All language subtitles for El Chivo (2016) BR Eng

Juno, Celeste.

Come on girls...

There'll be hot
chocolate then?

Yep, that's why it's called
hot chocolate, then?

Yep, that's one reason.

January?

In January.

Ooh, I wish I was...

There is this, this energy
inside that needs to get out.

This kind of throbbing
intensity that just needs to

find expression.

(Sound of running
through the woods)

Running is boring and

painful and lonely sometimes,
but every now and then you get

these breakthroughs, and you
lose yourself in the forest

and in the experience.

And, in those
moments, I'm, I'm gone.

My body is just
running itself.

And, that is what happened
when I won the race.

I am an average runner who
just tries just really hard,

but I was never in kind of
national caliber runner until

I ran the Copper Canyon Ultra.

The whole way I am
running beside

virtually barefoot runners.

Here I am in my
Nike's and socks,

and they are wearing nothing
but tire treads strapped to

their feet with goat leather.

So, it didn't really even seem
like I was running against

them anyway.

It felt like two
different races,

and somehow,
I felt something take,

take over, and I surged
forward to the front of the

pack, and ended up winning
that race with mixed emotions.

Christopher McDougall actually
contacted me a few weeks before

I went down to the canyons and
sent me a copy of the book.

That book became popular
the year I won the Ultra.

Winning that race suddenly
put me on a national stage

that I had never been on before.

I was giving interviews to
ESPN and talking to national

magazines, and I felt totally
out of my league and not

worthy, but that one
day, for one race,

everything had come together
for me at just the right time,

and suddenly I was a
spokesperson for the

Tarahumara and the race.

It forced me to re-evaluate
a lot of things.

We bought this land
and started putting

the infrastructure in.

We did not know what
the hell we were doing.

I read everything I could, and
continued going down to visit

the Tarahumara to learn
how they farmed and how they

lived, and slowly built this
farm to model the Tarahumara

rancho, using very
minimal equipment,

try to keep it as simple and
as close to the ground as the

Tarahumara do.

(Music, sound of potatoes
falling into box)

After that race, it changed me

into becoming more of a
Tarahumara-like person.

I can never even come close to
being what they are but it is

something that I
started aspiring to be.

(Music-end of
Introduction of movie)

Okay, we have to leave
in 10 minutes, ok?

Okay, you have to eat.

Don't touch the computer
with sticky hands, ok?

He has to go to work...

he actually has to
go to work today,

like he has to physically
be in the office.

Will just does not do
mornings very well.

He is like a
farmer/runner/disciplined guy

that just doesn't do mornings.

Come on in kitties.

River come on,
please cooperate.

Will you help me up?

Yeah Foot...

...with your foot, .

I want I want you to do is, I
want you to get your stuffed

animals
.

Listen to me, stuffed
animals and your shoes on,

ok let's do it.

Come on.

One minute is 82
seconds Oh, yeah.

It looks like we are going to
be gone for like a week by the

amount of stuff we
carry out to the car.

Masie, come on,
Masie, Masie, come on

Hey.

How are you doing?

What's going on today?

Are you having any symptoms?

Chest pain?

Shortness of breath?

It's still ticking.

(Music-sounds of Will
doing chores)

Alright, come on guys.

(Sounds of Will
doing pull ups)

(Sounds of Will milking

the goats-chickens clucking,
farm sounds)

Ola amigo?

Hey Will.

Will is editor and chief of
Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine.

He writes some features
and things like that for the

magazine as well, but
mostly oversees everything

editorially that we do.

Will works some from home,
since he lives a pretty good

bit outside of town but
typically any day that he is

here, at some point
during the day

those workouts will commence.

A lot of forceful exertions
happening in there.

We have learned that when
people call or come in,

he is sort of in that space,
and he will get back to them

What did you find,
another lollipop?

Yeah Ok, you can't
have it right now.

What about when
daddy comes home No.

Will would have
made a very good monk,

like I think he really reveals
in like a little bit of

self-flagellation.

You know, like he
wants to suffer.

Like suffering makes him feel
better about himself because

he knows that the rest of
the world is suffering,

and that if he is
not suffering also,

then he is forgetting.

He has been gone some where
he has had to do long runs,

but I think I am
just used to it,

and I try to just have some
sort of activity planned,

so I have something
to do with River.

I think it's meant, I
mean, I think his family has a

pre-disposition
towards depression, anxiety,

and sometimes people
just need to take medicine,

but you can also exercise.
So, I think his brain needs it,

like I think this is
what keeps him well.

Get over here
Right Dollar bill,

one dollar bill Put
it up on the bar.

One dollar bill.

Can you put it up on the bar?

(truck driving away then
sounds from airport)

Rarajipari. The Tarahumara don't
run point-to-point,

start to finish races.

For centuries, they
have run Rarajipari,

an ancestral
ball kicking race.

Arnulfo and his clan travel
from Naranjito to the

canyon floor near
the Urique River.

