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[Music] are you our new coach I remember the Orange Hills Academy girls cross-country - yeah yes I'm your new coach good afternoon ladies my name is Courtney Smith Donnelly I'm gonna be teaching biology and science this fall I'll also be your new cross-country coach this season it's nice to meet you two quick questions first who all here was on the team last year please raise your hands everybody nobody here's new know why no freshmen in the middle school team wasn't very good last year and none of the girls wanted to run Plus nobody recruited them I see you mind me asking but have you ever coached cross-country before no no this will be my first time by the way how far is your race 5k okay okay how far is that 5,000 meters 3.1 miles and this is a high school team right all right thank you good that is helpful information this second question may seem a bit premature but do you girls seem to be a strong contender to win a state knee this year we finished 10th last year yeah eastern Valley killed us Eastern Valley killed everybody you finished 162 points behind eastern Valley they've got four of their top seven girls returning this year last year you all had three freshmen to sophomore as a junior and a senior in your top seven which means that six of you are back coach Holly was your coach she was here for five years before that program was run by coach Pratt who found it in 1982 and ran until he retired Lauren tells Academy is an all-girls Christian school and a member of the Private Schools Association but has or one the state meet yeah which takes me back to my question do you girls gonna be a strong contender to win state me this year well yeah okay one yeah anybody else yes okay sounds convincing enough for the state meet then we shall train before I get your names and some more information let's just take a little jog here do a lot around the field let me watch you run let's go very easy okay okay let's go [Music] your name is Kristin Sims Kristin did you in-state last year no I finished six yeah I don't understand how you didn't win state because of what you just ran was easy when you're in hard it must be pretty fast well I ran track in the spring and I've been training since the season ended so I'm in good shape all right next time ask you to go easy just go easy okay all right girls gather up one by one I want you to tell me your name and grade Anna glass junior high D Wilson junior Kristin Sims senior Shelby Opel sophomore Kaitlyn van sophomore Rebecca Shackleford sophomore junior hey how was cross-country practice easy all we did was run 30 minutes what do you think in the new coach I don't like her her yeah dad she's right out of college never coached before and she doesn't know what she's doing what yeah I felt like I was walking today why didn't you pick up the pace and make it a good workout I tried to but she kept telling me to slow down well if she doesn't know what she's doing you just do what you know no I will you didn't count on it what about Anna and the other girls they were uneasy I tried to get them to go faster but they wouldn't why did Holloway have to take that other job I miss him and what's Prater doing hiring a rookie well don't worry I'll have a talk with your new coach I'm telling you chase wants to ask you out he does know hey yes he does honest how do you know word gets around well I can't even if he does why not because my dad is not going to let me date at 15 years old I know mine well how come yours well that's mine doesn't care what about you dad he doesn't care either but my mom does she cares about everything what she thought you date no why not because I'm only 15 see well I wish my dad cared how come he doesn't I mean you know where he lives need i say more how long have they been divorced too long do you see him often not much two or three times a year does your mom care about what you do sort of but she's busy working and dating around drunk cross-country and be successful you need two things endurance and strength so when the state meet we're gonna one other thing that's time time to train and build up to the competitive level that we're gonna need to be at it's very very important that you make every practice you're eating right you're getting good sleep at night starting things off we're gonna run slow and easy so we prevent any injuries any questions where do you want us to run today I marked up of course like you ran last year just follow my flags you're gonna start here run down the road do the big loop in the back you'll see my one-mile mark keep coming around 2 mile marks just up here just after the 2 mile mark I've got you set to run up this big hill all the way to the top come back down beat the whole thing again coach I hate Hills do you really have to do it do fence yes and just think in the near future you're beating this whole thing three times State meets at equestrian park this year any of your girls have her on that course before No no make sure you do that he'll two times remember we're running slow and easy not hard oh wait wait there's one more thing and this is really important I'm only gonna say this once you've got one goal this year that's when the state meet remember the goal [Music] good afternoon Neil Sims Courtney Smith Donnelly my daughter's Kristen mm-hm so uh you're the new coach yes sir yeah I heard that you've never coached cross country before you must feel like a kid with a new toy then huh you know we've got a great program here it has been for years now we don't have a lot of girls on the team but this group they won the regional meet last year and I think they could be top five in the state this year if they get some good training well I plan to do the best I can yeah speaking of plan do you have one do you know what needs to be done I have an idea well Kristen could be a big help she's got a shot at the state individual title this year and she'll have to train real hard now I work with her in the offseason and well of course Holloway he was a great coach he worked him real hard yeah III don't believe running girls from the ground is proper training gonna take care of these girls and we'll still be competitive nice to meet you the policy of