The Running Ground
A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports
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The Running Ground
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Nicholas Thompson
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“This is not just an engaging memoir about running. It’s a meditation on what it takes to marshal and maintain motivation.”—ADAM GRANT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential and Think Again
“Endlessly surprising, revelatory, and heart-rending.”—ANNA WINTOUR
For Nicholas Thompson, running has always been about something more than putting one foot in front of another. He ran his first mile at age five, using it as a way to connect with his father as his family fell apart. As a young man, it was a sport that transformed, and then shook, his sense of self-worth. In his 30s, it was a way of coping with a profound medical scare.
By his early 40s, Thompson had many accomplishments. He was the Editor in Chief of a major magazine; a devoted husband and father; and a passionate runner. But he was haunted by the recent death of his brilliant, complicated father and the crack-up that derailed his father’s life. Had the intensity and ambition he’d inherited made a personal crisis inevitable for him as well?
Then a chance offer gave him the opportunity to train for the Chicago Marathon with elite coaches. Giving himself over to the sport more fully than ever before, he discovered that aging didn’t necessarily put you on an unbroken trajectory of decline. For seven years after his father died, Thompson transforms his body to perform at its highest capacity, and the profound discipline and awareness he builds along the way changes every aspect of his life. Throughout the narrative, he weaves in stories of remarkable men and women who have used the sport to transcend some of the hardest moments in life.
The Running Ground is a story about fathers, sons, and the most basic and most beautiful of sports.
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“It would seem disingenuous to say that Nicholas Thompson’s mesmerizing and moving The Running Ground isn’t really about running. But while running—from its practical agonies and ecstasies to its philosophical and deeply personal undercurrents—suffuses this book, something Thompson writes early on holds the key to its deeper revelations: ‘Running is the simplest of sports. But if we look closely, it can teach us about the hardest things in life.’ It’s those hard things that make this an endlessly surprising, revelatory, and heart-rending read.”—Anna Wintour, global editorial director of Vogue
“Most of us struggle to escape the specific gravity of our ordinary selves through the discipline of education and learning. Nicholas Thompson’s amazing memoir charts his awakening (and ours vicariously) through running. Here body, mind, and heart become an advanced machine that transcends age and time and generations, uniting him and us in the race of a lifetime. Bravo!”—Ken Burns, filmmaker
“The Running Ground is more than a book about running—it’s a deeply human and beautifully written story of honest introspection in which Thompson illustrates how the simplest sport can help us navigate the most complex terrain of our own lives.”—Kilian Jornet, ultramarathoner, world record holder for fastest time running up Mt. Everest
“This is not just an engaging memoir about running. It’s a meditation on what it takes to marshal and maintain motivation. Nicholas Thompson’s extraordinary strides illuminate how to unlock your potential.”—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential and host of Re:Thinking
“At its heart, The Running Ground is about fathers and sons, ambition and aging, and the quiet grace of moving ever forward. It’s an important look at how one of the simplest human actions—placing one foot in front of the other—can help us outrun our shadows, and catch what we love most.”—Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators
“In this pensive memoir, Atlantic CEO Thompson (The Hawk and the Dove) ruminates on the lessons he’s learned from fatherhood and distance running. . . . [Thompson] manages to weave everything into an appealing whole. It’s a satisfying self-portrait.”—Publishers Weekly
“The best part of the book is the runner’s equivalent of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, when Thompson applies lessons learned from marathons and other long-distance journeys on foot to daily life, including acquiring discipline of his own and gaining mastery of useful life skills. . . . Thompson exudes calm and wisdom. . . . An exemplary memoir of a life spent on the run.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Most of us struggle to escape the specific gravity of our ordinary selves through the discipline of education and learning. Nicholas Thompson’s amazing memoir charts his awakening (and ours vicariously) through running. Here body, mind, and heart become an advanced machine that transcends age and time and generations, uniting him and us in the race of a lifetime. Bravo!”—Ken Burns, filmmaker
“The Running Ground is more than a book about running—it’s a deeply human and beautifully written story of honest introspection in which Thompson illustrates how the simplest sport can help us navigate the most complex terrain of our own lives.”—Kilian Jornet, ultramarathoner, world record holder for fastest time running up Mt. Everest
“This is not just an engaging memoir about running. It’s a meditation on what it takes to marshal and maintain motivation. Nicholas Thompson’s extraordinary strides illuminate how to unlock your potential.”—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential and host of Re:Thinking
“At its heart, The Running Ground is about fathers and sons, ambition and aging, and the quiet grace of moving ever forward. It’s an important look at how one of the simplest human actions—placing one foot in front of the other—can help us outrun our shadows, and catch what we love most.”—Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators
“In this pensive memoir, Atlantic CEO Thompson (The Hawk and the Dove) ruminates on the lessons he’s learned from fatherhood and distance running. . . . [Thompson] manages to weave everything into an appealing whole. It’s a satisfying self-portrait.”—Publishers Weekly
“The best part of the book is the runner’s equivalent of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, when Thompson applies lessons learned from marathons and other long-distance journeys on foot to daily life, including acquiring discipline of his own and gaining mastery of useful life skills. . . . Thompson exudes calm and wisdom. . . . An exemplary memoir of a life spent on the run.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
The book masterfully charts the landscape of a life shaped by curveballs: a cancer diagnosis, professional transitions, and navigating the challenges of parenting. Crucially, running becomes the means by which the author processes his complex bond with his father, leading to a core insight: our capacity to understand the depth of another's soul is directly proportional to the extent of our own self-understanding.
What resonates most strongly is the author's compelling rejection of conventional metrics of success. The narrative beautifully dismantles the societal prestige attached to titles and affluence, arguing instead that genuine success is forged in vulnerability, deep self-understanding, present fatherhood and deriving joy from simple foundational activities. It champions the notion that failures and mistakes are not deviations, but necessary detours that ultimately lead to richer, broader life experiences.
The book’s emotional maturity reaches its peak in the author’s recollection of his profoundly complicated father as both a human being and a parent. The audio performance, delivered with remarkable grace, conveys these memories with a curious, loving detachment that is nothing short of inspirational. This peaceful reconciliation powerfully affirms that an addict is always far more complex than their addiction, offering a profound lesson in compassion and personal evolution. As a lifelong runner who has similarly struggled to find both compassion for my father and self-discovery through sport, this novel spoke to my core. It powerfully reaffirmed running's role as a vehicle for healing in my life. Thank you, Nick Thompson, for sharing your story so beautifully.
A Love Letter to Running, Healing & Self-Discovery
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