Arbonne Shake

Does it seem that some routes you take while running seem shorter than other routes even though they are the same distance? The other morning, Shane and I ran a few miles out, turned around and ran the same route back. It wasn't too far from home, basically half a horse shoe from our house. If I completed the same distance but ran zig-zag around the college, up one road, down another then came back in a straight line, it would seem longer. Do you think it's a comfort zone thing? Being closer to home seems that we don't go [...]