Prefontaine Page #2

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back in Coos Bay.

Hey, hey, U.S.A., how many kids

did you kill today?

Oops.

Hey, Pre. The sidewalk's

over here. Pre!

- Hey!

- Peace.

Do you realize, Ellie,

that I've been reading about this

place since I was in junior high?

The road to Olympic gold.

Track capitol, U.S.A.

The house that Bowerman built.

You really know how

to sweet-talk a girl.

I'll be coming down

that backstretch...

burning all eight cylinders...

a world record in my hand,

blowing past all the competition...

the crowd cheering me on.

I'll look up in the stands...

and there you'll be.

Yeah, on my way

to the bathroom.

You're dead!

- Always gotta keep me humble, huh?

- Mm-hmm.

Which is why I'm gonna

have to marry you someday.

Yeah. Someday.

Someday soon.

Did I say what field

are we on?

Track capitol, U.S.A.

That's right, you son of a b*tch!

You'd better drive away!

Last goddamn time

you'll clip my box!

- Coach Bowerman?

- Don't ever call me "coach".

Had an S.O.B. for a coach.

Still hate that word

to this day.

Um, Mr. Bowerman.

Or "Bill" would be fine.

Come on, rube.

Give me a hand here.

I'm, uh...

I'm Steve Prefontaine.

You don't say, rube.

That's it.

Hold it right there.

Now, what are you doin' here?

I heard you wanted to see me.

I mean, what are you doin'

here at the university?

Well, you said in your letter you'd

make me the best runner in the world.

Letter. You think

I wrote you a letter?

That's dynamite.

Uh-huh.

Just enough to get the

bastard's attention.

Hell of a view, wouldn't you say?

Yeah, it's beautiful.

You know, back home

I have this...

this magazine with a picture of you,

and, uh...

Stay right here.

What are you doing

out there? Bill?

Bill! You better not have

my new waffle iron!

Go! Go!

Why don't you go set down,

and take your shoes and socks off?

So you want to be a miler.

I am a miler.

Funny thing, when I saw you in

Corvallis, you won the two-mile.

Well, I won the mile as well.

But you set a record

in the two-mile.

Give me your foot up here.

I'm going to run a 3:49 here

by my junior year.

That's two seconds

under Ryun's world record.

How you gonna do that, rube?

I'm gonna run three seconds

faster every year.

Well, then I guess we'd better

get started right away.

Tomorrow, 6:
00 a.m.,

at the track.

You mind if I ask

what you're doin'?

No, I don't mind at all.

You son of a b*tch!

Have some of that.

6:
00 a.m., rube.

You ready to run?

- I just need a minute.

- Make sure you're stretched out.

The reason Lord Nelson never lost a battle

was 'cause he showed up 15 minutes early.

You'll be outta here

in less than four.

Can't run without proper shoes.

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