One of the universal truths of running is that after a certain time period, you forget how hard an effort was and you want to put yourself out there again. I am currently experiencing this phenomenon as I decided I will try to run and complete my first 100-mile race…

On June 3, 2023, a friend and I hiked the Grand Canyon from the South Rim to the Colorado River and back to the South Rim. (We had to hike rim-to-river-to-rim because the North Rim trail was closed.) …

I recently wrote an article describing exercise scientist Stephen Seiler’s hierarchy of training needs. While doing my research on Seiler, I ran across a modification of Seiler’s hierarchy by ultrarunning coach Jason Koop. Here’s a link to Koop’s hierarchy. …

Stephen Seiler is a professor of Exercise Science in Norway, though he was educated in the United States. Seiler has written many highly regarded articles on exercise training and has also coached many successful endurance athletes. In a research article from 2016, Seiler presents a hierarchy of training needs similar…

In this article I’m going to demonstrate how to use the Stack class from the C++ Standard Template Library (STL) to determine if a string is a palindrome. Let’s get started. Stack Class Review The Stack is a data structure that stores data using a Last-in, First-out data flow. What this means is…

I recently raced the 2023 Little Rock Marathon after using the Hansons Marathon Method 16-miler training philosophy in my build-up to the race. Here’s a recap of how this training works, along with some modifications I made, and how well I did in the race. I’ve written about the Hanson’s…

There are many computer programming problems that involves performing a set of actions a specific number of times. For example, a grade average program for five students needs to prompt the user five times to enter a grade in order to determine the average for the class. …

As many of my readers know, I am a big fan of running coach and writer Steve Magness. Recently on Twitter, Magness posted a list of five training rules he follows when coaching runners. I will elaborate on those rules and how they have helped me with my training. The Boring Stuff is Your Foundation The…

The Input One, Process One program template is a common template to use when you are entering a series of related data, such as averaging any set of numbers. This template is usually implemented with a loop of some type, such as a while statement or a for statement. Pseudocode for the Input One, Process One Template Here…