More than 1400 runners, including over three dozen Fitness Challenge participants, took part in the 17th Annual Officer Thomas J. Giunta Memorial 5K Road Race on beautiful spring Sunday, on April 3, 2011. Beginning at Bank and High Streets, Challenge racers headed up High Street on the 5K course that ended on Bedford Street following weeks of work-outs with Personal Trainer Amy Jones of  Where Is The Work-Out. The race is run annually as a scholarship fundraiser in memory of Officer Thomas Giunta who was shot and killed in the line of duty in 1994. It provides a terrific opportunity for heart healthy activity, both at the race and the weeks of preparation leading up to it. Click here to see race results. Click here to see a video of the race. To see photos from last year's race, click here. For further information about the Fitness Challenge, contact CD-REC Program Director Grace Gerling at 508-679-0522.

(Top row, left) Grace Gerling, Maggie Smith, Michelle Colberg, and Jen Preston of Amy Jones' Fitness Challenge Team pose for a photo with their team black hats before the race. (Top row, center) More than 1,400 runners gather at the starting line at the intersection of Bank and High Streets in Fall River. (Top row, right) Fitness Challenge participants Theresa Greenwood and Luisa Tavares pose for a photo before heading to the starting line. (Second row, left) Herald News Living Well section editor Lynne Sullivan, center, heads off the starting line. (Second row, center) 2008 Fitness Challenge winner Daryl Parrent heads out. (Second row, right) Brian Pearson of Community Development and State Representative David Sullivan head up High Street. (Third row, left and center) Christie Frank walks at the top of High Street and then finishes with Kelly Netto in a run to the finish line on Bedford Street. (Third row, right) Fitness Challenge staff member Carol Weber heads toward the finish line. (Bottom row, left) Kate Lavoie and Pamela Berard cool off after a great race. (Bottom row, center) Personal Trainer Amy Jones poses in front of the people who ran in the Giunta road race. (Bottom row, right) Daryl Parrent accompanies a Challenge participant to the finish line.