the school is to first offer all coaching jobs to teachers on staff but she doesn't know what she's doing well her background looked pretty impressive to me her background looked good what did she run a year in middle school oh come on Dale you know what the problem is with this athletic department you just don't care about the girls enough my daughter could get a scholarship but you treat cross-country like some second-rate sport I'm just following the policy of the school can it is still summer you can find another coach one who knows how to train and do it right coach Donnelly just started why don't you give her a chance just from what they've done so far that is enough for me to see my daughter has to do her own workouts on the side we need to get Holloway back here or somebody like him no look or school we are not a cross-country institution we hired this woman to fill a position in science that we knew was coming open in a fall when I sent out a letter seeking a new cross-country coach she responded her credentials look good so we hired her she is the coach now you have a problem with that take it up with the principal Rebecca didn't I ask you to do the dishes after dinner oh yeah sorry I forgot you forgot yes I'm sorry how did you forget you have nothing to do all day except to run I'm sorry I really forgot well what if I forgot to make meals at night what about that huh I mean I asked you to do one thing and you can't even do it now get out there and do it yeah Oh perfect you're both here what's up I'm a bus Kirk out you guys should come with now but we have practice later today yeah but it won't be hard we need to get a good workout in I don't want to do too or gods today Heidi we could do really well at state this year like top five maybe higher but we have to train not jog she said she wanted to make sure we didn't get injured early okay but did you get injured doing any of hallways workouts last year no but I had sore muscles a lot yeah some of his workouts were really hard yeah but the hard workouts are the only way that we're gonna get any better now come on let's go I think we should just do what the coach wants us to do okay look we're not giving to state meet with her it's the first time she's ever coached and she doesn't know anything so let's go all right good job good job good job everybody same time tomorrow how do you okay I'm fine look little stiff to me I'm okay I may be a little tight I just need to stretch more you're going easy out there right this is the exact thing I'm trying to avoid yeah cut I'm going easy okay well keep me posted let me know if it bothers you tomorrow I will you shouldn't have run with Kristen it's now look I said tonight it should be okay what we did with you today was too hard no it wasn't you just right in shape yet [Music] Shelby what's up nothing much where you going my house don't you have running practice yeah but that's later today okay then um lunch come on up and hang with us no I can't what do you mean you get I can't you can't what hang with us you know what I mean no I don't know what you mean what she means is that she can't and she has a very good reason why she can't and you should know what she means by saying she can't understand no too bad see ya hey Shelby I can't [Music] [Music] after like today it's okay it feels better still sore a little but it does feel better we've got another long run today so just take it easy out there oh well how about you Yuna you know I just thought of something whenever I was in high school I played basketball and I get sore muscles a lot and then I figured it out it was always on days after I'd done a double workout so I know just how you feel [Music] okay girls for more than a month we've been building a foundation today we start a key workout we're gonna be doing a lot this year called cruising our bollocks each interval is one mile and you run it at tempo pace tempo pace it is approximately 30 seconds slower per mile than your current 5k race pace you're gonna run one mile rest one minute run your second mile rest one minute gonna run your third and final mile you're gonna start right here at this flag run the mile course that we've got marked off finished right there at that flag first flag out there it's 100 meters it's me this is the most important part of the race I want you to hit it in the time I tell you maintain that pace for the rest of the way we use our watches make sure we're on pace there's no sprinting in at the end of this this is a tempo run even pasting all the way hey coach what do you mean by even pacing do you know what pace you're in your mouth listen last year no ma'am I do I second my I was usually 25 to 30 seconds older than my first which tells me you an out too fast I finished sixth and state but if you would have run even pacing you probably could have finished even higher do you know when a car gets its best gas mileage when it's on the interstate cruising at 65 miles per hour not when it's speeding up and slowing down and the same thing is true with running cross country a lot of these kids go out very fast they settle into a pace and they all slow down so how we want to run we're going to go out at the correct pace maintain that pace for the entire way even pacing okay check my chart for your hundred meters split your mile split 24 seconds on a 624 mile that's right I can walk faster than that yeah you see your splits yes ma'am 25 in 640 once you've got your pacing let's get on the line this will be easy tempo runs build endurance they're very important probably the most important workout that we'll do but for them to be effective you have got to do them right do not I repeat do not run faster than the pace thing I've given you that defeats the purpose of a tempo run during the test 200 meters to check our pacing mark set go stop stop all of your too fast Anna too fast Heidi too fast Rebecca Kristin way too fast right all of you back on the line okay I'm gonna let you go the full hundred meters this time when you get there you're two seconds too fast stop come back start again in a second on either side it just slightly keep going art set go [Music] 6:11 that 13 seconds faster than I want you to run this is too easy this is a tempo run not a mile