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>the career I am pursuing involves being able to run at least two miles in under 18 min.
You might as well just say you're wanting to pass some military physical fitness test.
1 mile is kind of a difficult thing to get past, since there's not a whole lot to work with. The rule of thumb when trying to increase distance is that you should increase by 10% each week, but since you're only running a mile, I would shoot for a little bit higher. Just take it easy, and try to go a little bit more every time. Increasing endurance is a lot of hard work, and involves a LOT of mind games you have to play with yourself.
If you just want "cardio" so you can have definition in your abs, that opens it up to a whole list of different activities. You need to be smart about it though. The best advice you're going to get anywhere in that area is to find your target heart rate, and exercise in that area for 30-45 minutes.
Also, watch your diet.
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