Fitness Tips That Work

For the full detail, read this Wired article about Dean Karnazes, "The Perfect Human", which starts with:

DEAN KARNAZES WAS SLOBBERING DRUNK. IT WAS HIS 30TH BIRTHDAY, and he'd started with beer and moved on to tequila shots at a bar near his home in San Francisco. Now, after midnight, an attractive young woman – not his wife – was hitting on him. This was not the life he'd imagined for himself. He was a corporate hack desperately running the rat race. The company had just bought him a new Lexus. He wanted to vomit. Karnazes resisted the urge and, instead, slipped out the bar's back door and walked the few blocks to his house. On the back porch, he found an old pair of sneakers. He stripped down to his T-shirt and underwear, laced up the shoes, and started running. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

He sobered up in Daly City, about 15 miles south. It was nearly four in the morning. The air was cool, slightly damp from the fog, and Karnazes was in a residential neighborhood, burping tequila, with no pants on. He felt ridiculous, but it brought a smile to his face. He hadn't had this much fun in a long time. So he decided to keep running.

You can read the explanations in the article, but I'll summarize the tips for you:
1. BE AUDACIOUS
2. GO LACELESS
3. FLIRT WITH DISASTER
4. EAT JUNK – LOTS OF IT
5. CUT BACK ON SLEEP
6. SHOW YOUR BODY WHO'S BOSS
7. GET A COOL WATCH
8. LEARN TO LOVE KRAZY GLUE
9. GET USED TO IT
10. PROMOTE THE HELL OUT OF YOURSELF
11. BREAK IT DOWN
12. AVOID KRYPTONITE
Most of the steps seem quite doable to me, but doing 50 marathons in 50 days still seems, to me, somewhat difficult.

Hat tip: Coyote