Mary Kennedy, presenter on RTÉ’s Nationwide, spoke to Go for Life about keeping active and involved

“I do like to keep fit and I’ve had an interest in fitness ever since I was in school. I still jog. I’ve done two marathons but not recently – I don’t know if the knees would take it. I also go to Pilates. When it comes to being healthy, you can’t turn back the clock, but you can maximise your potential. I try to live and eat healthily during the week, and then throw caution to the wind at the weekends - you couldn’t do it all the time!”

How does she keep so positive?

“Nobody has 100 per cent happy-clappy feelings every day when they get up in the morning. There are days when you can wake up a bit blue. I find that what dispels that kind of feeling is going for a run. It just does. I also like to be busy, to have a focus and projects.”