(Music-sounds in the town,
voices calling, talking in
Spanish)

Slaughtering an ox,

is part of the pre-race
festivities that fuels them

for the long run ahead.

(Sounds of groaning ox and
music, people talking in
Spanish)

The wooden ball used is carved
from a sacred tree.

(Sounds of wood
chopping and music)

The women run their
own race, ariweta,

flinging a wooden
ring with sticks.

(Music, Will speaking in
Spanish to Unidentified male)

I played soccer
for my whole life,

I thought this would be easy.

Not only does it hurt, but
this ball is unpredictable and

you have to get underneath
it and lift it every time.

And, its, its wood!

(Music, background sounds of
people talking in Spanish)

(Speaking in Spanish with
music playing over dialogue)

Korima is the central belief
of the Tarahumara culture.

It means giving selflessly,
without expectation of reward.

The Tarahumara, they
don't really practice,

you know they just walk
in the mountains

but they never practice.

Last year was very close.

Arnulfo won, they beat us,
but we want to beat this time.

The big star in our
team, Miguel Lara.

He is a 20 year old boy

who is the winner of
the Ultra Marathon.

Most of my life of I've been
obsessed with Arnulfo and he

is synonymous with champions
among the Raramari,

and he'll always be a legend
and Miguel is kind of the next

wave, perhaps
the next Arnulfo.

Terra sava misera.

This race we have a
shaman or witch doctor,

we gonna do a cleansing to
bless the runners to protect

them from the other team.

(Sounds of water rushing,

people speaking and
singing in Spanish)

This blouse is made
for someone about

five foot rather than six.

I feel kind of
like an imposter

but I will try to live up to it.

Same questions Can you
tell us your name

Will Harlan, El Chivo.

El Chivo We know that you won
the Caballo Blanco marathon

two years ago Three years ago.

Three years ago.

What it means for you
to have won this race?

It is the most meaningful
race of my life.

No dying on the run.

If they die, they
are disqualified.

(Shouting and cheering
in Spanish)

They will run back and forth.

The will do basically
a 3km loop

and they will do 20
of those loops.

If any team gets lapped,
that's the end of the race.

I am going to be
running with them

but I am not going to
be kicking the ball.

(Speaking Spanish background
shouting and music)

They give them Pinole,

which is a drink that
they make out of corn.

They give energy
to the runners.

(Background music and
shouting in Spanish)

Batopilas runners remember

how to run because
they are more traditional,

so they know how
to run in a team.

They play more ball races.

The Urique runners were
relying on Miguel Lara,

their best runner.

There wasn't as much teamwork

because they don't
run so much anymore.

They don't practice
together, so it's a matter of

remembering how, and
hopefully with these races,

the people will re-realize
the whole goal united all as.

(Background music
and people cheering)

It is inpredictable.

You never know what is going
to happen with a ball race.

The Batopilas wanted to run like

a loop more just
for the fun of it.

No one in their huaraches could
ever do what they just did,

and that was a
short Rarajipari.

I mean, that was the
most incredible athletic

performance I
have ever witnessed.

I could smell and taste and
feel it maybe a little closer

but I did not do anything.

I switched into shoes about
two-thirds of the way through.

I never kicked the
ball, and I am beat down.

You can't understand for a
second how hard that is to

kick a ball through
that loose rock,

that's untoppable.

(Music and Background
talking

(Sounds of people cheering and
kids shouting

He was 3 or 4 when he
really started playing things

and wanted to be...he
always wanted to be best in

everything, all the time.

He played Little
League Baseball,

football, soccer, he
wrestled in high school,

(Sound from home moving
of Will wrestling)

He was really good in school.

His reading level was
just so far beyond,

apparently the rest of
the kids in his grade,

that they could not keep
him stimulated enough.

You know, either they had
to kind of dumb him down,

to be in the same level as
the other kids so they kind of

nicely suggested that we move
him to a public school where

they had a gifted program,

and they had the tax
dollars to support it.

So, we did that, and
I am glad we did cuz

he really flourished.

I wasn't any big competitive
runner or anything but

I just learned to start running
and jogging and so forth.

I can't remember how old
he was, but pretty young,

but he wanted to go with
me and I said sure.

He kind of picked it
up from there and

saw how much fun it was and
before long he was bugging me

every day, come on,
let's go running

Will just sit in the
chair right there for me.

110/64.

Fabulous.

Hey Will.

Dr. Roberson.

I understand you
have a foot problem.

This is the first bone
I have every broken.

I never had
anything like this.

So, it is the
fifth metatarsal.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I can see it
is swollen from here.

Are all these other
little piggys are alright?

Yeah, they are just
ugly Fourths are alright?

Yeah, that one is ok.

A little tender.

A little tender on
the fourth Yeah Yeah,

that's a pretty good bony
callous you've got there.

Yeah See, even
that little bit hurt?

Yeah, I mean I can feel it.

It is not like Not
like putting weight on it

Excruciating but
it is definitely

You know it's just about
like any other kind of

a bone fracture,

it is going to take
4-6 weeks to heal.

