5 Indian celebrities who love running

#2 Gul Panag – Actress

Gul Panag has also launched a running application

Actor, politician and a social worker, Gul Panag is a well known running aficionado and is spotted at a lot of events, including marathons, charity runs and exhibition races. Pretty active on the social media, Panag often Tweets about fitness, well being and adventure. She is considered as a running icon by many and is also the co-founder of Mobiefit – a mobile application created for running aficionados.

She has often spoken about how running a marathon makes her feel invincible and how the actress is thrilled about people wanting to know secrets of fitness. Speaking to IANS, in an interview, she said, “Wherever I go, people are eager to know how I remain so fit and want to know my fitness secrets. I tell each of them that I run, that's it. This habit was inculcated in me by my father at the age of 16, who urged me to run. At that age, I had the misconception that only overweight people run and since I was slim, I didn't need to.”