Meet our third leader – Marie Bohan

I applied to be a Leader in Hope and Dream 10 as it will give me a great opportunity to try to improve my health and fitness & at the same time help raise money for 3 fantastic charities. I weighed over 20 stone 5 years ago & I lost 10 stone but I’ve not managed to keep it all off & my weight is slowly creeping back up again. The past year had been very difficult for me & I’d stopped looking after my health as well as my diet and let myself go plus I feel like I’ve let me & everyone who supported me down. I had a reality check recently when I’d a comment passed about my weight that cut me to the core. My mental as well as my physical health has been suffering so with the help of all the guys on board to mentor & help the leaders I’m ready to get fit & well again. I’ve done Hope and Dream the past 3 years, the past 2 with a team from Sugar and Spice Bunclody where I work. We have a coffee morning each year for Hope & Dream & make a specially themed cake that we raffle on the morning. The support we get is amazing & we’re looking forward to it all again this year. I’ve struggled each year to complete the 10k so this year I would love to run it with confidence and this is my chance to try do that & to tell the truth I’d like to attempt the 10 mile next year. I’ll be 50 in 2020 & I’d love to run a marathon. I really appreciate being chosen as a leader & I’m looking forward to giving it 110%.