The Walking Dead, Survival Rule Of The Week: What you need from yourself

2) Endurance

While zombies’ speed can be debated, there is one thing about them that can NOT be debated: Their endurance.

Zombies will never give up. They will never get tired. They will never get bored. They will never get hungry (Technically, they’re always hungry…). They will never stop once they’re chasing you. If they can see you or hear you, they will keep coming.

Because of this, you need to be able to push your body to the furthest extremes it can go because…you may have to.

Sure, it’s possible that, if a herd is chasing you, you may find a building to duck into, and the herd will simply follow the direction they last saw you go into and go off on a wild goose chase for hours, but, that is not guaranteed.

You can’t predict where you might be throughout a zombie apocalypse or what kind of circumstances you’ll find yourself in. For all you know, you may be trapped in a city, being chased by a thousand zombies, and every street and building nearby may be inaccessible, meaning you may have to run for miles to find shelter or escape. Or, you may have to climb a wall of wreckage, rubble, or barricades thirty feet high to escape that herd, and if your body can’t answer the call, the dead will catch you and tear you limb from limb.

While you have the time, start working on improving your cardio. Start running a little bit each day. After a week or two, do for a little longer, and a little longer, and a little longer, so that your body gradually adjusts to the new demands you give it. It might not make you a marathon runner, but anything you can do to improve your physical endurance is also something you’re doing to improve your survival.

Survival is a marathon as well as a sprint, and you should train as such.