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would kill for an ounce of your talent.

Oh, that's great.

That's great they're out there.

Why don't you go find them, why

don't you work it out with them?

Okay, tell me what they decide.

Here, take this.

Take it.

It's 20 miles.

Get in the car.

It's an easy 18.

Oh...

First, you ran the boy down.

Then you bragged about it.

That state championship was yours and you

threw it away. What were you thinking?

You don't want

to explain yourself, huh?

Oh, ho! You don't have to explain

yourself to your teammates,

why you lost them

the state championship, huh?

You don't have to explain yourself to Coach

Rowan why her star recruit was disqualified?

You are not a wild animal

in the woods!

Do you care about anybody?

Do you care about anything?

This silent treatment

is not real original, Kevin.

I've decided that Coach K

can't handle you.

I'm gonna be your coach

from now on.

- You can't fire Coach K.

- I am principal of this school.

I'm the head coach.

I can do what I gosh damn want.

I won't run for anyone else.

I'll quit the team.

You leave a spot on that,

I will come back to haunt you.

So why are you here, man?

'Cause I blew it.

Umber wanted to fire you

because of me.

Ooh. Really?

All he told me was that...

you were stubborn.

And I was like,

"A stubborn Kevin Schuler, that's not

somebody I know, Principal Umber."

Yeah.

You want to tell me

what happened out there?

Uh... I let you down.

Well, young man.

It was an impressive screw up.

Next time, why don't you just tell me about

it before you do something like that?

Coach, I want to run faster.

I want to beat everyone.

And I'm not running

for anybody else.

Okay.

- Who is she?

- Okay.

That is the, ah, only woman

who was nuts enough

to almost... marry me.

And she was a runner.

Together, we went up to Boundary

Waters, pitched a tent on an island.

Spent the summer running around

like a bunch of naked hippies.

So, what happened to her?

You know...

We spent all our time together. We were

training together. We were living on love.

I didn't need anymore than that.

All the stuff I could fit into

a backpack was good for me.

And, two weeks

before our wedding,

she ran off with a rich guy

and called me a loser.

Which I was!

Her marriage only lasted a year.

I kind of count that

as a consolation prize.

And then she got

a job coaching at Gary.

I'm gonna make us

some more burgers.

At Gary?

That's Coach Rowan.

What?

And by the time I got back, she had moved

on to State and she got me the job at Gary.

What do all those counselors

tell you?

That's a nice segue, Coach.

I read the file.

What did they tell you?

They said that I'm fine, that

I'm normal and I'm average.

- They were full of sh*t.

- Pretty much.

So, I run. Because like you

said, running saves a bad day.

You get a lot of bad days?

Hey.

This great man, he once said that most

people die with their music still in them.

And you got a whole

orchestra inside you.

If you really want to run...

Tim Danielson and Marty Liquori, 3:59.

Jim Ryun, 3:
55, Alan Webb, 3:53.

That's your competition.

And they didn't spike somebody

because they were mad.

They were focused.

You go easy... this week.

And then, we will talk.

I can't believe

that you actually asked me out.

Well, I wanted to show you

the beautiful downtown Carton.

Mm.

Here we have the...

We have the post office.

There's a hardware store and... And this

is just the best ice cream in town.

Actually,

it's the only ice cream in town.

I'm starved all the time.

Oh, here, take mine.

- No, that's okay.

- You can have it, really.

I don't want it.

Wow.

Your singing, it's, uh...

Your, uh...

It's good.

What is that? Is that like

some kind of jock thing?

I always see basketball players

do it and stuff.

And track stars.

Right, yes, and track stars.

No, it's like, uh...

it's like it's from the heart.

Or... "I have heart."

"I have heart."

So what, you don't have to be

a jock or anything to do it?

No. Rich, white girls

could do it too.

Oh, really? Okay.

So you give me permission?

Oh, yeah.

You knock yourself out.

Okay... All right.

Yo!

Scored with Henny.

Been there, done that. Don't phone

or nothin', just call me a rat.

Look, I...

I'm sorry.

Yeah.

You should be.

And that's actually

why I asked you out.

Oh, so this is an apology date?

Look, I'm sorry.

I really love your singing.

Oh, so now compliments? Wow!

- You mean it?

- Really.

Really, really.

You know, I forget everything

when I am singing.

You're probably the same way

with your running, right?

- It's my own world.

- Yeah, you're so disciplined.

- I'm not disciplined.

- Oh yeah, you're always running.

It's not...

It's not discipline.

I run because... I have to.

I feel something when I run.

It's like breathing.

So I have to run,

every single day.

That's kind of nuts.

Yeah. Maybe.

Um, do you want

to see the hair salon?

Full ride.

My old man's so happy he's already

bought a bunch of bulldog hats.

How do you feel?

Weird.

You know,

I should feel great, right?

Play some ball.

Job. It's all real now.

My knee's worse.

If they find out about it...

Like if they find out about the

sh*t that goes on in my head...

Praise Jesus, you're

more screwed up than I am.

- About frickin' time.

- Seriously. Okay.

Hi.

- Coach.

- Coach.

- Where do you wanna...

- Yeah, here.

Okay. Come.

I'll bring this.

- Do you want a coffee?

- Uh... No.

Well, here is Kevin's

spring training schedule.

Okay.

Huh. Two race days, one tempo.

This is a... state workout.

Well, the consistency

is going to be good for him.

Well, I need to see

how he feels each day.

You let him do

whatever he wants.

I don't coach like this.

All right, well, you were never

one for long-term plans.

Coach, I am getting a lot of

calls from other schools.

You've seen the offers.

He can go anywhere he wants.

Are you serious?

What, are you going

to drive him to the airport too?

How long have we waited

for an athlete like this?

He's not going anywhere.

Coach.

He'll listen to you.

Hmm...

Wow!

- Hey.

- Hey.

Hi! How are you,

Mrs. Schuler?

Hi. Good. How are you?

It's beautiful.

It's a bribe.

Well...

Okay. You know, uh...

- Is this even legal?

- Uh, apparently, it is.

Because of the... stuff you're

doing at the university, I guess.

So, I know, you know, you can get it

to use it to go to and from school.

Probably make things

a little bit easier.

Yeah, you run everywhere if I

don't drive you. It's not safe.

I've been

telling you to get a car.

So... you're the delivery boy?

- Don't talk like that, Kevin.

- No. No, no, it's okay.

Yes. Yes, I am.

That's my job tonight.

Delivery boy.

Well, do you agree with this?

Do you?

Nope.

Have a good night.

I'll see you at practice, okay?

Yeah.

- Good night, Mrs. Schuler.

- Good night.

Gosh.

I want to take

this thing racing.

Here, could you take this up to the door?

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