In the corpus of the science of fun, there is a type of enjoyment that goes against the grain of seeking comfort and ease: “Type II Fun” (academically more often referred to as “hard fun”). Although ...

It was approaching sunset on a mid-February Saturday in the mountains of Flagstaff, Ariz. A couple hundred people were at the base of the local ski resort, ready to race-not downhill, but up the slope ...

Recently, someone told me that there are two main types of fun in our lives: Type I and Type II. Type I fun is probably the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of “fun” — things like ...

It was day five that almost broke Suzy McCulloch Serpico. The 40-year-old Maryland schoolteacher was 20 miles into the marathon portion of her fifth Ironman in five days, her attempt to finish the ...