race you've gotta get the pacing right I literally cannot run that slow rest one minute and go again this time hit 624 6:42 way to go in a restaurant minute than going in come on Heidi [Music] 651 good job Heidi I'm three seconds slow no come on this is your first try your cloves [Music] good job Rebecca good job Kaelin 6:58 way to go Shelby 704 right on pace [Music] [Applause] [Music] 615 still fast too fast no it's not it's too slow I'm not even tired you're supposed to be running a 624 you've got one more do it right this time [Music] you can't kick Kristin Sims off the team she is the best runner in the history of this school and it's her senior year she's defiant let's make arrangements for her to do our own workouts then and we'll keep everybody happy no I'm sorry mr. pooter it does not work that way this has got not a hint agreed it should have been taken care of a long time ago but I'm not her parent I'm just her former coach I want you to put her back on the team sorry I can't do it she's off Kristin can run track and get her scholarship there and it's not gonna be a problem because I'm not coaching track it probably won't be coaching cross-country here next year either mr. Prater you cannot let parents dictate how you do your job or how I do mine Kristin doesn't want to do the workout so she's off the team look if you're gonna fire me do it after this season but not now I've already invested five weeks of my time this summer and so have these girls if you think that Neil Sims is gonna let this go you're in for a big surprise and if Neil Sims where the coach of this team in Anna glass we're talking back not dating workouts what do you think you'd do about that make sure you ask him next time Christon sentences off the team [Music] where are the other girls they quit what they quit all of them yeah why Kristen got him on to quit she tried to get asked to quit too yeah but we don't want to we want to run so it's just the five of you yeah and everybody else quit yes ma'am [Music] we only need five girls to score enemy let's make two new rules right now make a fist like this good all your fists together side by side we're a team okay nobody on this team quits rule number one agreed [Music] second rule nobody I mean nobody ever gets sick alright let's make one other rule why was Kristin dismissed from this team and why did all those other girls quit maybe because for them it was all about self it's changed out right now first Corinthians chapter 10 verse 31 but you eat or drink whatever you do do all to the glory of God 10:31 what first Corinthians chapter 10 verse 31 whether you eat or drink or run whatever you do you do all to the glory of God okay that's gonna take the focus off self it's gonna put on the one it's supposed to be on and that's the Lord oh you guys say 10:31 [Music] guys still running yeah how's practice it's okay sorry you're not there mm-hmm we have our first meet tomorrow you coming you ever hey I'll see you guys on track Shelby [Music] go out with me this weekend what go home with me this weekend I can't cancer alone can't why I have a meet those are in the morning talking about it at night I can't oh you don't get it do you it was my dad it won't let me date yet he doesn't have to know just walk down to my house tomorrow night around 6 o'clock I'll be waiting for you I don't know 6 o'clock I can't don't be late hey did you hear about Serena what about her Jessie told me she started smoking wheat this summer what that's what Jessie said is she sure well her in Savannah we're hanging out over the summer and they met a couple of guys Savannah started dating one of them and he got her into it she's still dating him no but she's still smoking and Jesse sure yeah he used to be so close to Savannah yeah but she's changed somebody just needs to talk to her she sits behind me in history hey coach what are we doing today we're going easy right I'm nervous what about coach how's everybody doing good what are we doing today about five miles on the day before the meet we're going for a ride for about five miles so everybody hop Ben [Music] what this this is today's practice we're gonna play golf is that what you know really are we gonna play really what you're gonna play golf [Music] hey coach I've meaning to ask you did you ever run cross-country in high school uh yeah I did were you any good that's okay so not that good huh not that good is not that good but okay is okay right right I think the more appropriate question at the moment is how good am I at mini golf [Music] you might as well give up and the words you've heard so often try to define you [Music] [Applause] [Music] to set you free [Music] [Music] you should have seen the girls golfing today they had the best time I'm glad for me me too it was good team bonding plus I think it'll help alleviate some nerves there's noise okay these are marked 100 meters let's check our watches just to make sure we're on pace we're gonna round a couple practice starts before the race just to make sure we've got our pacing down all right pacing for today Anna 25 seconds in a 640 mile heidi 25 and a half seconds into 648 wait coach you want me to run a 640 first mile on the race today yes that's too slow I need to run faster I want to turn to 640 all three miles today remember even pacing coach that's my temple pace and I'll get killed no you won't you'll finish fine I could be in the top ten today I want you to run the pacing I'm telling you to why remember the goal coach many times in God's Word he asked us to trust him even though we don't understand or we don't know what's going on and just like that I'm asking you to trust me and remember the goal okay okay Rebecca Caitlin 26 and a 656 she'll be 26 and a half and 704 [Music] [Applause] [Music] Rebecca you have got to get out of there a lot faster than what you did I kept telling you to pick it up what was wrong with you today nothing well you know you can't get caught back in the pack like that I mean look where you came in come on I just ran how the coach wanted me to run well if you're gonna run like that there is no point even being on this team I just did what she said give me a break you were awful Rebecca you ran a nice race today I ran horrible no you're in