Our women in fitness series is a celebration of fly girls doing fly things. Meet Cynthia – a knitwear designer who took up running and fitness because she doesn’t want a slim body; she wants a strong one.
Cynthia’s story
I have always been interested in sports – and in school, when girls would be hiding in toilets and cupboards during PE lesson, I would be THAT girl. Years later, London nightlife happened when I moved to the city for university. Before I knew it, I was eating terribly and I had gained around 3-4 dress sizes. Back then, slimming down and staying ‘thin’ was still the main drive for exercising. It wasn’t until I started running and joined different running groups that I started to appreciate how I did not want a ‘slim’ body, but a strong body. This, with the continued growth of those around me, pushes me further on my fitness/sport journey – more than I’d ever imagined.
This year, there are a few challenges that I’d like to keep under wraps for now as I find keeping these things to myself helps with the pressure. But I can safely say one of them involves going for a time and the other one involves going for a looooong time. However I am looking to start a little running group with my colleagues at work, helping those new to running start on a new journey, and learn to enjoy something that is a huge part of my life.
