Four Trails (2023) Movie Script
- What's up?
- Can I have some food?
Luckily I have some.
How come you are always
asking for food?
How come you are always
asking for food?
Fat kid.
- Do you want?
- Yes.
- Say thank you
- Thank you.
Give me a kiss.
Give me a kiss.
Four Trails is not a race.
It is more like
a personal challenge.
To be honest you could say
it is more like a journey,
so I really like this discipline
and style.
It was funny
because in less than a month
I had already made a plan.
Happy Chinese New Year.
I can't see it.
Yes, on Ma On Shan mountain
at the junction.
Doing the route in one go versus
They are different scenarios.
They are different scenarios.
When you do them all together
it affects you mentally
because you can't sleep
and that is really important.
With and without sleep,
it is a big difference.
Is this the Hong Kong
100km competition?
- No, this is a different one.
- A different one?
Ok, 15 dollars,
let me give you 10 dollars change.
Our run is a lot longer.
Ours is different from theirs,
ours is 300 kilometers.
Ok, thank you.
- you guys do 300?
- Yes
That's amazing! Not 100?
Right now I've already gone
almost 100 kilometers.
Really? That's awesome.
I think to run under 50
you have to be perfect.
I'll change my clothes first.
Change first?
He says he'll change first.
He's changing first.
Wash the wounds after we get there.
Ok, then change first.
I haven't dared
to remove the stitches.
Of course you can't remove them!
- I didn't remove them.
- Don't be crazy.
- Here.
- Is this spot ok?
On that day, I ran 31km.
As I'm about to finish
there is a mountain
with some stairs going down.
The left side of the stairs is
a concrete catchwater.
When I arrived at that flat point,
I turned to the right,
I stepped on some small pebbles
and fell down
and my left leg
hit the concrete catchwater.
At that moment, I blanked out.
When I opened my eyes,
my leg had a really big wound.
I tried to stop the flow of blood
and then I waited
for the ambulance to help.
In that moment,
I did try to stay positive.
Maybe it is not as bad as I thought.
Maybe I could recover
within ten few days.
The wound is four inches long.
It seems it wasn't cleaned properly
when I first had it stitched,
so the wound didn't close.
It then reopened
when we took the stitches out,
so I had three more stitches.
That slowed down the recovery,
so the risk of doing
Four Trails has increased.
After doing an hour-long test run
and how much blood was seeping out,
it doesn't seem bad at all.
So I'm quite optimistic.
Ah, poor me.
Thank you for your hard work.
- Good Luck.
- Yes, all good.
- Bye.
- I'll see you later.
Bye, Brandon.
I can't do this, this hurts so much.
The stairs at Violet Hill
are really long.
The stairs where?
The Twins, The Twins.
It's terrifying!
It just keeps going up
and never ends.
It keeps going up for at least...
maybe 20-30 minutes.
All just stairs.
Crazy!
Only when we're almost done
they throw in a bunch of stairs,
it is enough
to make your strength drop.
Nice work man.
Bring it in, bring it in.
- My knee is hurting.
- Yeah, yeah.
So pain.
The last hill,
I really feel the knee here.
It's so pain.
Yeah, yeah.
At first it was all just
about running for himself,
but throughout his journey
he found new strengths.
He discovered that he didn't have
to run for himself,
but he could run
for the sake of others as well.
You do not know, what time or place
your body can suddenly
experience problems.
Maybe not only injuries
but even digestive issues.
These are things you can't account
or prepare for.
- How's your injury?
- It's okay.
I've been taking antibiotics
the whole time,
up until the 11th of this month.
It's made my digestive system
so bad...
Very bad.
I keep passing water as diarrhea.
Almost every 2 hours
I'll need to go once, consistently
I think this is the most
exhausting thing I've ever done.
Come on Salomon, we believe in you!
Go for it! Go for it! Catch it.
Keep going Jacky, super!
Go, go, go! Off you go!
Still have no dinner and very tired.
That time I had to stop
and say to myself,
Good luck,
good luck Jacky.
- Yeah, good luck!
- Yeah.
We'll be waiting
to watch your performance.
We'll both be doing it.
When do you set off?
Um, at 6:49am.
Yeah, so I'm very excited
and right now
the sun is starting to rise too,
so I'm very energized!
I also hope
I reach the post box again.
I want to give myself
an unforgettable experience.
So I'll see what new discoveries
I can make.
I'm really looking forward to it!
I was also conflicted because
I had to spend time with my kids
during Chinese New Year
and if I didn't,
then I was worried about
making my parents sad about it.
But really there wasn't any chance
that I would jeopardize my
chance to run,
because seeing other people run
while I can't doesn't
sit well with me
and I really wanted to make
one last great memory for myself.
How was the weather?
It was great, very good.
Everyone said it was very hot,
only you said the weather was great,
this shows you're good.
Good? All I know is I was very slow!
In the whole Four Trails journey,
the time where I felt
the most lonely
was when I started running
from Nam Chung
because there is
a straight gravel road
and after the streetlights
it is just a void of darkness.
Those 3 to 4 hours were
the most lonely for me.
How was the first night?
I was so sleepy,
my eyes were closing.