just like I wanted you to and you're right on pace good job hey good job the coach may have a word with you why did you have an a run so slow today she finished 37th she could have been time for me she ran a very smart race she did a great job she was right on pace and I'm proud of her 37 never coach this isn't that what we signed up for what did you sign up for mr. Goss well not coming in 37 when she can be top five winning state it takes training and patience today wasn't about winning what was it about why are we running if we're not running to win we're running to do our best and if that means winning great but if that means coming in 37 that's fine to you and I did a great job based on the training that she's been doing and on the pace that have given her looked like she was having an affair cross country is is a lot like a puzzle mr. glass you've got to put it together one piece at a time yeah well 37th is not the desired result no it's not those 640 mile pace was and your daughter did that beautifully you should tell her that sometime before the stand [Music] I don't know about this woman Neil Sims has already talked to the principal and the board Hey [Music] I heard from every parent this morning before I finished my first cup of coffee they say you deliberately had the girls run really slow in the race no why would you do that because that's the only way they'll get faster what because that's the only way that they're gonna get faster that doesn't make sense cross-country is a lot like Christianity mr. grader it doesn't make a lot of sense for example the way up is down what's that supposed to mean well do you remember in the Bible when it says humble yourself in the side of the Lord that he may exalt you in due time humble yourself that he may exalt you the way up is down it's the same thing with cross-country in order to get faster you have to Train slower coach I need an explanation these parents they deserve one no disrespect sir but these parents have no idea what it takes to when they think the only way you get faster is to run yourself in the ground kill yourself no I just told you to get faster you have to train slower this may not make sense to you may not make sense these parents may not even make sense to these runners but by the time state new girls around it will know if you'll excuse me I have a class to teach hey Savannah you'd only have five girls on our cross-country team she cannot for it the coach should totally let you join what come on for cross-country you'd like it you're joking no it's great sport and a lot of positives what's positive about running all the time and getting tired and sweaty harine it's healthy for once good exercise keep you out of trouble get to be part of a team Thanks [Music] where are the other girls are they're coming coach can I talk this in a minute yeah of course um actually I got something for you and the girl oh cool thank you you're welcome what's up I have a friend I'm gonna try and help I used to be the best of friends and she started hanging out with a different crowd and she's into things she shouldn't be I feel if I say something she's just gonna push me further away if it's on your heart to talk to her then I would well I actually did ask her in class today if she wanted to join our team yeah what'd she say no she's not interested I mean that's not really what I wanted to talk to her about I just I feel like she's gonna reject her I say well if you're worried about it setting your friend just remember Jesus was perfect people hated him so you'll be in good company think about that for a second you know Jesus Christ came to her God in human flesh perfect sinless always said the right thing did the right thing died on the cross for our sins miss Barry goes again and what was the result most people hated him and when I was a junior in high school one of my friends shared the gospel with me and God let me see that I was the center and I needed a savior so don't be afraid of rejection just talk to your friend the Lord sees your heart and Ana if talking to her doesn't work there is one more thing you can do what are we doing today coach Cruz enter once again I know how much you love them there okay we just do them a lot yeah today we do some of the twists today we're gonna do them five times what the girls can do this I faith in you same pace as the others yeah same pace I'm not gonna be able to do this one me neither I won't be able to do it coach it'll be too hard but you will try right right it's not maybe a time to just give up Bend turn and walk away every choice will change your few every day is to get you to the best in you so you you can't [Music] [Music] just [Music] good job saying good job everybody that was awesome coach that was hard but you did it yeah but it was really hard well winning state meat seem to be really hard but it's gonna be such a great feeling you're never gonna forget it coach I was dying on that last one but you did it yeah but I was about five seconds slower than I was supposed to be but you're gonna get better we're gonna keep working and you're doing great all of you're doing great hey coach are you sure you know what you're doing because my mom should have something so um I'm sorry I didn't mean for it to come out like that alright gather around here for a minute there is a story in the Bible where a twelve-year-old girl had died they nest was custom for that day people gathered outside the house and we're crying when Jesus approached she said why are you weeping she's not dead but asleep the people laughed at him then Jesus went inside and raised the girl from the dead any of you girls familiar with that story yeah me too when Jesus said the girl was sleeping the Bible says they laughed him to scorn they laughed at him mocked him ridiculed him or probably hateful towards him said he didn't know what he was talking about didn't know what he was doing do any of you girls know why they did this to him no ma'am because Jesus Christ did things the exact opposite in the world world was going in this direction he was going in that one you see when you follow Christ in this life you are either going against the world or in the opposite direction of it but you're never going with it as a