One thing blogging has given me is a place to put summaries of good stuff. I find books increasingly too long and boring to read through, I crave the gist.

Much of what we know about fitness can be boiled down into relatively simple processes. Here’s the common formula for increasing your running endurance:

1. Run for as long as is comfortable
2. Walk for 1 minute
3. Repeat the above for 30 minutes
4. Each day, increase your running time 1 minute
5. Gradually decrease your walking breaks, to one about 2/3 through the
   workout, and eventually to none