Not Your Everyday Run

Brett Hina talks with Paul Russo, a Brooklyn runner who has run at least three miles every day for more than 10 years. Paul Russo shares how consistency, adaptability, and fitting exercise into daily life have shaped his running and fitness journey.

In this episode, Brett and Paul discuss:

• Winning the Foot Locker Five Borough Challenge
• Starting and maintaining a daily running streak
• Running through injuries and difficult days
• Building consistency by removing choice and simplifying workouts
• What the streak represents beyond running

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Jonathan Fishbein has run every day for nearly four years, building a streak around consistency, resilience, and purpose. In this conversation, he sits down with host Brett Hina and shares how running became a lasting part of his life and how he protects the streak through injuries, travel, and busy schedules.

This episode covers:

• Starting his first running streak and building toward a five-year goal
• Using treadmill runs, music, and movies to stay consistent
• Managing injuries, illness, travel, and other threats to the streak
• How daily running supports mental well-being, discipline, and resilience
• The “half-binary decision” approach to making healthy habits stick

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The Measly Mile Mafia is a community built around running at least one mile every day. In this episode of Not Your Everyday Run, host Brett Hina talks with some of the Mafia members about how their streaks and the community has changed their health, mindset, discipline, and connection with others.

In this episode:

• Trey explains how the group began and grew into a worldwide running community.
• Justin discusses losing approximately 90 pounds, quitting alcohol, and building consistency.
• Members share how they maintained their streaks through injuries, illness, blizzards, and technology failures.
• Melissa describes how daily running supports stress relief, discipline, and personal growth.
• The group discusses accountability, community, family involvement, and the “one day at a time” approach to difficult goals.

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Renowned journalist and author Matthew Lysiak joins for episode one of Not Your Everyday Run, sharing his story of running every day for over 12 years.

Get insights on resilience, family, writing, and the surprising connection between movement and inspiration.

• The meaning and motivation behind Matthew’s 4,398-day running streak
• Overcoming a dire childhood cancer diagnosis to defy expectations
• The relationship between running, creativity, and mental clarity
• Navigating family life, raising a prodigy, and handling media attention
• Matthew’s deep dive into nutrition, health myths, and his work "Fiat Food"