Atletiekunie. The longer two distances work well as preparation runs for the TCS Amsterdam Marathon, while the 10 km gives runners a shorter way into the same event. The route goes out through rural Amsterdam Noord, with villages, meadows, the Volgermeer, Waterland, and the Volgermeerpolder all part of the setting. It is a northern Amsterdam race rather than a city-center one: open land, small settlements, and exposed stretches where the wind can matter. The 30 km race starts late in the morning, so runners get a long training-style effort on country roads before marathon season.