The eighth Saturday Challenge event of ten in the four-month Fall River Fitness Challenge took participants from Community Development Recreation on Bank Street in Fall River to the bottom of President Avenue. Participants were then challenged to walk or run to the top of President Avenue's steep hill and back three times before returning. "It was a tough challenge, but I survived," stated Kim Cole who has been participating in the Challenges events since January. Organized by the Diabetes Association, Inc. (DAI),  Community Development Recreation (CD-REC), the Fall River YMCA, General Fitness and Healthy City Fall River, and sponsored 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. Click here for a video of the event. Click here for photos of Giunta 5K race route Challenge event. Call CD-REC at 508-679-0922 for more information or go to www.FallRiverFitnessChallenge.com..

(Top row) Personal trainer Amy Jones outlines the challenge to run up and down the "Seven Hills" of President Avenue before the group leaves from CD-REC on Bank Street and heads up North Main Street. (Row two) Amy Jones talks with Sheri Bettencourt before she breaks into a run down North Main Street with Ana Andrade and up President Avenue with Pam Laliberte-Lebeau. (Row three, left) Robin Noverca and Kim Cole reach the top of President Avenue. (Row three, center) Mel Ferreira walks up with Stacy Primo. (Row three, right) M.J. Alfano and Terry Greenwood reach the summit of the Seven Hills. (Bottom row) Sheri and Ana head back to CD-REC where the group cools down.