Over 800 runners participated in the 14th Annual Officer Thomas J. Giunta Memorial 5K Road Race on a cold, raw Sunday, on April 6, 2008. The race began at Bank and High Streets and followed a 5K course up High Street to New Boston Road, Oak Grove Avenue and back to the finish line in front of the Salvation Army on Bedford Street. A dozen participants in the Fitness Challenge, who had trained for the race in the preceding weeks, participated in turquoise tee shirts provided by 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. To see photos from last year's race, click here.
 

(Top row, left) Participants in the Fitness Challenge Jodi, Amy, Vicki, Val, Kate, Brandon, Holly, Robin, and Yvonne. gather in their turquoise tee shirts before the start of the race. (Top row, center) Officer Giunta's widow, Doris, and son, Timothy, listen as Fall River Police Chief John M. Souza prepares to read the invocation. (Top row, right) Fitness Trainer Amy Jones wears her sunglasses as she and participants in the Fitness Challenge start out. (Middle row, left) Many race participant choose to walk the 3.1 mile course. (Middle row, right) Fitness Challenge participants Helen and Kate work their way up the High Street incline to New Boston Road. (Bottom row, left) Challenge participant Brandon, in his turquoise tee shirt, heads down the final stretch on Bedford Street. (Bottom row, center) CD-REC director Grace and Robin head to the final gate. (Bottom row, right) Sharon checks her time after crossing the finish line in front of the Salvation Army on Bedford Street.