result people will mock you make fun of you ridicule you hate you without cause you won't understand they don't think you know what you're doing so just because we may be training differently than you did last year or running our races and what seems to be a strange way different from every other team doesn't mean it isn't going to be effective remember the goal one of the thing about that story after Jesus went and raised that girl from the dead what did you do afterwards did he go out front like a big-shot saying what was that you're laughing at what were you saying about me no now if I know Jesus he's looked out the back door quietly saying nothing even though we could have said something and that shows a great character and humility of Christ that's the kind of person we want to be like great job today vanna vanna can I talk to you for a sec uh I guess I heard I heard that you started smoking no I did it come on look a lot of girls smoke the Bible doesn't say you can't it's a man that you don't understand you've probably never tried it I have to try something to know if it's right or wrong I told you a lot of girls smoke a lot of girls in this Christian school I think about a ton more do in public school that doesn't make it right like I said the Bible doesn't say anything about it it's FINA an alcoholic starts with one drink a drug addict starts with one joint it's pretty easy to tell if it's right or wrong you know that's exactly why I don't hang around you anymore you're just so perfect yet judgmental [Music] hey coach Kaitlyn's not doing very well what's wrong with her she's sick no it's not that her father supposed to come watch her run this weekend but now he's not yeah she hasn't seen him in about five months and it's been really hard on her she's really hurting we thought maybe you could talk to her yeah yeah of course where is she you over here praying or something ring no it's more like or something I heard about your dad not being able to make it all the other girls have family is and I don't my parents divorced and I don't get to see my dad that's not fair I'll believe it or not I know exactly how you feel do you really mm-hmm yeah my parents got divorced I was 11 and moved to cities over four hours apart minor four states partner and so anybody can say well maybe your dad can come to another me so he said last year and never made it what's your dad do for work it's a heart surgeon so it's pretty tough for him to get away he always says you know Caitlin I never picked up on the fact that they spotted you you're kind of that comedian of our team yeah well I have to do something to keep my mind off it gotta get ready okay starting at this flag running around the road up to my flag at the top of that hill that's 300 meters no one tell me we're gonna do 300 meter repeats up that hill because your best friend and when you've got a best friend you spend time with them right okay we're doing 16 of these today 16 coach that's three miles you got this run up at tempo pace you walk back down to start you go again sounds like a good time to me [Music] [Music] good job girls [Music] I hate Hills me too good job today girls thanks coach hey Shelby you were a little off on your pacing today seem kind of distracted to me yeah maybe a little I'll do better tomorrow oh and a sophomore in high school is distracted it usually means one thing there is this one boy mm-hmm do your parents know bye well hey girls stop right there don't do anything behind their parents back keep everything upright and honest or time why do you say that let me give you an example what did we do today hill repeats how many did we do 16 and how many would you have done if I wasn't watching I would have done 16 would you really I guess I bet you could have been tempted to stop after the 12th they did get pretty hard but because I was here watching you kept going right so it's the same thing with boys you feel like your parents aren't watching you might be tempted to do the wrong thing you don't want to do that you're gonna keep everything upright and honest it's the difference between doing 1200 repeats in doing 16 [Music] dr. van please this is Courtney Smith darling I'm his daughter Kaitlyn's cross-country coach thank you hi dr. Viet this is Caitlyn's cross-country coach how are you fine thank you I know you're busy so I'll just get right to the point um Kaitlyn's not doing well yeah no she's not sick she just she really misses you and I think it would mean a lot to her if you could make it out to meet to see a run this year well we've got one meet left and then state meet if we qualify regional meet is a week from Saturday well like I said I just I think it would mean a lot to her if you could make it out once to see her run this year who do I think I am and I'm a nobody sir I'm sorry I bothered you thank you for your time [Music] you wanted to see me coach yeah can you sit down for just a minute did I do something wrong no no it's nothing like that I uh I just noticed you've been really hard on yourself in practice lately you're running your splits faster than you're supposed to just kind of seems like something's wrong nothing's wrong you see these eyes they're 20/20 I don't want to feel this way but Anna is better than me at everything she's more popular than I am she makes better grades in school than I do she's better at running than I am we've been best friends our whole life and she's always been better than me and everything it's just getting hard to be happy when something good happens for her I just I want to be the best at something and I guess I'm trying too hard you know it's funny you're in here saying all this because Shelby was just in here the other day saying the same thing about you she's never beat you at running you're more popular in school than she is you make better grades than her Shelby yeah Shelby how would she feel like that I don't know well that's so weird never knew she felt that way [Music] shall we didn't say any of that did she coach it's stupid to be jealous isn't I should just be happy for in a success shouldn't I [Music] I'll see you in practice I'll be right there thanks coach you're welcome [Music] hey Heidi can I give you just one other reason why you shouldn't