A MOTHER who was paralysed and blinded by a massive stroke aged just 28 will take part in the Loch Ness Marathon on Sunday.
Kat Heriot Maitland, of Errol, Perthshire, will compete in the 26.2-mile race in a wheelchair, which will be pushed by her best friend Poppy Baggott.
The women are raising money for Headway Edinburgh, a charity dedicated to supporting head trauma victims and their families.
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