I'm based out of Lowell, Mass this weekend to catch my first ever NASCAR race in Loudon, NH tomorrow...before doing some sightseeing in Concord and Boston I hit the streets around my hotel (the name of which involves two trees) for a run through the hometown of Jack Kerouac...
I've read plenty of his books and his descriptions of Lowell were eerily similar to what I experienced on this run...a cool misty/overcast morning, run through mostly deserted streets past a couple of big churches, along a canal, over a bridge, across railroad tracks, through the business district and through the Kerouac park where large stones featured inscriptions of Kerouac's writing...
I ended up going 3.7 miles in 34.09...all in all a wonderful treat!
inspired by this run I came up with the following lame haiku:
running over streets
kerouac resting nearby
misty cloudy beat
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