The Colon Cancer Coalition currently produces over 25 Get Your Rear in Gear events across the country to raise awareness about the importance of colon cancer screening and to raise funds for prevention and treatment of the disease. These events are made possible through the hard work of local race directors and the [...]
Rex Healthcare, a non-profit healthcare system based in North Carolina has partnered with The Colon Cancer Coalition to produce the Get Your Rear In Gear 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, March 6th at Fred Fletcher Park in Raleigh. The event will help to raise funds and awareness about colon cancer. Rex Healthcare is [...]
Yesterday, I walked into a coffee shop and saw someone who has touched my life – a teacher. Pacy Erck was one of my teachers growing up and was one of the few with a spirit that made junior high hormones talk openly. Nothing much had changed with her spirit. Strangers, coffee shop personnel, and I all were jabbering with her about everything.
Each year, the Colorectal Cancer Coalition brings together volunteers from across the country to learn about the latest legislative issues affecting cancer patients and their families, and encourage federal legislators to make colorectal cancer a number one priority...
Local musician Tim Mahoney will be getting his rear in gear tonight when he plays the Fine Line Music Cafe along with Toni Lindgren and Janani Logendran. The three musical acts are part of a fundraising effort to support the Colon Cancer Coalition and Get Your Rear in Gear programs to raise awareness and [...]
The Alexandria Get Your Rear in Gear 5K brought unprecedented crowds to Fort Hunt Park, near Washington D.C. The Get Your Rear in Gear event included Tony’s Mile for a Miracle in remembrance of Tony Snow, former White House Press Secretary and broadcaster who passed away from colon cancer in 2008. Friends, family [...]
FOX television will premier a new tradition this Thanksgiving with the presentation of Kaleidoscope, a star studded show featuring skating, music and entertainment to “recognize women and the key role they play in the battle against cancer – as patients, caregivers, and advocates.” Skaters Dorothy Hamill, Scott Hamilton, Kristi Yamaguchi and Nancy Kerrigan will [...]
900 runners and walkers answered the call to Get Your Rear in Gear, Sunday, October 4, 2009. In our sixth year, the third with the Colon Cancer Coalition, our numbers have grown from 200 in the first year to close to 900. Not bad for San Francisco, where people have a wide variety of activities [...]
A well performed push-up is the most efficient way to strengthen all of the major muscle groups in the upper body. The push-up strengthens muscles in the chest (pectorals), back (latissimus dorsi), the shoulders (deltoids) and triceps (back of the upper arm). Because a push-up requires an exerciser to stabilize the body, important [...]
Adults who run forty minutes per day, or roughly five hours per week, are more likely to become centenarians according to a study reported at MSNBC.com. Researchers at Stanford University followed runners and non-runners for 21 years and found that the runners “lived longer and functioned better physically and cognitively as they got older.” Running [...]