be jealous sure because there's one thing that Ana or anybody else in the whole world is not better at than you what's that being you there's only one Heidi Olson and she has created by God and she is very special she's so special if somebody came in here and said I'll give you five hundred dollars for Heidi's uniform would we sell it - oh yeah yeah we could buy a bunch more with that money if he said I'll give you $5,000 for Heidi's autograph what we do it absolutely are you kidding me say the same person came in and said I'll give you five million for your number two winner that's a No Deal they need to say 50 million I'd say no the Knicks a 500 million it still say no to you he'd say how much would it take for me to buy Heidi Olson and I'd say there isn't an amount high enough so do you see how special you are now I'm so easy Anna you and Rebecca and Kaitlin she'll be all you girls are equally priceless so don't ever feel like a secondhand anything you may be the number two runner on this team that you're not the number two person on it thanks coach [Music] I get your text what's up Hey look um I can't see you anymore what I can't see you anymore why not I just can't my dad doesn't want me to date anyone your dad doesn't even know me it's not you it doesn't matter who it is he doesn't want me to date and I don't want to do anything behind his back maybe it's time for your dad to let you grow up a little I am going to grow up I'm going to do what he says what's that supposed to mean never mind I can't so I hope you understand and if you don't then 1031 what it's only 3:30 [Music] hey she's almost done her dad usually picks her up does everything okay fine he can't make it today and she has a dentist appointment oh yeah she told me well I'll have her out on time well hurry she can't be late you know I played basketball in high school for four years and my JV coach was a Yeller and he was always honest he's very hard to please but my varsity coach was the exact opposite he was encouraged sure and a teacher and always cheering me on I really liked my varsity coach she'll be done in a few minutes [Music] Rebecca did I ask you to do something for me what you didn't hear what I asked you to do after dinner yeah I was gonna do that after I did my homework I wanted you to do it then but I have this really important report that's due tomorrow you get out there and do what I asked you to do right now young lady and my JV coach was a Yeller there's always honest if you're please no wait I'm mistaken finish your homework but I can do it that's okay you have enough to do with running and schoolwork do you report [Music] Rebecca you've been doing really well in school keep it up I'm really proud of you [Music] I quit what I quit smoking but I stopped no more weed really yeah really yes on its what made you quit all of a sudden it I just hit me that that's wrong so I stopped it's not what God wants me to do well I saved this did you really do this thanks [Music] hey my lovely wife so I was online checking our statement and we got an airline bill are you going somewhere I don't know about that yes I was going to tell you about that and I will explain later I just I have to finish this first what you doing comparing times to see I will finish in the regional meat so for state meat it's divided into four regions and they take the top four teams from each region plus the top five individuals not on one of those teams well didn't know girls when I region last year yeah fortunately there's not many good teams in the region what are those times well I'm scoring the meat based on times of teams and other races to see where we'll finish I mean if our girls when I read in last year don't they stand a good chance to win it again this year yeah but I don't want them to win I just want them to qualify huh look at that what is it I want you to run the exact pacing that you have practice the last two weeks everybody understand what you heard me you want me to run a 632 mile pace today yes and just maintain it coach will lose no you're on your pace thing like you haven't practiced and we'll get in coach we're not gonna make it to state if we run that slow you just leave the results up to me and run the race exactly like I've asked you to hey remember the goal 10:31 [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Anna I kept telling you to pick it up what were you doing out there what place do we come in I don't know but you girls didn't make the state are you sure yes now why weren't you running hard out there the coach told me to run her pace I mean what did you want me to do I want you to do what I say dad she's the coach I have to do what she says or else I'm off the team just quit just quit the team that's what I want you to do dad I can't quit we still have a state meet you didn't make the state me that's what I'm trying to tell you you coach lost this for it's all her fault this could have been a really good team this year Kaitlin dad hey just got here I'm sorry I missed your race I'm really sorry it's good to see you I didn't know you were coming well it was the last-minute decision and I just wanted to see you Ron well you're out of luck pal try again next year that's two years in a row now I've missed your running right great good this is my dad Courtney Smith Donnelly Jeremy man nice to meet you nice to meet you too I'm glad you could come he just got here any mr. race you won't be able to see me run Cherie will you girls take tomorrow off I'll see you Monday what do you mean we lost oh no we got forced to a qualified first date [Music] I'm sorry but after the season you won't be coaching her anymore now this does not affect you teaching at her school I hear you're doing a fine job in the classroom you certainly are not being fired from your teaching position but I heard from every parent this year and I mean every single one complaining to me that you wouldn't let the girls compete and that you made him run really slow now I know we qualified for state but just barely one father tells me that if it wasn't for such a weak field we never would have made it and we ranked last out of the 16 teams of qualified last year we finished 10th we had six of her top seven girls returning and tell you