The origins are from sanctimonious worshippers slowly going around the inside wall of the church doing their novenas at each station of the cross, praying iously, whilst looking over their shoulder at the altar and those seated in the pews.
Compare it to flying the various stages of a circuit whilst not looking ahead, but over your shoulder at the runway instead…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creepi...rigins_of_term
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stations_of_the_Cross