Ahh, but you know most times
people have just a little

tinny crack, and you a lot of
times they can still walk in

tennis shoes, and just not
run and not get on their toes,

but it looks like
yours is worse than that.

Shucks So
what is your plan?

More races?

Well, I was planning to go
to the Copper Canyon again.

I would say that one is out.

Yeah, I might go
to watch at least,

but...

Yeah, you could do that, but
I don't think you would run.

I don't think you
would run, in fact,

I don't think with
you'd be running,

you know you'll be
walking fine then,

I think.

But I don't think
you'd even jog by then,

as much reaction as
you've got there.

(Street sounds, sound
inside gym

I remember when he hurt his
leg in college and he couldn't

run, he was
really upset about it.

But then, he started swimming

and so now he is
a really good swimmer.

But he just had to
do that every day.

Where there's a
Will there's a way.

I can't run so I have amped
up my routine of sit ups,

pushups,
pullups and planks,

and I am swimming
every other day, too.

That is all I can
do to keep sane,

and somewhat fit, while
wearing this goddammed boot.

He took his shirt off
so I thought maybe

he was going running.

He said, naw, I've got to go
in the other room and do my

pushups, and he was in there
doing his pushups and sit-ups

and stuff for at
least an hour.

I mean, he goes
and goes and just,

I don't know, I don't even want
to ask him how many he is doing.

It has got to be tough because
all the physical activity and

all the endorphins, and all
of a sudden you shut that off,

it's almost like
withdrawal from a drug.

For someone that has to do
athletics every day

and you don't, you're crabby.

It's like if you didn't eat
breakfast or lunch you would

feel a little
crabby but dinner time.

That's how, that's how he is.

I'll lead the way

A lot of conversations
we've had with him

we've kind of
encouraged him,

like you know, you can't
be doing this forever,

taking off and going to
these things where you just,

you know, run
yourself in the ground.

We're just afraid he
might really injure himself.

What I want you to do is I
want you to drop that knee,

that left knee,
just like that...hmm,

and then back up.

She has been one of the top
female Ultra runners in

United States for a long time.

She has won so many big races
and national championships at

just so many different
distances and now her forte is

24-hour races.

Her PR is just a
little over a 140 miles,

which is, I think, top five
or six ever for north America.

You think about the
things you do in 24 hours,

just going about
your daily business,

eating, sleeping, interacting
with people and to think about

taking that entire
chunk of time

and doing one thing, running.

It is hard to conceive of.

I just kept feeling like
oh, I can manage this,

it's not bad.

You know, enough ice.

I am not a big
Ibuprofen taker,

so I really wasn't taking any
meds to mask it or anything.

But, I was just
feeling like, oh,

it will go away if
I stretch enough,

and then it just reached a
point where just suddenly it

went from being a maybe 4-5-6
on a pain scale to being

off the charts.

You know, 10+, so
where I couldn't work,

couldn't do anything.

It was the only
thing on my mind.

I ended up having surgery.

This was my second back
surgery but I was surprised

after that, that I was able to
come back and do the 24- hour

distances and I feel like
I kind of got away with

something last time.

So I am trying to take a
different approach this time

around and sort of
think long-term health,

long-term physical
comfort as a human being,

not just as an athlete and
realizing that maybe it is

time to move into
a different phase.

Your head hurts really badly
You know if he wanted to race

more and to put it out there
like some of the other guys,

he is probably one of
the best in the country,

but he chooses not to be, and
that is part of what I like

about Will.

A lot of people tend to look
at what Mark and I and Will do

as obsessive and maybe
even an addiction of sorts,

and maybe it is,

but there are certainly worse
addictions you can have.

We usually sit down and talk
about like whose doing what

this week and try to map
it out because we have a

daughter, a
13-year old daughter.

We both have full time jobs
and we have been running and

racing for so many years now
that we have gotten it down

pretty good, but it is
a lot of pre-planning.

(Muffled talking Will and
River in bathroom)

So you'd come straight
back from the beach,

get in the car
and drive to Missouri?

No, come back from the beach
on Monday and so we would

leave on Tuesday or
Wednesday, right...or...

We might as well fly.

Exactly Also, I have down that
River's graduation is actually

Wednesday, May 22nd?

It is, so I had it
right...are you sure?

That is what I have
written down but let's...

I think you have
written it down wrong,

because I checked the
website yesterday...

It's the 22nd.

Which means I took
off the wrong day,

and I'll have to take
off that day, too.

My foot has kept me
from really training much.

I've been getting on
the bike a little bit,

doing my pushups and sit ups,
but I am definitely not in

shape to be running 50 miles.

(Sounds of the train
running on a track)

It takes some effort
to get down here.

It is close but
it's so far away.

That highway that brings
into the town of Urique,

it was quite a,
quite a surprise.

Urique is a nice little town
in the bottom of the canyon.

Its economy is based on
favors and small businesses.

People buy something
from somewhere where it is

inexpensive and
they truck it here,

and they sell it
for a few pesos more.

It's pretty well to do
municipal due to mining and

other natural resources.