that the Simms girl go now I really am sorry but the decision has been made it is final the parents have all been notified and so have the girls [Music] thank you for the opportunity to work with these girls I've um I've really enjoyed it if you ever change our mind I'd love to coach again next year [Music] what happened to you guys on Saturday how did you finish fourth in the region you should have won that so easily and qualified for state that's all we were trying to do just admit that that coach does not know what she's doing you guys are lucky to even be going to state meet with her well at least we're going yeah and look what your ranked last you guys are gonna get killed next week but if Holloway was still here we would have been top five oh but I do have some good news our track team is gonna be in good hands and our relay team might have a legitimate shot at winning the state title you know why because we'll have a real coach coaching us he's coaching the distance runners on track so this spring y'all some real workouts to do uh he's even contacted Holloway and he's gonna sum the workouts to him well good luck at state meet what time you leave tomorrow we get out of school at 11:00 what's your itinerary look like supposed to get there by 3:00 coach said we walked the course over the race I want you head straight for the lead at a race on Saturday understand you can still probably get top 15 if you run your best whatever the coach tells you to do don't listen to her you're a good runner she did a terrible job training you dad no dad we just do what I say at least we finally got rid of her I can't believe we let her stay around this long we did make it to the state meet your team won the regional last year and you should have won it again this year look I don't want to get into this again okay now you have a good trip tomorrow mom and I'll see on Saturday [Music] it's kinda hoping you wouldn't show up you might have a shot okay this is the starting line we're starting on a box too let's walk of course get to know it then we'll go over what we're doing tomorrow here's the mile mark there's the clock make sure you're on pace you're a little slow pick it up this step if you're fast adjust accordingly [Music] let's go Milo mark check your splits again your two thirds of the way home the race will be won or lost this last mile I'll show you why in a minute [Music] look at that do we have to run up that hill this hill comes just after the 2 mile mark in the race which is why in practice with your long runs I had the hill come just after the C mile mark the hill in practice is slightly longer than this one girls listen up at this point in the race but he really sets in for a lot of runners and the reason why is that they went out too fast so this hill becomes an absolute killer but for you it won't be now when you get to the top you'll start working your way downhill towards the finish line you have to stay focused you have to stay on pace you're still gonna have runners to pass in a soft smile [Music] you get to dis final stretch you got to give it all you've got the downhill finish will help so you better run hard all the way through the finish line there's the board right there when you cross the finish line your individual name will be on the left team scores will be on the right it's gonna constantly be updating as people come across the finish line and our hope is that eventually our team names up at the top of the board remember girls cross country low score wins all right I got to get my wheel back at the starting line her coach you lost your job you'd never know anything yeah I know I mean did you hear what she just said about our team yeah hopefully at the top of the board I know our characters a Christian but she must be on some heavenly drug or something today yeah I've got a good pack this year but I don't have a runner that can crack the top ten so it's hurting me now you you've got those two front runners that's the difference anything can happen we still have to run a good race besides my three four and five are quite a ways behind they're not that far back they'll be in the top 25 nobody can beat you Orange Hills is ranked last this year is that right they were top ten last year and I thought everybody was coming back what happened yeah heard they got a new coach doesn't know what they're doing now how do you know that we ran over at Jackson Park for a first meet this year and just got to talking to one of the fathers no he said that simms girl she's not running either that girl's good why not I don't know they're top runner is ranked 42nd in the meet 42nd least be ranked better than that if they're all returning got to be that coach who's the coach I couldn't tell you check the roster who's coaching Hey Courtney Smith Donnelly Courtney Smith are you sure says Smith Donnelly do you know her yeah I know if it's who I think it is seven years ago whenever one runner Shannon Wilson was ranked first in the state she finished second at the state made on this very course you know you've been her Courtney Smith same girl she ran for Blair Academy on that side of the state probably is she was ranked way back like in the high 30s coming into the meet she weren't even splits came out of nowhere and ended up winning by four seconds I never expected that's the team you need to be worried about why because if that girl's her coach and they really like she did they only have five runners listed coming in 42nd through 69 it's a pretty close pack yeah but their way back my team will be Tammy's all seven of my girls are ranked ahead of the number one they're not a factor I gotta go guys but gentlemen good luck tomorrow take care you two sure about that what do you mean look how low they're ranked after our statement I remember we checked 40 times in the previous races that fall and in every race she was about a minute half slower than Shannon was until the state meet well what'd she do we run tempo facing the whole time sure seem that way wait a minute wait a minute you're telling me that girl ran Tim fo face in every race until the state made I don't know what it sure seemed like when you checked her Tom's well she qualified for the regional meet if she only ran tempo face