The fourth Challenge Event of the 2012 Fall River Fitness Challenge was held at the Veterans' Memorial Auditorium on February 4th. Designed as an opportunity for Challenge participants to continue getting into shape, the event began with a challenge to complete thirty laps of the gym. About 50 participants divided into five groups, each doing three minutes of a different exercise interspersed by three minutes of walking around the gym "I can't believe how quickly the hour went," stated Dawn Nardi who is participating in the Challenge for the first time. Sponsored by the Diabetes Association, Inc. (DAI),  Community Development Recreation (CD-REC), the Fall River YMCA, General Fitness and Healthy City Fall River, and supported by Partners for a Healthier Community, the Challenge offers low cost opportunities for those who live, work or attend school in Greater Fall River to get fit, lose weight, have fun and win prizes. Registration was open through the end of January, and hundreds of people registered at CD-REC or at their workplaces.. Click here for the video of the event. Click here for a notice of upcoming winter market dates. Call CD-REC at 508-679-0922 for more information.

(Top row, left) Fitness leaders Stacy Primo, M.J. Alfano, Annemarie Sharkey and Daryl Parrent confer before the event. (Top row, center and right) Stacy and fitness leader Nykie Marzilli talk before Annemarie welcomes the participants and gives instructions for the session. (Middle row, left) Jim carey and Betsy Steen of the New England Gas BTUs team walk around the gym. (Middle row, right) Pam Laliberte-Lebeau, in the rear, talks with her husband as they walk around the gym. (Bottom row) Annemarie Sharkey, M.J. Alfano and Nykie Marzilli lead their groups in different sets of exercises in between the three-minute walks.