There is something very powerful in running in a new city. Especially after you have explored the place you usually run in great detail. This experience invites new perspectives and thinking differently. It is a learning experience of a different kind from the one in the classroom. I think running an unfamiliar terrain is an invitation to explore and to wonder. This is a kind of daydreaming. You don’t have any expectations. You run and see what is out there. Sometimes nothing special is discovered. That is fine. What is most important is that the idea of ’there is nothing to see’ is made false by your experience of seeing new places. When I visit a new place, I prepare by making a map of the popular places to run. I look at it beforehand but rarely when I actually run. I prefer to trust my own sense of direction which takes me to places rarely visited. I think the worst you can do is to run where everyone else is running. This is rarely the best place. Traveling can truly be mind opening if this is what you are looking for.