cuz that region has always been really slow you know that now where was she qualified is the fifth individual you are kidding she really did her homework he was the number one runner and a glass what was her time at the regional meet 2024 it's about a 630 mile pace what was her time in the state meet last year and a glass 2008 so she's worse this year or she's a lot better than that 2024 sir tempo pace which means tomorrow that girl's gonna break 19 minutes easy she did that she'd make top five as she did that with a pretty tight pack right behind her no coach in their right mind would ever make their girls run tempo faced every race that that is absolutely crazy is it I mean what's the main goal here to win a meet last month or when the state meet tomorrow think about it well I'll do one tempo workout a week if Courtney Smith had her girls were in typical pace and all their races they did least to some weeks that's building great endurance must've learned even pacing and race conditions she trained her team to run like she did a gap for the girls in Orange here's 100 meters it's already marked with that white flag right there no we're starting on a box too so it's gonna be easy to see let's do some practice starts it's good our pacing down girls it is absolutely essential that you hit your hundred meter pacing tomorrow does everybody understand yes ma'am what pace coach twenty four and a half seconds again not this time Yuna this time you go out at twenty two and a half that's that's a six-minute mile pace and in 1845 5k if you maintain it you do that and you finish in the top five coach I haven't run under 20 minutes yet this year yes you have no I haven't sure you have when in practice when the crews intervals we've been doing all season remember we started with three we worked our way up to five tomorrow the first six-minute mile you run is going to feel like the third crews in her home a second was going to feel like before the last is going to feel like the fifth no don't worry if there's a lot of girls out ahead of you at this start it's a state meet they're gonna go up very fast but they won't be there for long the field will come back to you just stay on pace and you'll keep passing runners same goes for all of you but I just explained to Anna that's how it's gonna feel for you tomorrow Heidi twenty three seconds for your hundred meters 608 mile Rebecca Katelyn twenty three and a half seconds that puts you have a six 16 mile she'll be 24 seconds and a six 24 mile every training session I've done with you all this year has been to build your endurance and your strength to prepare you to run these times tomorrow coach why didn't you let us run this hard and any of the other meets okay I'll tell you first a lot of these girls are gonna be worn out from running so hard in previous races but you girls you'll be fresh second I had your own tempo pace and meets to build endurance and that takes time third I wanted you to learn even pacing in a race setting and that's gonna prove to be very important tomorrow Anna at the end of the race there should be an Eastern Valley girl just ahead of you and you've got to beat her okay okay remember you'll be coming from behind she'll just be hanging on I would rather be in your shoes but still we've got to get same goes for you Shelby at the end of the race there should be an Eastern Valley group just ahead and you've got to beat her understand yes ma'am I've gotta beat her this is gonna be a very very close race it could go either way okay let's go to our hundreds coach why didn't you tell us any of this before yeah into our parents when I tell people the way to get faster story and slower hardly anybody believes me why because that doesn't make sense most people believe the way to get faster and harder and that's what makes sense but slower training builds endurance add in some hills you gain strength put the two together you get faster overtime and that's what we needed more than anything was time I needed every single training session I could get with you all and that included meets so if you go stay on pace tomorrow you can win the state meet that was the goal right remember the goal I want to thank each of you for the opportunity to be your coach this year it's been it's been one of the highlights of my life I want to thank you for your commitment to train every day for your hard work for your sacrifice for not quitting even when you didn't understand and each one of you is so special to me my prayer for you is that God blesses here in this life [Music] dear coach enclosed please find a reimbursement for the plane ticket you sent me it should be more than enough to cover your payment I didn't appreciate your phone call at the time but now I realize it's probably the most important one I've received in the last three years my daughter asked me what made me come to the meet last week but I didn't tell her about your call and she was none the wiser so that tells me you didn't say anything to her either that was very honourable if you not to embarrass me like you could have for that they say thank you I'll be at the race tomorrow and more importantly I'm going to block off more time to visit Caitlyn in the future and make her a priority in my life thanks for all you've done for my daughter and good luck in the state meet Jeremy van [Music] yeah you still awake yeah can't read I don't think about the race yeah me too you nervous mm-hmm me too you think we can win I don't see how we can the coach does did you really believe we can win I'm gonna miss her [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] where is she where'd she go I don't see what you do disappear wait wait I think I know where she is where remember a story she told us she slipped out the back door [Music] crosscountry is a lot like life get your runner race with patience with knowledge and with understanding and you have to remember the goal always remember the goal same is true in life you have to learn patience gain wisdom and get understanding plus you have to remember that goal whether you eat or drink or whatever you do do all to the glory of God [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] you

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