AoC day 3 part 1

from math import sqrt
'''
37-36-35-34-33-32-31
38-17-16-15-14-13-30
39-18-5--4--3--12-29
40-19-6--1--2--11-28
41-20-7--8--9--10-27
42-21-22-23-24-25-26
43-44-45-46-47-48-49-50
'''

class runningMan():
    def __init__(self,target):
        self.mode = ">>>"
        self.target = target
        self.coordinate = [0,0]
    def changeMode(self,modeInput):
        if modeInput in (">>>","<<<","^^^","VVV"):
            self.mode = modeInput
    def runForward(self,currentNumber):
        if currentNumber not in (">>>","<<<","^^^","VVV"):
            if self.mode == ">>>":
                self.coordinate[0] += 1
            elif self.mode == "<<<":
                self.coordinate[0] -= 1
            elif self.mode == "^^^":
                self.coordinate[1] += 1
            elif self.mode == "VVV":
                self.coordinate[1] -= 1
            if currentNumber == 1:
                self.coordinate = [0,0]
        else:
            self.changeMode(currentNumber)
        if currentNumber == self.target: # Set up output
            self.total = 0
            for i in self.coordinate:
                self.total += sqrt(i**2)
            print("The distance is:",self.total)

def rightUp(lijstInput):
    global id
    id += 1
    lijstInput.append("<<<") #+str(id)
    return lijstInput

def rightDown(lijstInput):
    global id
    id += 1
    lijstInput.append("^^^")
    return lijstInput

def leftUp(lijstInput):
    global id
    id += 1
    lijstInput.append("VVV")
    return lijstInput

def leftDown(lijstInput):
    global id
    id += 1
    lijstInput.append(">>>")
    return lijstInput

while True:
    puzzleInput = int(input("puzzleInput:")) # Mine is 347991
    id = 0
    i = 3
    lijst = [1,2,"^^^"]
    start = 1
    normaalCounter = 0
    normaal = 1
    corner = 1

    while i < puzzleInput+1:
        lijst.append(i)
        normaalCounter += 1
        if normaal == normaalCounter:
            if corner == 3:
                normaal += 1
                normaalCounter = 0
                lijst = leftDown(lijst)
                corner = 0
            elif corner == 2:
                corner += 1
                normaalCounter = 0
                lijst = leftUp(lijst)
            elif corner == 1:
                normaal = normaal + 1
                normaalCounter = 0
                corner += 1
                lijst = rightUp(lijst)
            elif corner == 0:
                lijst = rightDown(lijst)
                corner += 1
                normaalCounter = 0
        i += 1

    walker = runningMan(puzzleInput)
    for i in lijst:
        walker.runForward(i)
        if i == puzzleInput:
            break