"From running with his father, with whom he had a seemingly difficult and complex relationship, to using running to navigate recovery from thyroid cancer, to diving deep into training with Nike to try to run the Chicago Marathon in a new personal best at the age of 44, Thompson explores how this simple sport has driven, dictated, and helped him navigate the bigger questions in life."
"Thompson runs left foot, right foot, to the tops of mountains and the finish lines of marathons, but the key questions that the book grapples with go far beyond simple movement. Running is simply one of the threads that binds the various stories of Thompson's life, including his relationships with his father and his sons, as well as his own mortality, together."
Nicholas Thompson makes running a central organizing force that links athletic pursuit to family, health, and professional life. He combines roles as a magazine CEO, lifelong runner, cancer survivor, and 50k men's 45+ age-group world record holder. Running provided a medium for confronting a fraught relationship with his father, for navigating thyroid cancer recovery, and for committing to intensive training with Nike to chase a marathon personal best at 44. The repetitive act of running surfaces persistent questions about identity, parenting, mortality, resilience, and the limits of physical and emotional endurance.
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