Video: Runner With Cerebral Palsy Signs NIKE Contract After Race And It Will Make Your Heart Soar
Justin Gallegos became the first Nike pro runner after finishing a cross-country race and had no Idea it was being filmed.
Nike has caught on to the fact humanity; not perfection is worth holding up as an example.
Gallegos life dream is to finish a half marathon in under 2 hours. It’s been his goal since he was a little kid in leg braces refusing to let Cerebral Palsy define him.
The more NIKE sides with the human spirit instead of success as defined by societal norms, the more I feel like we’re starting to turn a corner.
Then I remember Nike is the same company that pays Asian kids 1 dollar a day to make the shoes Gallegos wears, and I get sad.
Maybe I’ll just put this runners video on repeat and forget about the 8-year-old working 19 hours a day that made this possible.
I guess if you wear shoes, you’re just as guilty as Nike of child exploitation but, you know what I mean.
Dean Blundell
Dean Blundell is a Canadian radio personality. Best known as a longtime morning host on CFNY-FM (The Edge) in Toronto, Ontario. In 2015 he was named the new morning host on sports radio station CJCL (Sportsnet 590 The Fan). Dean started his career in radio in 2001 and for nearly 20 years been entertaining the radio audience. Dean’s newest venture is the launch of his site and podcast which is gaining tremendous momentum across North America.
