The Difference Between a Road and a Path

Question

In life and running, would you rather move forward on a road or on a path?

I got the inspiration to distinguish between the two from Brad Stulberg's book "Master of Change" and find it quite interesting. But what's the difference between a road and a path?

In the words of Brad Stulberg

“A road is linear and aims to get you from here to there with as much haste and as little effort as possible. A road resists the landscape; instead of working with its environment, it plows over whatever is ...