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I'm working on a cover story in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on "gamification." This is the term applied to the adoption of gaming characteristics — points, reaching levels, having an avatar, computerized competitors — to solitary recreation, even self-improvements and chores. Good exampl...

In a couple weekends we have the LR Marathon. No doubt right now many folks are overtraining. Not the kind of hard routine that leaves you sore in the morning, but the weeks or even months-long progressive training that leaves you fatigued, disinterested, even depressed. Has anyone gone through this...

Does anyone have any thoughts on cold-weather running for an ActiveStyle cover story ? Specifically, many people have a hard time getting enough air into their lungs when it's frigid. Do you? If not, why doesn't it affect you? Is there a solution?

Folks, I'm a features writer for the Democrat-Gazette. I'm working on a story about what goes through our minds when we wake up the day of the big race and it's canceled due to weather. I have been training and writing columns for a Tough Mudder that was to take place in Texas last Sunday. It poured...