Category: Cancer Related Information

  • Team Hoagie’s Heroes: Scope It Out 5K March 23, 2014

    Are you busy Sunday, March 23rd? Want to do a 5K with me in DC? I am running in the Scope it Out 5K Washington DC Presented by Chris4Life with Team Hoagie’s Heroes to raise awareness and money for colon cancer research. My silver fox of a husband Scott Hoaglund is five+ years colon cancer free!! This is the…

  • Approaching the World with Good Intentions

    I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the effects of how you see your world has on how situations play out in your life. I had a discussion with my brother over the weekend about kindness and approaching things with the idea that everyone around you has good intentions when they do what they…

  • Christmas Eve – Be Happy

    Here we are – Christmas Eve. I have a ton of wrapping to do and I will try to be in the holiday spirit. Sometimes I think these holidays do more damage to people than help. People get cranky, some kids forget how lucky they are and become greedy little brats, everything is rush, rush,…

  • The Fountain of Youth is No Secret

    I have been having some issues with my right trap and shoulder for a while now. Anything overhead seems to aggravate it and being stubborn – I have been ignoring it, working through it and continuing on doing some mobility daily to loosen it up. I think it’s due to misalignment during lifting and just…

  • September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

    Today we worked on the 2nd position for Power Cleans. I have struggled with my cleans for a very long time, pulling too early. Today, for some reason it was clicking. Coach Dan said the last sets of cleans, for some reason it looked like you weren’t thinking and it was working! I love how…

  • Re-Focus and Remind

    Have you ever done Plate Drills? OMG they are brutal and were part of today’s WOD. Highbar adds in some Isometric work in addition to the traditional and I love it. Well, I don’t love it when I am in the middle of doing them but the results show. I recently found out two women…

  • Celebrate and Recognize – Living Beyond Cancer

    It was such a great day yesterday — so much to smile about. I heard from a ton of people from my past and present, all joining in to recognize how big of a day it was for our family. Yesterday, HB said now we can leave cancer behind us because Dad is cancer free.…

  • Five Years

    Five years ago today.   Hard to believe that it’s been FIVE years since Scott had colon cancer surgery to remove half his colon and we started to live a life beyond cancer. Looking back, so much has happened during the past five years but yet it was all just life. A different life than…

  • Seeing Crystal Clearly

    It must be the spring weather and the extra sunlight but I am feeling better and more optimistic —and seeing things clearer. Or at least that’s how I feel today.  And I am feeling more empowered to take charge and control of certain aspects of my life that are out of whack. I feel good…

  • CrossFit Means Family

    l love my CrossFit Family. They came out to support Scott as we all did the Scope it Out 5K to celebrate five years cancer free! I have a great life.