The Lake St. Louis Get Your Rear in Gear 5K Run/Walk is planned in honor of Charlie Hughes. On Saturday, October 8, the anniversary of his death, Charlie’s friends and family will gather to honor and remember his gregarious spirit and encourage the community to take charge of their own health. Here is the story [...]
Jo-Ellen is 4th from the left in the front row…@ her “Walk, Run, Cycle for Colon Cancer & Your Health” in Spartanburg, S.C. Warrior Wednesday: Jo-Ellen Corkery De Luca We honor an amazing woman today named…Ellen Corkery De Luca. You will be blown away how a lovely woman changed this disease. She has worked so [...]
From Sunset Magazine Not quite enough pumpkin for you? Sunset Magazine suggests serving this soup in mini-pumpkins! In the Midwest, we love the fall. It represents warm soups, football games and beautiful colors on trees, people and in our lakes. People are usually on their last days of training for a fall marathon, mowing their [...]
“Ask the Trainer” question from M.R. a Get Your Rear in Gear reader: I have a question about how many calories I need per day. I track all my calories, and I work out about 4 to 5 times per week with a mix of cardio (spinning, running, or elliptical) and weights. I’m 5’7.5″ and [...]
At 68-years-young, Vera Owens co-chairs the Get Your Rear in Gear colon cancer 5k race in Fort Myers Florida. Just as her co-chair, Dr. Janette Gaw, was in August,Vera was recently featured in a “Health Matters” story on NBC-2 in Florida, a partnership with Lee Memorial Health Systems. Vera’s story stress the importance of knowing [...]
A recent study documents that Latinos lag significantly behind whites when it comes to being screened for colorectal cancers. The study was lead by Ninez Ponce of the University of California, Los Angeles, used U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines at the time to determine if participants were getting screened according to recommendations. The information [...]
by Mel Ness, Get Your Rear in Gear contributor Butch Kummer first decided to undertake his 4-50-4 duathalon in order to get back into shape. After further consideration, Kummer, a colon cancer survivor, decided that he wanted to use this event to raise money for a good cause. “Last summer I heard about Get Your [...]
By Leah Shiely Swenson As I hear the media asking for stories about the experience of 9/11 and how it changed my life, I am feeling like Brian Williams said on the 5:30 NBC news, “The pictures are even harder to look at now.” I would agree as I would have never imagined the disaster [...]
By Amy Wenzel, Get Your Rear in Gear contributor Sage Scopes is Minnesota’s Colorectal Cancer Program that is funded with money from CDC’s Colorectal Cancer Control Program. Additionally, the Colon Cancer Coalition/Get Your Rear in Gear provides funding from money raised at the Twin Cities event to help pay for treatment for Sage Scopes patients [...]
