<p>Hello!</p> <p>On October 23rd 2010 I fell off my horse whilst riding in the New Forest. &nbsp;I fractured 3 of my vertebrae as well as my left ankle. &nbsp;I was lucky enough to make a full recovery and have resumed a normal life including riding again. &nbsp;I realise how lucky I was and how much worse things could have been if I had landed slightly differently or on firmer ground. &nbsp;</p> <p>When something like that happens to you it makes you think of all those who were not so lucky. &nbsp;On average in the UK someone is paralysed every 8 hours and around 1,200 people are paralysed each year, many from horse riding or sporting accidents just like mine. &nbsp;</p> <p>This October, a year after my accident, I am running the Great South Run in aid of the charity <a href="http://www.aspire.org.uk">Aspire</a>.<span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Through its projects and programmes, Aspire offers practical support to the 40,000 people living with a spinal cord injury in the UK so that they can lead fulfilled and independent lives in their homes, with their families, in work places and in&nbsp;leisure time. &nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">I hate running so every mile of this 10 mile (16km) race will be painful! Please donate what you can to this worthwhile cause.</span></p> <p>Many thanks,</p> <p>Faye</p>