This little town
has gone from a dark,

dusty, backwards,
sad, lonely place.

And, each year a
little bit more color,

a little bit more festivity,
a little bit more- some more

runners were coming; and now
it's become an event that the

entire town has
become part of.

I think just about
every citizen of Urique

is out in the
streets right know.

There is very few towns where
you can get nearly unanimous

participation in an event, and
this is in a town that is at

the crossroads of
major drug trafficking,

and the kids are playing in
the streets and shooting hoops

and staying out late
and playing music,

even as trucks with
tinted windows drive by.

You know, its remarkably
a real community still.

(background noise
from the town)

I always hated having to comb
your hair and style it.

It just seemed
like such a waste.

I had poufy hair,
it was really thick,

poufy, helmet hair as a kid.

I read a lot of
Buddhist stuff.

The monks shave their heads.

I don't want to be a monk,
I like sex too much but

it makes me less vain.

If you are worried
about your hair,

you are worried about your
appearance and when I shaved

off my hair I stopped
caring about how I looked.

(Local music and festivities,

people shouting to
Will in Spanish)

The race started with
the idea that I wanted to run

with the Raramari.

I am kind of selfish.

I wanted to run with them.

I'm a pretty good runner,
and I invited some Raramari to

hike over to the town of
Urique with me where I bought

them a hotel in Urique,
I bought their meals,

and we raced back.

Manuel Luna won
those earlier races.

He won by one minute
over second place,

Felipe Quimare,
another Quimare.

Then, Arnulfo
started joining us.

Arnulfo started winning.

Arnulfo won in 2004, 2005.

In 2006 the most
renowned ultrarunner,

in the world
probably, Scott Jurek,

El Vernado, "the deer",
came down to run with us and

Arnulfo from the
bottom of the canyon,

that very few people
have ever heard of,

won over Scott Jurek.

That race was the race
featured in the book "Born to

Run" by Christopher McDougall.

I read the book "Born to Run."

I think why not, I will come
here to visit in Mexico and

then run with Caballo
Blanco, the 50 English miles.

I think the book really
presents some ideas and

concepts that are
so approachable,

that are so relatable.

Many, many people want to do
what the book talks about.

Very influential book when it
comes to long distance running

and then the advent of people
trying to do the barefoot thing.

So, I always had a
lot of pain when I ran,

and I read the
book "Born to Run."

It changed everything for me.

I started running differently,

cause you have to when
you run barefoot.

I just really wanted
to see for myself,

what it was all about, and
really to be able to run with

Rar..ra..mari.

I work for Microsoft fulltime.

I found running to
be a good compliment,

and so for me, I wanted to
come down here and meet other

people and really hang out
with other people like me.

Some of these folks are
very wealthy entrepreneurs.

Some come from big
running communities,

so It's great that
there is so much publicity,

and there is so much attention
down here because the Mexican

government is forced
to value these people,

not as second class citizens,
but as legitimate Mexicans who

have just as much right
to their ancestral land,

and deserve food and rights,
just the same as anyone else.

We've got 500
runners showed up.

A lot of people are
running for corn

because it was a hard year.

Anybody who
finishes wins maize.

(Cheers and whistles
from locals)

Well, we have a great
competitive race this year,

between Will, Will
Harlan, El Chivo,

winner of 2009,
Hiroki Ishikawa,

"El Dragon de Hapone,"
who also ran in 2009.

We have Herman Silva here.

The great former Olympian
of the Mexico Olympic Team,

who won the New York Marathon
twice in the nineties.

My guess is that
a foreign runner,

probably a shoe
running wearer,

would have to have a
better opportunity

of winning this race.

Bill Harlan or something We
have lots of good Raramari.

I think they are born on the
sandals and they are running

every day the mountain
up, the mountain down.

I have no idea
who is going to win but

the likelihood it is going to be
a gringo who has a haircut

similar to mine, but it
is not going to be me.

(Sounds of people
running and music)

Doing good?

No,

my foot hurts and it might
be just like a...

Scott said it sounds like
plantar fasciitis

My name is Stephanie Gardner.

I am from Salt
Lake City, Utah.

I came down with my
boyfriend, Shawn Wood,

who is also running.

I think he ran this race
last year but dropped out,

so this year he is just
really hoping to finish.

So, I am helping in
any way that I can.

We have a group
of friends here,

there's about eight of us.

So, tried to like make
them breakfast and just get

whatever they need for
when they are running.

Just simple
things like Chapstick,

and sun block that they
might have overlooked.

And, I am just hanging out

and making friends
and getting a tan.

The first place,

he is from Czechoslovakia
and second is Miguel.

The climb to Los Alesos
and back down at 50k is

kind of a crucial
part of the course.

You endure a really hot
and steep climb up there,

and you are going to run
back the way you came,

and if you are feeling
good from Los Alesos,

you can run that
trail pretty swiftly.

You can run it pretty smooth.

If you are feeling like crap,
it is not going to help you.

