Interview with Nicolas Thompson
Marathon Training Academy
Angie and Trevor
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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In this episode we speak with Nicolas Thompson -CEO of The Atlantic and author of the book, ‘The Running Ground -A Father, A Son, and the Simplest of Sports’. Hear his reflection on how running helped him amid personal crises; getting faster after 40; and how he finds time to fit running into his day.
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Nicholas Thompson (born 1975) is an American technology journalist, author, and media executive. He has been the chief executive officer of the American magazine The Atlantic since February 2021. Thompson previously worked as editor-in-chief of Wired and The New Yorker’s website. He is the author of two non-fiction books, is a contributor for CBS News, and regularly appears on CBS This Morning and CBSN. Thompson competed in running as both a high school student and briefly on his college team at Stanford. In 2021, Thompson set the American 45-49 age-group record at the 50-kilometer distance after running 3:04:36 at the Brooks Row River 50K in Oregon. As of 2025, he had completed the New York City Marathon 12 times, running his fastest time of 2:29 at the age of 44.
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| 1:07.8 | Oh, oh. MEPPro.co slash MTA. Hello and welcome to the Marathon Training Academy podcast. |
| 1:11.6 | You're home for all things long distance running. |
| 1:14.6 | I'm Trevor. |
| 1:15.6 | And I'm Angie. |
| 1:16.6 | In this episode we speak with Nicholas Thompson, CEO of the Atlantic and author of the new book, |
| 1:21.6 | The Running Ground, a father, a son, and the simplest of sports. |
| 1:25.6 | It's a fun and fascinating conversation with Nicholas, who is a very accomplished runner. |
| 1:30.6 | And don't forget, in the Academy, you can get all of our back podcast episodes and our library of training plans and courses. |
| 1:37.3 | Find out more when you visit Marathon Training Academy.com. |
| 1:41.7 | Hey, speaking of the Academy, we just added a program for members called optimizing your running |
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| 1:49.1 | Coach Athena is a certified running form instructor as well as the exercise physiologist. |
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