De Haas in de Marathon Page #3

You don't know it.

- F***ing cancer German!

- Hey! Stay here.

- What?

- Yes, what? What?

I don't want to hear that kind of language.

Your mother is trying to quiz you

and all I hear...

...is cancer, cancer, cancer!

Could you stop that?

I'm asking you:
Could you stop that?

- Yeah.

Good. It's up to you.

But if you fail your final exams

you'll end up without a diploma.

Just try and get a job then.

- You'll be one big loser.

- You should talk.

You hang around in that f***ing garage

with your f***ing ass.

Excuse me?

- It's true.

- Leave it.

I won't.

I'm not at all happy

with your behavior of late.

You know quite well what I mean.

Look at me when I'm talking to you,

dammit!

Go to your room and study. Don't you dare

fail that German test.

If you show up here with an F,

I'll mop every inch of this house with you.

Did you f***ing hear me?

Got it?

- Yes.

- Upstairs with you.

Shithead.

Come on.

Here...

- ...have your pastry.

- He'll be a big failure.

No he won't. It's just puberty.

- You'll see, once he has a girlfriend...

- He won't get a girlfriend...

- ...with his shitty character.

- Come on.

I work my butt off

to keep my head above water...

...and to support Mr. Slacker!

Well, I'm done.

- Stop worrying. It'll be fine.

- I'm not so sure.

It will be.

He can always go and work in the garage.

Right?

Geer! Let's play cards.

Yous, who sponsored you?

My uncle. He's a dealer.

You were sponsored by a drug dealer.

Typical.

He's a car dealer.

He owns a huge showroom:

Houssein's Used Cars.

Would your uncle be interested...

Not a chance, guys.

Houssein wants to advertise

that he sells classy vehicles.

The only thing you advertise

is that you're fat and ugly.

- You're right about that.

- With all due respect. OK?

It can't hurt to ask.

Just ask him.

A sponsor is important to us. Look...

...Geer is in it up to his neck.

Financially, as well.

Right, Geer?

Right.

And... it's not just about our job...

...but yours as well.

Yous, do you take sugar in your coffee?

- Have a Twinkie.

- I'll stir it for you.

Yous? Hey, Yous.

Just a phone call.

Uncle Houssein, these are my friends.

I work in the garage with them.

Some problems have come up.

The garage owes taxes.

They now want to run the marathon...

...and need sponsors.

How much would you like

to sponsor them for?

Listen Youssoef, you're my nephew.

I'm sorry about what happened to you.

I wasn't insured properly back then.

I offered you a job, which you refused.

You were angry. I understood that.

But what you're asking me now

is impossible.

Have a good look: These guys

will never finish the marathon.

Yous, is this over soon?

I'm developing hemorrhoids.

- Silence. My uncle's talking.

- Silence, guys. The uncle's talking.

Not very clearly, though.

If the Grand Mufti is finished

could we receive some money?

Listen, Youssoef...

...I'll take a risk.

I'll give them 500 euro each. OK?

He's willing to give 500 euros.

- What use is 500 euros?

- Cheapskate. He's got 60 Mercedeses.

- Camel turd.

- Let me. Yous, you translate.

That's not necessary.

My Dutch is excellent.

Right.

We were thinking of 5000,

That's a little bit too much.

- You're fat, ugly.

- Told you.

You'll never finish and that's

bad advertisement for my business.

Maybe we can come down a bit: 2500...

- ...2000.

- That's an option.

- You people like bargaining, don't you?

- 40,000 euros.

We want 40,000 euros.

All four of us will finish the marathon...

...and you pay my tax debt.

If we don't finish...

...the garage is yours.

Good for you, son.

Come on, guys, let's go. Move it.

Jesus Geer, what did you do?

"Then the garage is yours."

- Who does he think he is? Allah himself?

- It will take care of our problems at once.

I'll never, ever work

for some carpet flyer.

Goddammit Geer, that garage

was your father's.

He built it with his very own hands.

Why fritter it away on some oil sheik?

We won't lose the garage.

We'll run that marathon.

Because I'm sitting here

with a bunch of hotshots.

Right?

How long is that marathon, anyway?

And 195m.

That's already far by car.

Goddammit.

OK Tut, we're off for some training.

- Could you install a new exhaust?

- He will.

- Guys, go. Come on.

- Let's go.

- I kinda liked it.

- F*** off, man.

Maybe it's the thin air.

How high up is Rotterdam?

Unbelievable. We've only been at it

for a few minutes.

I won't do it.

I really won't do it.

You have to build it up.

You're training your metabolism.

You got stuck in your phosphate system.

You need to go to the lactic acid system

and then the oxygen system...

...for aerobic breakdown.

Watch your nutrition.

A lot of carbs beforehand.

Monosaccharides during running

to maintain your glucose level.

Every kind of running

has its own energy system.

For running the marathon,

you have to train the right engine.

Become an efficient diesel engine,

not a turbo injection engine.

Maybe it's me, Yous, but for an Egyptian

with a club foot you're talking too much.

About this topic, I mean.

No...

...he's right.

I think.

You'll be our trainer, camel.

THE COMPLETE RUNNING STORE

Marathon. There you go.

Jesus Aniet, where are you?

I asked you to be home on time.

Ah, well.

Hush.

Nico, you idiot.

- Here he is.

- Sorry, guys.

Aniet was going to babysit.

Let's go.

OK. Everyone ready?

I marked a track. Two minutes of running

and then a minute of strolling.

Running for two minutes,

strolling for a minute.

- At intervals?

- That's right.

Intervals?

Come on, go, go.

Guys, we start with running, not strolling.

Keep it up. Come on.

Good. Pick up the pace, guys.

A while longer. Gerard...

- ...move it.

- I am, aren't I?

No, walk.

Very good, guys.

Breathe deeply.

Hands behind your head.

Water, Leo.

Come on. Run, guys. Go.

Keep up the pace. Come on.

Knees up. Come on, Gerard. Good.

- One, two. One, two. Rhythm, Gerard.

- Yes, rhythm...

He can't do it.

Come to daddy.

Good job, guys.

A two-minute break.

Hi, Lee.

Where were you?

Oh, first at my mom's. She'd...

...bought something that didn't fit.

So I had to go into town to exchange it,

because she doesn't dare.

- And then I went to...

- You're lying, Aniet.

I just saw you get out of a car.

You don't need to lie to me, do you?

Well, I... was still owed some money.

By Tony. I wanted to meet him somewhere,

but he said he was still working.

So I went to his place

and he drove me back. Here...

...look...

Here:
500 euros.

Well, call him if you don't believe me.

It's the truth, Leo,

but I didn't dare to tell you.

I was afraid you'd get angry.

I don't pick up customers anymore.

Honest.

I stopped doing that.

I love you now, Lee.

Leo...

You don't believe me.

You don't believe me.

I do believe you.

What's this?

Well, I meant to tell you.

We're training.

For the marathon.

Do me a favor:

Be home in time for dinner from now on.

Bless this food. Amen.

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