First place,
second place, Miguel Lana,

I'm pretty screwed up.

My hip and my knee are
in pretty bad shape.

Coming down the mountain
Naranjo I took a nice spinning

header, so up here around my
hip and my knee are pretty,

in pretty bad shape.

Yeah, Daniel...

andele amigo

In the front Daniel was running
at a really blazing clip and

it looks like he caught up to
him and is cramping up real bad.

I give them a half liter water
bottle at the aid station but

they take two
hits and chuck it,

and it is going to be a hot
day and my concern is that

water, later when it is needed

Speaking Spanish -- Cheering.

Daniel broke the
record by 15 minutes

but Miguel broke it by 20.

6:45 was the winner,
then 6:50 came in second.

You broke the record.

He broke the record on...

Speaking in Spanish

(helping a collapsed Will
get to the aid station)

(Crying child with
loud speaker)

(overhead in Spanish Speaking
in Spanish at aid station)

He had it in his eyes,

a kid from the canyons
blast by me and

just pulled out an
amazing victory.

That is just so,
that's just so sweet.

I never had
aspirations for first but...

ahh shoot.

(Background overhead speaker
announcing Arnulfo)

Can I sit? Nuh, slowly

I've been running my
whole life,

since I was
five and I have never,

ever, not finished a race.

I've had pneumonia,
I've run through injuries.

It's just never
happened before.

Let's go (Sounds of Will
moving out of the aid station)

Good?

Yeah (Crowd cheering--
music

Gracias

(Crowd shouting and
cheering El Chivo, Bravo)

That's wonderful,
wonderful Will.

What spirit.

(Local band plays
and sings)

Speaking Spanish and
congratulating Will

(Laughing and signing
autograph)

(Local band playing and
singing, music fades)

(Sounds of people
talking on the phone)

I first met Emily in
Residency and

it was friendship at first site.

We were interns together,
going through the good,

the bad, and ugly.

And, with Emily,
came Will,

and he is interesting character.

Jerry Seinfield is back in
Primetime with the "Marriage

Ref," Thursday
nights at 10 pm,

eastern on NBC.

Jerry says all
married couples have them,

ongoing quarrels,
tiffs and spats,

that just never
seem to get resolved.

Our viewer, Emily, from North
Carolina says that she has

been losing sleep over
her issue with her husband.

Take a look at this My husband
Will is a very unique person.

He is truly one of a kind.

You can see there is only one
side of the bed that has been

slept on and that is mine.

We are going to go
show where Daddy sleeps,

and there he is, sleeping
on the screened in porch in

17-degree weather.

Hi honey.

I definitely remember Emily
saying that for at least 2 or

3 weeks after that, she was
talking about it all day.

So, patients were
asking questions about it.

So honey, why do you sleep out
on the porch when it would be

so much nicer for us to sleep
together in the same bed where

its warm and cozy and
we can be together.

I always loved
sleeping out under the stars,

umm, hearing the
sound of the creek.

Well, we don't get to spend
a lot of time together

with our 2-year old.

So, wouldn't it be nice since
we have that time together?

I guess I have dreams of
hiking the Appalachian Trail

and that's not going to
happen any time soon so,

I brought the
trail to my backyard.

What's your take on their
sleeping situation, Jerry?

I love this under the stars.

He's in porch with a
roof, there's no stars,

you can't see any stars, you
hear the creek for 4 seconds,

you're asleep.

You can't hear a
creek when you're asleep.

He's out of his mind.

He needs to go to camp in
the summer with other kids.

He needs to go to camp in the
summer I think it is fine that

you've, you know, deluded
yourself into thinking you

enjoy this, which is fine, but
not if it is upsetting your

wife, you know a
little compromise.

I don't think we
have to go right,

just compromise, maybe some
of the time sleep in the bed?

Okay And if you miss
a night out there,

is it that bad?

What do you think
you are going to miss,

a cricket?

For her sake, uh, you know
when I get up in the middle of

the night, the beds creaks,
she gets upset if I miss the

toilet or don't put
the toilet lid down,

so now I can sleep outside
and pee in the bucket, and...

Who empties the bucket?

I actually carry it out to
the compost pile once a month.

So, it's my job.

Oh, the dog, Oh God,
Oh, my God...

Thank you.

I think maybe even
the build up to Mexico he was

doing more spontaneous
big runs around here,

where he would just kind of
get up at three in the morning

and go to South Carolina, and
Emily would find out after he

was gone, that he was
going to run a marathon today.

I mean how much does she know

when he is in trouble
until it's over?

He doesn't tell
her until it's over.

She knows that he might not
survive one of his adventures.

I mean, I think that is always
in the back of her mind.

(muffled sounds of
playing ball in the house)

Aw, right into the bar

I went to med school at Emory,
where he went to college.

Most of the people in my class

had actually gone to
college with Will.

So, they were like, "Oh so
you're dating that guy that we

always used to see
running around campus,

you know, at midnight."

I really liked going
out to nice dinners.

