Just to clarify, you only run 1 mile per day? You're seeing fitness gains from 1 mile? I'm not judging, that's 1 mile more than I do now. I'm just wondering if that's a useful technique vs. running longer a few times a week. I'm guessing it useful to get you in the habit. Also, lower risk of injury. I guess i can just try it myself, it's only 1 mile.

I'm not a doctor or any kind of expert, but I think consistency is pretty much always the best. A lot of people get stuck in a weird mindset of "it's only a mile why bother" ... but even just going for a walk every day is infinitely better than doing nothing.

From my own experience, after 2020 threw me into a bit of a depression I gained a bunch of weight for the first time in my life. I decided I was going to "workout every day" but gave myself a ton of grace about what the definition of "workout" meant. If it was bed time and I hadn't done anything yet I'd just do a couple sets of pushups to "check the box" and go to sleep. I tried to do as much as I could every day, but still gave myself a pat on the back as long as I did ANYTHING that I could call a "workout" ... I lost the weight shockingly quickly and felt a lot better even though most days I was only working out for 10-20 minutes.

> I started running a mile five days a week, and have slowly moved up distance and pace

Presumably more than a mile a day now