Welcome to the group!
Okay - is it considered demented to deliberately choose a different route to ADD miles? We just moved our office about 1.5 kilometers closer to our home. That would mean that the direct route would now be 4.5 kilometers - hardly a workout (except that it is verticle...) But, the alternate route is now 9.5 kilometers - pretty nice actually - just feels a little weird to be heading away from home for a bit while I am going home...