That was like my
idea of a nice evening,

is having a glass of wine and
try the different restaurants

in Atlanta, and that is
funny because that is not him.

Even then, that wasn't him.

I think he had these values
and he had this intention of

living this way, but he, too,

did not know sort of
how to get there.

I think it has
been a path for him.

He has always been
drawn to, you know,

native Americans or
indigenous people,

as sort of being very pure and
sort of living this idea of a

life that is in
harmony with the earth.

I think there was a time
before we had River where he

thought about
training full time

and trying to
get a sponsorship.

One thing he realized early
on with running is that runner

like to talk about their
times and their next race.

You know his whole, sort
of purpose in life is to be

selfless, and you know, it
felt selfish to him to spend

so much time
running and training,

and almost in a way to justify
the amount of time and energy

that he has put into it, he
needed to make it meaningful.

And, when he
found the Tarahumara,

it seemed such a perfect match
for him because here was a

group of people that were
indigenous and native and

elicited, you know, sort of
the things that he had always

cared about and respected,
be the runners and their...

it just all clicked for him.

(Sounds of Will on
exercise bike)

You know, I am going to
get home from work at,

you know, 6:30
and chances are,

you know, he'll still
be finishing exercise,

and you know, it's not like I
can walk in and be like

"we're home," can you stop now?

I mean, I've moved
beyond the point of anger.

There are days that
I'm frustrated with it,

but I don't think we would
have had a relationship that

would have worked if hadn't
just accepted that it was,

you know, a member
of our marriage.

(Sounds of Will
on exercise bike)

My left foot is a mess.

The MRI showed a
partially torn Achille's,

and the doc
recommended surgery.

Running is supposed to
be healthy not harmful.

I have pushed my body as
hard and as far as it can go.

Now the injuries
are piling up.

(Sounds of Will on
exercise bike)

You have to manage the athlete
to facilitate them recovering.

Whether with
surgery or without.

An Achilles is, is you know,
about 4-6 weeks in some sort

of immobilization, and then
4-6 weeks in a therapy program

before you're really
actually out running again.

We see runners that
become so upset

because they are so obsessed,
that they can't function.

We like to treat
them conservatively,

hold them back,
really from themselves,

and then get them back
to what they love to do.

Getting them back to
their routine is the therapy.

I was probably training 15-20
hours a week plus the hidden

amount of time it takes, is
just the amount of extra sleep

you require when
you are training.

The extra time preparing
foods so that you are eating

healthy, stretching, icing,
all those kinds of things.

I had another
injury this winter,

and at this point we are not
sure whether it's another back

problem or if it is
originating from another area,

but I am convinced now that
the competitive part of my

running career is over.

It's frustrating as we get
older to keep pushing and

climbing back and trying
to get back to our previous

levels of performance, even
though biology is against us.

I spend every morning, sometimes
twice a day, with Juno.

She has literally fed
me now for two years.

Every morning I drink
her milk on my cereal.

I think Juno is my favorite.

The reception was in a barn
right next to the farm and

the actual ceremony was
out in a pasture.

It was a beautiful ceremony.

Everything turned
out wonderfully,

but at the time
her parents were,

were pretty irate with me, and
tried all sorts of ways to try

to get me to put my
shoes on and wear a tie,

and I just wouldn't do it.

But right before the wedding,
there she was behind the barn

with a bunch of goats
nibbling at her dress,

and to me that was just
the most magical moment,

even more than the exchange
of vows or anything else.

Just seeing her for the first
time peeking out from the

behind the barn, I was just
totally enamored and enchanted

and the goats all
around her, I thought,

this is our future.

These are frames
that go in the beehives.

They have to be cleaned
out and replace the wax.

We'll keep some of this wax.

This is comb basically
that the bees have made.

They fill all of
these with honey,

and we've pulled out all
of the honey from the wax,

from what they have
built, the honeycomb,

and then we can
use this to make,

to make candles out of.

They produce something
called royal jelly,

which is what they
feed their queen,

which is some of the most
nutritionally powerful stuff

on the planet.

Just incredibly
nutrient dense,

and used even medicinally
for all sorts of things.

And then they
produce this wax which,

you know, can be used to make
candles and all sorts of crafts.

We're actually doing this
Jewish dance that they do at

every wedding; I can't
remember what it is called.

But we were pretty clear that
this was going to be our own

ceremony because we were
creating our own lives here in

Asheville and, you know, both
of our families are far away,

and we had to, we have had
to go it on our own here.

Raising a kid, raising a farm,
it has been something we knew

that we would be
doing by ourselves,

and our families have been
supportive but it's really

just Emily and I,
getting things done out here.

It will probably be
right handed, yeah.

But what if it's a boy,
what is your favorite name

Max I like that.
How about if it's a girl?

Sophia Oh, Sophia.

I love Sophia Even if with
everything coming in to him

That's how he eats and drinks,
because the baby doesn't have

any food in there, like we
can't feed him peanut butter

and jelly sandwiches.

Well, I thought that was
how everything gets into him,

like his soul Yeah, now we
don't know how his soul...

