I spent the last few months running in a small and familiar area. It was very exciting to travel to a new place and spend two mornings exploring the area. I think that to fully appreciate what I saw on those two runs, I really had to run the way I did. The empty roads, the green space around me, the roads that went up and down the hill—it all provided a shift in perspective and many new ideas. As usual, what makes something good is the effort you put into it: there was nothing special about those routes I ran, but to me they were unique.