Iowa City man running in every town on the Iowa road map

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – Since 2015, Tyler Sullivan has tried to go to all 99 counties in Iowa. He’s made it to 92.

“I really like discovering that little hidden gem in each single city in Iowa,” stated Sullivan.

A protracted distance relationship the place Sullivan was driving from Iowa Metropolis to Mason Metropolis, helped spark this concept.

“I might journey that means each different Friday after work and I used to be driving by way of counties that I’ve by no means heard of earlier than like Chickasaw and Bremer. I puzzled whereas I used to be driving up there sooner or later, I used to be like there needs to be one thing particular about all these counties,” he defined.

For the previous 4 years, he’s determined to run at the least a mile in every metropolis on the Iowa highway map. He has roughly 130 cities to go. When he visits, he likes to go to museums, diners, and even run in a neighborhood highway race. His adventures he have made for nice tales.

“I keep in mind going to a publish workplace and taking image of a mural. I take an image and a man seemed again and goes, ‘I’m going right here ever single day and by no means seen that mural. The place are you from?’ I instructed him about my story. He’s like, ‘how’d that was there?’”

His purpose is to write down a poem about every county. Sullivan has self-published two books and has been a poet for 13 years. He hopes that by way of his experiences others can admire what Iowa has to supply and contemplate taking their very own tour by way of the Hawkeye State.

“It simply seems like life continues to maneuver on actually quick and also you simply need to take pleasure in life. That’s why I’m having fun with Iowa. I really like seeing individuals, speaking to individuals and I simply attempt to encourage individuals to see extra of it,” stated Sullivan.

He plans on compiling his poems in regards to the counties into books. For extra on his adventures go to Iowa’s Scenic Views By Foot.

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