A Father Runner Talks About His New Running Memoir

Another Mother Runner

Sarah Bowen Shea

Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Runners (and aspiring runners!) looking for inspiration and erudite insight will love this episode with Nicholas Thompson, author of the just-released book The Running Ground: A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports. This father runner and cancer survivor talks with hosts Sarah Bowen Shea and Tish Hamilton about: -the logistics of running to + from work in NYC; -how he got a lot faster in his 40s; -the reality (or not!) of pain during an endurance race; -a recent Grand Canyon adventure with his buddies; and, -a memorable 100-penny analogy to implement in your next race. Before Nick joins the conversation around 7:20, the hosts talk about two-a-day athletic activities. When you shop our sponsors, you help AMR.We appreciate your—and their—support! No more pins: Get 20% off, including AMR 3-pack, w/ code AMR2025 at BibBoards.com Use code AMR for up to 35% off first subscription order at livemomentous.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thanks to Bibboards for supporting this episode.
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0:18.0	Music at bibboards.com.
0:29.3	Welcome to another mother runner.
0:30.6	This is Sarah Bowen-Shay.
0:31.9	I'm joined by Tish Hamilton.
0:32.9	Hello, Tish.
0:34.0	Hello, Sarah.
0:38.9	So I did a fun workout over the weekend.
0:42.4	We're recording this on a Monday, which is kind of unusual for us.
0:50.1	I played pickleball for three hours, which is 50% longer than I usually play for.
1:00.0	And then I headed straight to a pool that I haven't been to in probably, I don't know, two, three years and swam laps. And it was the first time not only that I'd been back to that pool, but been to a pool at all since I've been lake swimming.
1:06.3	So, yeah, it was really, really fun.
1:09.5	And my thing was I had planned on doing it because it was predicted to be raining on Saturday. So I was really, really fun. And my thing was, was I had planned on doing it because it was
1:12.1	predicted to be raining on Saturday. So I was like, oh, I better head inside and play
1:16.7	pick a ball inside and then swim in a pool. Oh, no, it was lovely. And gorgeous day.
1:23.1	Yes. Could you have gone to your pond? You know, Molly and I had debated going to the pond on Sunday, for other reasons, we canceled that.
1:34.4	But then also, we kind of got talking about it.
1:36.6	And we were like, yeah, she was worried it was going to be too cold.
1:39.8	And I really, I could handle the cold.
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