Flashes of Panic

One thing I liked about running in Amherst was that nearly every run you did featured a view of the College at some point. Which either told you how far you had gone, or how far you still had to go. One of the reasons is that you can see Johnson Chapel and the Merrill Science Center from a long distance away both on Route 9 and the various cross streets between Route 116 and South East Street. To the west, in Hadley, the Johnson Chapel steeple and the cupola on College Hall are visible from most of the roads I'd run on. The only way not to get an Amherst College vista (assuming you're noticing them) is to run north.