Nick Thompson | The Atlantic CEO & 50k Age-Group Record Holder
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
5 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
In addition to his amazing professional career, Nick has also been a committed runner for life, a talented marathon runner, who is now dabbling in trail and ultrarunning. Back in 2021, Nick set an age group American record for 50k running 3:04, famously at the same time that Des Linden broke the Women’s world record at the distance. Now, Nick is experimenting with trail and ultra running, doing a few 50 milers and a 100k, with at least some curiosity about the 100 mile distance. I’ve been a massive admirer of Nick’s for a while. A media guy who is also a runner, Nick is an inspiration for me and I’m honored to have him on the show.
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| 1:19.4 | Today we're joined by someone I've been excited to talk to for a long time. Mr. Nick Thompson |
| 1:24.0 | is the CEO of the Atlantic, the storied American Magazine and Media Company, |
| 1:29.5 | exploring politics, culture, and technology. Before that, Nick was an editor at two other |
| 1:34.5 | iconic publishers, Wired and The New Yorker, where he developed a reputation for his great |
| 1:39.6 | reporting and unique perspectives, writing impactful stories across a range of subject matter. |
| 1:45.9 | But of course, in addition to his amazing professional career, Nick has also been a committed |
| 1:49.7 | runner for life, a talented marathoner, now dabbling in trails and ultras, actually back in |
| 1:56.5 | 2021. |
| 1:57.7 | Nick set an age group American record for the 50K running three hours and four minutes, |
| 2:03.1 | famously at the same time that Des Lyndon broke the women's world record at the distance. |
| 2:08.7 | Now, as I said, Nick is experimenting with trails and ultras doing a few 50-mileers and |
| 2:13.1 | 100K with at least some curiosity about the 100- mile distance. I've been a massive admirer of |
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