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After Being Told I’d Never Walk I Just Completed My First 10km Race

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After Being Told I’d Never Walk I Just Completed My First 10km Race

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My name is Cooper Smith and I’m a DJ and music producer from Melbourne. I also am a proud disabled man who has cerebral palsy (CP). When I was born I was told I’d never be able to walk.

I just turned 19 and completed my first 10km event. I also raised 10K for the Fred Hollows Foundation to help restore people’s eyesight. Quick as Thieves is an event that brings together amazing people in the music industry to raise funds for the Fred Hollows Foundation. I have been training every day for the last few months in the gym and outside on different tracks.

My support worker Jess has been my personal trainer and she supported me on the race day. I started independently walking when I was 9 years old and have slowly gotten stronger and been able to control and coordinate my muscles. Crossing the finish line with everyone cheering me on was amazing and I’m so proud that I achieved this goal.

You have one choice to do it or not and I chose to do it! Next time I’ll aim for the half marathon!

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My trainer and friend Jess supports me during the race

After Being Told I’d Never Walk I Just Completed My First 10km Race

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After Being Told I’d Never Walk I Just Completed My First 10km Race

My Poppy enjoying the race with me

After Being Told I’d Never Walk I Just Completed My First 10km Race

Jess and I ready to smash this goal!

After Being Told I’d Never Walk I Just Completed My First 10km Race

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After Being Told I’d Never Walk I Just Completed My First 10km Race

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6kms in and focused on achieving this goal

After Being Told I’d Never Walk I Just Completed My First 10km Race

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My name is Gabriela, and I’m a Community Manager at Bored Panda. In real life, it means that every day, together with my team, I ensure that all the posts submitted by our creative pandas display their work in the best possible way. I'm always on the lookout for new artists who would like to join our community and share their content with a wide audience. In addition to that, I keep my finger on the community pulse and supervise its activity, ensuring that any problems our members experience on our website are promptly resolved.Before joining the Bored Panda team, I worked as a freelancer, offering my creative services to people around the world—starting with graphic design, photography, and finally videos. Now, I pursue these activities only as a hobby, capturing moments with my cats and documenting new places I visit during my travels.

My name is Gabriela, and I’m a Community Manager at Bored Panda. In real life, it means that every day, together with my team, I ensure that all the posts submitted by our creative pandas display their work in the best possible way. I'm always on the lookout for new artists who would like to join our community and share their content with a wide audience. In addition to that, I keep my finger on the community pulse and supervise its activity, ensuring that any problems our members experience on our website are promptly resolved.Before joining the Bored Panda team, I worked as a freelancer, offering my creative services to people around the world—starting with graphic design, photography, and finally videos. Now, I pursue these activities only as a hobby, capturing moments with my cats and documenting new places I visit during my travels.

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Julie S 1 year ago

Wow this is amazing well done.

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Lyone Fein 1 year ago

You are incredible! Seems like you've been training for 10 years! Way to go! You're a winner!

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Julie S 1 year ago

Wow this is amazing well done.

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Lyone Fein 1 year ago

You are incredible! Seems like you've been training for 10 years! Way to go! You're a winner!

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