Is that the
vagina right there?

That's right.
That's where he comes out?

Yep, comes out
right through there,

right through there, yep.

I see his head,
I see his, like his...

There is his
backbone and his heart.

His spine, brrrrup, oh

(Sounds from the
ultrasound

It sounds like a horse

That's the heart It

sounds like its windy out
there Its windy out there

(Airport sounds then sounds
of Will working out)

Usually I just do it like out in
the hallway of the airport.

I'll just put down a towel,

I'll just do sit
ups and pushups.

I mean it seems
perfectly normal to me.

I mean people
are reading books,

and what's the big deal
about doing pushups

and sit ups and planks.

You know, if I saw someone
doing that I wouldn't think

that was a big deal but for
Emily it is pretty horrifying.

I know there is a lot more;
a few that stand out.

She is a very
punctual, timely person.

I am very organized but I tend
to be on the late side because

I am trying to do too
much and cram everything in.

Whenever we go to the airport
there is always a fight

because I am always
a little bit late,

and she is super anxious
about getting there on time.

One time I said, "okay why
don't we drive separately.

I've just got to do one thing
at the office and then I will

meet you at the airport."

I realized that I had written
down the wrong time

for our flight.

I so I was an hour
late, the flight was gone,

and it was actually for her
grandfather's 90th birthday,

and it was a surprise
party and had been planned for

months, and her whole
family was there waiting.

Another time, Emily was
running her first marathon.

You know she'd been my
crew for dozens of races,

so finally I was given the
chance to return the favor.

I told her I was just going to
run the first 13 miles myself

and meet her there, but
I was running so fast,

I was running a personal best.

Like I was way ahead of the
fastest time I had ever run

for 13 miles, so I
couldn't just stop;

I was feeling great.

So, I just kept going, and I
ran the best time I have ever

run, but I didn't meet
Emily for any of aid stations,

and she ended up
breaking her foot,

so I felt really bad.

Yeah.

I mentioned it to her much
later that I had also run the

marathon and had run
a personal record.

So, you can see a pattern, I
tend to disappear unexpectedly

and leave her in awkward
situations and make her cry.

But, you know, she
was happy for me.

That's typical Emily.

I do something
douchie and she,

she just rolls with it.

(Sounds in the plane then
loudspeaker at Urique)

When I came to Urique the face I
saw was the wall with the names,

and I thought, it would be
nice if my name be there

together with Will
Harlan, with Arnulfo Quimare,

with all the winners,
the past winners.

After I run marathons,

and I retire because I
injure in my low back.

So, I had to be very,
very patient to recover.

I used to run over a
160-170 miles a week.

I was so completely blocked
out in terms of nobody can

touch my time and it is so
much anguish because it really

takes away from you the
privilege to enjoy your family,

enjoy the people around.

(Background sounds, people
talking in Spanish)

There is a very thin line
between passion and obsession,

and you have to be
always in the passion side.

(Background children
shouting in Spanish,

running sounds on
road

(Sounds of people walking
and talking in Spanish,

children playing.)

(Sounds in the town people
talking getting ready for the
run, loudspeaker.)

(Start of the Kids run,
music, cheering)

My main goal is not to win the
race it is just to carry on the

mission of sharing
perspective of Caballo.

The first time I met him
was like "I like this idea,

and bringing the
whole community into one.

(Music and loudspeaker
in Spanish)

I wanted to come down to Urique,

and pretty much pay
homage to the Tarahumara and

Micah True, and give back
something that they've given,

you know, to me.

(Music-showing plaque
for Micah True)

Seeing all the festivities
and the Tarahumara,

you know, dressed in
their traditional outfits is

something you can't
read about in a book

I could spend my free time
chasing piaras or I could

devote myself to
helping the Tarahumara.

Emily and I have always
dreamed of dedicating

ourselves to something larger.

(Background music and
sounds from the street)

A nonprofit called
"Native seeds"

got the seeds from
the Tarahumara,

kept them in a seed bank, grew
them out on farms in Arizona,

which was not too much
different from the canyons.

A lot of these are
native varieties.

Indigenous heirloom varieties.

Guadalupe.

Ola amigo

I mean, look at the sand.

I mean, it's like trying to
grow something at a beach,

you know, there is
just no organic matter,

so for them to have
this much flourishing,

in early March is
pretty impressive.

There is purple eyed
black beans and all different

varieties of dent and flint
corn and just some really cool

varieties of seeds that
only grow well here in this

climate, in these canyons.

And, so if they have another
drought or another food

shortage, they'll be able to
access the seeds right here in

the canyons, rather than having
seeds shipped from the states.

I have been asking what
do the Tarahumara need?

What do they want?

(Speaking Spanish to
unidentified female)

What the Tarahumara keep
saying to us, is "seeds"

and they want water.

(Woman in background
speaking Spanish to Will)

Just like human diversity
and species diversity,

there is food diversity and
that is really important to

the Tarahumara, not just
growing any old bean or corn,

but one that is gonna
survive the winters here

and thrive in these sandy soils.

