Iron Will Page #2

your own way.

I'm sorry, Will.

I've watched him, Mom.

I've worked with him.

I can fill these orders.

It's furniture, Mom.

It's tables and chairs and couches.

It wasn't only that.

It was your father's touch.

Ned can help. He watches everything.

He knows Dad's work.

Will...

I'm arranging to sell the dogs.

We'll be able to pay off

most of our debts...

-the immediate ones anyway.

-You can't do that, Mom.

-The money we could get for Gus alone...

-Gus?

-Gus is Dad's dog!

-And you're his son!

And he wanted to pay for college

because it was important to you.

Maybe it's not so important anymore.

Maybe it never should have been important.

Maybe I wasn't meant to go.

Down, Gus.

Mom! Mom!

-Mom, he was gonna enter the race.

-What?

"Winnipeg to St. Paul,

500 miles."

He was thinking of entering the race.

There's a difference.

But this was his solution,

and it still can be.

$10,000! That pays

for the farm, college...

Those men entering the race, they're

younger than your father was and stronger.

-He couldn't possibly have

won and neither can you.

-But I can, Mom, I can!

I've just lost a husband.

I won't lose a son!

But, who said anything

about losing, Mom?

Ned, you've seen me race.

Tell her I can do it.

I taughtJack for years.

Even he couldn't run this race.

-You heard him say it.

-He didn't want it bad enough!

Since Dad died, I felt my whole life

was finished, no more dreams.

We're barely making enough to survive,

with no hope for anything better.

I couldn't dream anymore

about school.

When I saw this flier, I felt

life getting back into me.

-The race is in a month.

You're not ready.

-But you can get me ready!

-Not in a month.

-Mom?

Mom? Mom?

I want to feel alive.

I want to feel like Dad's alive...

right here.

And I don't.

I don't.

Mom, he was gonna

do this for me.

Now, let me do it for him.

Just tell me one thing:

Is it possible?

-Let's go, Will?

-W-What?

What are you doing? Ned!

Ned, what are you do...

Ned! Ned!

What are you doing?

Ned! Ned!

Ned!

-Training begins now.

-Ned?

Ned? Ned, it's cold!

Ned! Ned!

Mom! Mom!

Mom, please, it's cold!

Mom, it's cold! Mom!

Hi, guys.

Fellas.

-Hmm. -The first few days

you sleep five hours.

Then four, then three, then two.

The last day you don't sleep.

You just run.

Run 'til the end.

You have to be strong.

You have to learn focus,

stamina... and balance.

Only the smart ones will finish.

You have to run longer and sleep less.

-It's your only chance.

-Run longer, sleep less.

You'll make friends who aren't friends,

enemies who want to hurt you.

-Be careful who you trust.

-How do I know who to trust?

-Trust the dogs.

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