As CEO of The Atlantic, Nicholas Thompson oversees a venerable magazine that has recently returned to profitability after several years of false starts, adding financial clout to its slew of star hires and considerable presence in the media landscape. Before beginning his career on the business side, having joined The Atlantic in 2021, Thompson can boast significant achievements working in newsrooms, including building NewYorker.com into a vital, digital presence before an award-winning stint as Wired editor-in-chief. But that’s not really what he wants to talk to Fortune about: He’s here to discuss plantar fasciitis.

The long-time runner is discussing his new book, The Running Ground, which only devotes a few pages to his journalistic career. Much more of it is about Thompson’s activitie

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