Noida women welcome World Health Day with this fitness run

On World Health Day, a health and fitness run was organised, where around 56 women participated in the run. The run started from Princely Estate, crossed Logix City Centre and Spice Mall and concluded at Noida Stadium. Saumya Srivastava, a chartered accountant and a resident of Amrapali Silicon City, Sector 76, said, "There cannot be a better day than World Health Day to adopt to a better lifestyle by including running and jogging in our day- to-day life. This is the easiest way to be healthy."
Sujata Bhattacharjee, a resident of Amrapali Princely Estate, Sector 76, said, "By following the fitness regime, we were able to build stamina to complete the run in one hour which we estimated to be completing in two hours earlier. We are so confident and happy now that we are planning to go to the metro station from Noida Stadium walking."

It was a pleasant morning for a run

‘Noida roads are perfect for a marathon’

Ananya Bhardwaj, another participant, said, "Noida has the perfect infrastructure to organise such events. There are many parks and gardens that provide a perfect space for fitness enthusiasts."
“I think there is a variety of parks and gardens in Noida which gives people a chance to try their hands at fitness. Be it running, jogging, yoga or cycling.”
The marathon was concluded by women taking rounds in the Noida stadium park, doing some stretching exercises and surya namaskar.


Not only the women were happy with the pleasant breeze that came after the light shower, but they thanked the Noida infrastructure to make their fitness run successful. “It was actually the start of a healthy day and it was so pleasant. We had very good supply of oxygen today. It will help us to build our stamina. It took us less than an hour to finish this run. We really enjoyed it,” said Anju Kalra, another participant.
Sree Rupa Paul, who was leading the marathon, said, “Today is World Health Day and it was the best day to do a marathon. It was totally focused on health and there were a number of things we did today like stretching, jogging, breathing exercises and surya namaskar. Basically, the idea was to have a fun-filled fitness day and we made sure we don’t miss out on any of these aspects.”


While some participants shared their experience, the others praised Noida roads. “Noida roads are good. It is the best place in NCR which is fitness friendly too. Be it jogging, running or any other activity. There is less traffic here in Noida compared to any other place like Ghaziabad, Faridabad, etc. It has huge parks and wonderful greenery that makes it apt for fitness activities,” added Paul.


A women dominated run
In the run, only women from the above societies participated mentioning it was their pride that they were a woman and can actually do anything if they make up their minds for that. “Women not only have the emotional or mental support but they are also physically fit and when we determine anything strongly, we really achieve it. We planned to make ourselves fit and so we came out and did it. It is for the first time I have participated in such a marathon and I felt really good,” said Ruchi Bhardwaj, a resident of Amrapali Silicon City.