More than a thousand runners participated in the 16th Annual Officer Thomas J. Giunta Memorial 5K Road Race on beautiful spring Sunday, on April 11, 2010. 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. More than fifty participants in the Fitness Challenge, who had trained for the race in the preceding weeks, participated in light blue 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. For further information about the Fitness Challenge, contact CD-REC Program Director Grace Gerling at 508-679-0522.

(Top row, left) Officer Giunta's son, Timothy, announces that the annual race will continue another year as Officer Giunta's widow, Doris, Fall River Police Chief Dan Racine and Mayor Will Flanagan stand in the background. (Top row, center) Fitness Challenge participant Michelle Neville, personal trainer Amy Jones and her friend Russelll Delgiacco wave as they start the race off at Bank and High Streets. (Top row, right) Blue-shirted Fitness Challenge team members follow Carol Ramos as she raises her arms in a cheer as they proceed up High Street. (Middle row, left and right) Julie Medeiros and Christine Frank run up Highland Avenue and then finish along Bedford Street as team members hold up "Finish Strong" signs. (Bottom row, left) Wayne McAllister, Daryl Parrent and Dianne Doyle finish along Bedford Street. (Bottom row, center) Kim Rego of Somerset makes it through the "chute" at the finish line. (Bottom row, right) Julie Medeiros hugs teammates Carole Ramos and Donna.