A BOURNEMOUTH athlete with cerebral palsy, who is already an internet sensation, is preparing for her next challenge.

Kate Farley, who is known online as the Girl Boxer with CP after footage of her boxing on her knees went viral, will walk a mile at the Simplyhealth Great South Run in Portsmouth on Sunday.

The 29-year-old fashion journalist has never walked the distance before and will complete the mile with a walker alongside two of her friends.

This is a big challenge for Kate, who usually exercises by boxing on her knees and hopes to one day make disabled boxing a Paralympic sport.

She said: “I decided to do this because I’m determined to strengthen my legs, along with proving to myself that, despite tiring easily through the effort and control it takes to walk, I want to achieve this milestone, hopefully inspiring others along the way.

“This is a very big challenge for me. It’ll be testing but with adequate training and lots of determination and motivation, I feel the walk will be achievable.”

Kate is raising money for Superpeople, a charity she co-founded with close friends Natalie Betts, 28, Hannah White, 24, and Jake Atkins, 29, which they set up to showcase how disabled and non-disabled people can work together and create social change.

They produce video CVs for those who find it hard to gain employment, create films highlighting accessible clubs and groups that disabled or non-disabled people attend and connect communities to support disabled people to fulfil something that they’ve always wanted to do.

Kate, who has been training on a treadmilll and hopes to complete the mile in less than 30 minutes, will start her challenge at the nine-mile point with fellow Superpeople colleagues and a group of supporters taking on the full ten miles to raise money and awareness for the charity.

Visit justgiving.com/crowdfunding/superpeopleuk to sponsor the Superpeople team.