This is what a Tarahumara
rancho used to look like.

You know, beans,
corn, fruit trees,

a variety of different crops.

Greens, fertile soil, water
and this is was used to be

scattered all over the canyons
and drought and land rights

and drug wars have caused them
to lose their land and lose

their traditions and lose
access to reliable water and

have to eat all their seeds
because they have nothing else

to eat, so this, I would
say, is the long term vision,

and to get there, they need
to get their land rights back,

they need to get a healthy
supply of water through

tapping a lot of the springs,
higher up in the canyons,

and they need
access to the seeds,

that have grown for centuries.

And so, one step at a time,
we are trying to get there and

this is a good start.

(Sounds of water
rushing

(Rushing water, sounds of the
farm, Emily taking care of
animals)

I love these.

These are the things...

I know that's what
you want now

so I was trying to
get it for you.

Do you want me to move
your breakfast over here?

(Sounds of a program
playing on computer)

I am going to go outside, ok?

Do you hear me?

Yeah (Sounds of a program
playing on computer;

sounds of bowls clanking
together, walking outside)

Ahh, you sweet girl
you never get any.

It's ok, you're desperate.

Let's see how bad this is.

This is rock solid.

Let's just get this out here.

(Sounds of breaking
through ice in bucket-

walking around the farm
feeding animals)

Oh, you've got a
baby in your belly.

Yeah (Sounds of ED walking
around the farm feeding the
animals)

Ahh, that's better.

Oh, look at you,
you sweet girl,

someone's been plucking ya.

Every day River says "is
daddy coming home today?

Oh, no that's right he is
going to be home in however

many more days."

So, he's keeping track of it.

I don't want this, they're
talking and I don't like this.

You don't want this one?

Yeah, because they're only
talking and not football games.

Okay, well let's find
a different one then.

In year's past,
he has called me,

like after the race.

I am hoping that
he'll call tonight.

(Sounds from a football
game on the computer)

I can't remember the time
difference there.

I think it is a
couple of hours,

and I can't remember what time
it starts there but we woke up

thinking about him.

He keeps saying "well you
know do you think he will win?

"Cuz, at this age
he into winning

Come in.

I feel like Will's not
going to win the race again.

I feel like he
already did that.

I think it is about just
going down to maintain

relationships, and
stay involved and...

I mean, I am sure he'd love to
try to win but I don't think

he really has that in his
mind as something that is a

possibility necessarily.

I think he is just going for
the experience of being there,

and making sure all the things
he is working on are going

well and seeing Arnulfo.

And, so, I don't really
feel nervous about it.

I feel like the
first year he went,

when he actually won, you
know and I had a little baby,

and that I was nervous.

(Sounds from RH talking
in the background)

Where did you move me?

You can't move me that far.

That was just not
there, that was just...

Did you move me, yes or no?

Uh, that was just where
I was at the last time

Ok, did you do anything?

No, my turn though

Knowing Will Harlan
and knowing that

he is an ultramarathon runner,

and knowing that he has his
in his heart the competitive

side, it doesn't
matter what you say,

if you enter into a race,
you want to try to win it.

And I know if he won
one time here

and why not retiring
yourself from winning a race?

(Loudspeaker counting
down to begin the race --

cheers, whistling)

(Speaking Spanish-sounds
of people running)

They are on the
brink of survival.

Whether they show up
for the gringo races,

depends primarily on if they
will be able to get corn year

after year, that makes it
worth the caloric expenditure.

(Background music and sounds of
people running and cheering)

The pain opens my eyes to
the suffering of others.

I am feeling something
that other people are feeling

constantly on a daily basis,
whether it is hunger or pain

or fatigue, and of course,
mine is artificial.

Mine is finite
and theirs isn't.

I don't want to dwell too much
on suffering and be some kind

of sadistic, machoistic,
depressed freak show,

but I also don't want
to lose sight of them.

I know that my suffering
in a race is temporary,

that there is a
finish line for me,

and then it is over, and I
can go back to my comfortable

lifestyle but
for everyone else,

there is no finish line.

That is probably why
I suffer every day.

(Background music -
Cheering in Spanish)

I did not want to Urique's
last memory of me to

be me collapsed on the
side of road puking.

I wanted them to know
that I finish what I start,

even though it was
incredibly painful to do so,

and I wanted to
quit at about mile 10.

I just didn't
want to fall down,

I just wanted to make
it all the way across

the finish line this year.

(Background cheering
and music)

Only you know if you win as
deep as you possibly can,

and I know today that
took everything I had.

For the past few years I have
been kind of chasing the kid I

once was, but now I am ok just
being the old man that I am.

I think I am ready to be a
dad and coach and farmer

and a writer, a husband.

I have got a lot to do;
a lot to look forward to.

(Background music,
goats bleating)

Ok girls

(Background music,
farm sounds)

(Will talking to River,
Background music, TV sounds)

Now sing it

(Sounds of Emily and River
singing with new baby crying)

(Background music, Will running
with River