Krucoff wrote an employee newsletter for The Washington Post, and later founded the health section of the newspaper.
Some of Krucoff's interviews were with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Nastassia Kinski, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Her short story "French Twist" received third place in a contest that was held by a local magazine.
In 1986, Krucoff won at the Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards for writing a section about acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
According to Krucoff, this was the first book for average people to read about all of the studies involving physical activity's relation to health.