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 fifth Fitness Challenge on March 20, 2010. CD-REC executive director Grace Gerling challenged teams and individuals to walk from CD-REC headquarters on Bank Street down the hill to Battleship Cove and then to walk the mile-long boardwalk to the Iwo Jima Memorial monument at Bicentennial Park and back to CD-REC. Over twenty-five Challenge participants took advantage of the opportunity to increase their fitness on a gorgeous first day of spring. The Challenge continues for another seven weeks until the May 7th finale. Click here for the video of the event.  Click here for a video of the previous event in February. Click here for links to all of the videos of past Challenge events. Call CD-REC at 508-679-0922 or go to www.FallRiverFitnessChallenge.com for information about the Challenge. 

(Top row, left) CD-REC executive director Grace Gerlilng leads Cliff Read and Louisa Tavares out of CD-REC headquarters at 72 Bank Street to head down to Battleship Cove. (Top row, center) Former Fitness Challenge winner Daryl Parrent jogs across the footbridge at the start of the event starting at Heritage State Park in Battleship cove. (Top row, right) Veronica, Julie, Traci and Deb jog along the boardwalk on their way to the Iwo Jima monument at the end of the mile-long course. (Middle row, left) Wayne and Chuck walk past the Regatta Restaurant along the waterfront. (Middle row, center) Jeff Estrella and Jean Souza head back after reaching the Iwo Jima monument at Independence Park. (Bottom row, left) Julie and Veronica make it to the finish line. (Bottom row, center), Veronica, Julie, Traci and Deb pose at the end of the event. (Bottom row, right) Diane Sousa and Cathy Burch of The Energizers pose with raffle winner Deanna Perry at the end of the event.