The 2010 Fitness Challenge, the third offered by the Diabetes Association, Inc. (DAI), Children In Balance, Community Development Recreation (CD-REC), the Fall River YMCA and Healthy Lives Fall River, held its seventh and final Fitness Challenge on May 1, 2010. CD-REC executive director Grace Gerling challenged teams and individuals to walk, jog or run the mile from CD-REC to North Park and then to walk or jog to the top of the hill and back three times before returning to CD-REC. Over thirty people took the challenge on the beautiful spring day.  The Challenge concludes on May 7th with a finale to be held at the Eagle Performing Arts Center. Click here for the   video of this Challenge event.  Click here for the previous Challenge event, here for the one before that, and here for the one held on February 20th.  Go to www.FallRiverFitnessChallenge.com  or Call CD-REC at 508-679-0922 for information about the Challenge. 

(Top row, left) Challenge participants Cliff Read and Tara Greenwood join CD-REC Executive Director Grace Gerling as they leave from the Bank Street headquarters for the mile walk to North Park. (Top row, right) Cliff and other participant begin the trek up the steep hill along President Avenue. (Middle row, left) Terry Greenwood and her daughter-in-law, Tara, reach the top of the hill only to head back down and up two more times. (Middle row, right) Tom Chapdelaine is joined by Darly Parrent and Cliff Read on his way back up the hill. (Bottom row, left) Cliff and Tom make their way back up North Main Street to CD-REC headquarters. (Bottom row, center) Stacy Primo and Grace pause at the CD-REC door after making it back before the others. (Bottom row, right) CD-REC Program Director Jamison Souza listens as Tom records the two pounds he lost on the walk, for a total of 64 pounds lost during the Challenge.