This Is Iowa: Step by step, he's running through every Iowa town

Iowa's small towns dot the rural landscape, bringing bustling beauty to the farm fields that surround them.You've probably visited a few, maybe dozens or hundreds — but what about more than a thousand? What about all of them?Meet Tyler Sullivan, an Iowan you may see coming past your house. Sullivan has combined two of his passions — poetry and running. Tyler Sullivan draws up a running route similar to how he writes a poem."It's mostly the outsides of town," he said, feeling each word, each step, in each town.With no starting line, no starting gun, just a tap of the watch."You just never know what you're gonna find. Yes, I can look at my at the Google Maps and I can see OK, they have a church. They had this but just open your eyes. You never know what you're gonna find."Watch the video above to see the full story on Sullivan's journey through Iowa.

DES MOINES, Iowa —

Iowa's small towns dot the rural landscape, bringing bustling beauty to the farm fields that surround them.

You've probably visited a few, maybe dozens or hundreds — but what about more than a thousand? What about all of them?

Meet Tyler Sullivan, an Iowan you may see coming past your house. Sullivan has combined two of his passions — poetry and running.

Tyler Sullivan draws up a running route similar to how he writes a poem.

"It's mostly the outsides of town," he said, feeling each word, each step, in each town.

With no starting line, no starting gun, just a tap of the watch.

"You just never know what you're gonna find. Yes, I can look at my at the Google Maps and I can see OK, they have a church. They had this but just open your eyes. You never know what you're gonna find."

Watch the video above to see the full story on Sullivan's journey through Iowa.

This Is Iowa: Step by step, he's running through every Iowa town

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