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The Running Ground: A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports
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Engaging and profound, Nicholas Thompson’s memoir is an exploration of fathers, sons and the discipline that comes with being a record-setting distance runner.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A profound meditation on what running can teach us about our limits and our lives by a record-setting distance runner who is now the CEO of The Atlantic.
“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
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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...
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