I run the same route nearly every morning. The route is a loop, which means that I don’t have to double back and run the same path twice. I’ve been running this route for years. I know it like I know a lover’s body: the location of every curve and hill. I know where to find every toilet and water fountain. I even know its smells, the various fragrances, pleasant and unpleasant, that waft up to me as I pass different areas in different seasons. I’ve run it many hundreds of times, maybe...