After eating some food,
I hiked up a mountain.
Immediately afterwards
all my energy is gone.
Scary.
Even my reserve energy is gone.
I was the third last person
to start running.
And every time I saw somebody,
my competitive mindset
in many circumstances benefitted
from that.
Because they started
earlier than me,
when I caught them it gave me
a boost of confidence.
He told me to try and stick with him
if I could and so we can
meet at the pier at 9pm.
I said, "Sure,
I will try and stick with you."
I tried to follow him,
but I just started
to watch him run away
and I just thought,
"Oh he ran away."
There's probably no ice right?
I'm thinking maybe slip it
under my cap.
Wow! That feels great.
After I finish eating, I can take a
small nap for 10 minutes in the car.
Then they'll kick me out,
and I'll go on my way.
I'm on a tight schedule.
I need to make it clear that
before the Four Trails
I gave a timetable to my supporters
before the Four Trails
I gave a timetable to my supporters
and in my timetable,
I planned the splits.
and in my timetable,
I planned the splits.
Maclehose Trail to be 14 hours.
Wilson Trail to be 13 hours.
Wilson Trail to be 13 hours.
Hong Kong to be 7 hours.
And the Lantau to be 10 hours.
My total rest time would be 6 hours.
I never did a full calculation,
but my supporters had done.
I never did a full calculation,
but my supporters had done.
They did not tell me
and I did not care about it,
They did not tell me
and I did not care about it,
but they thought it was
but they thought it was
a very aggressive approach
for the challenge.
But I said, "It's fine."
I didn't really understand
what they meant by aggressive,
because I never initially calculated
my total time
and only once I had finished
my challenge
and realised it was
a total of 50 hours.
He was swaying so much
when he walked.
His mind seemed very clouded
and seemed to be full of doubt,
but I wasn't sure
what the problem was.
So when I saw him he asked me,
"Are you going to break 50?"
I replied, "I want to give it a try,
but I want to follow you
and finish it together with you."
After I saw Salomon,
my spirit was really uplifted.
It wasn't about executing
my plans anymore,
it was about
how I could increase
the gap between us
and boost my spirit even more.
I started to climb up
Sunset Peak at 6.48am.
I had only two hours left
to make my target time of 8.49am.
I thought it should be doable,
but I didn't dare
to celebrate it too early.
When I was pushing to go faster,
I was bending forwards,
hands on my knees
and completely out of breath.
I kept wishing that
I was at the finish already,
but I wasn't there yet,
I wasn't quite fast enough.
I saw the sun was rising over
the horizon and it was beautiful.
So I took my camera out
and captured the moment.
Because it was the sunrise
on my final climb
and I thought it was a moment
to remember.
I don't really think
I deserved this time.
That's why... I still can't watch
the videos of me
crossing the finish line,
because once I see it
I would just cry.
And honestly...
I think this was all insanely lucky.
I really didn't think I had
what it took to pull this off.
Then there was Stone.
He was in so much pain
that he had to quit.
That's why...
Knowing they are all like this...
makes me think
I should be more determined.
But with my situation,
it's not really under my control.
I just hugged Andre and cried a lot,
because I really believed
I tried my very best.
I've really never felt
this awful before.
All my muscles hurt, there's not
one part of me that doesn't hurt.
Wow, it stings.
I can't see anything right now!
The core value of an ultra marathon
is not only
about personal breakthroughs,
but it's also about
discovering your inner self.
Honestly, if I got a time
between 60 to 70 hours or so,
once I reached the post box,
I still would feel like
I have achieved
something I really wanted to do.
I think people should have
more of their own stories.
A variety of stories.
So say if you failed the challenge,
I think that is
a part of your story.
- Can I have some food?
Luckily I have some.
How come you are always
asking for food?
How come you are always
asking for food?
Fat kid.
- Do you want?
- Yes.
- Say thank you
- Thank you.
Give me a kiss.
Give me a kiss.
Four Trails is not a race.
It is more like
a personal challenge.
To be honest you could say
it is more like a journey,
so I really like this discipline
and style.
It was funny
because in less than a month
I had already made a plan.
Happy Chinese New Year.
I can't see it.
Yes, on Ma On Shan mountain
at the junction.
Doing the route in one go versus
They are different scenarios.
They are different scenarios.
When you do them all together
it affects you mentally
because you can't sleep
and that is really important.
With and without sleep,
it is a big difference.
Is this the Hong Kong
100km competition?
- No, this is a different one.
- A different one?
Ok, 15 dollars,
let me give you 10 dollars change.
Our run is a lot longer.
Ours is different from theirs,
ours is 300 kilometers.
Ok, thank you.
- you guys do 300?
- Yes
That's amazing! Not 100?
Right now I've already gone
almost 100 kilometers.
Really? That's awesome.
I think to run under 50
you have to be perfect.
I'll change my clothes first.
Change first?
He says he'll change first.
He's changing first.
Wash the wounds after we get there.
Ok, then change first.
I haven't dared
to remove the stitches.
Of course you can't remove them!
- I didn't remove them.
- Don't be crazy.
- Here.
- Is this spot ok?
On that day, I ran 31km.
As I'm about to finish
there is a mountain
with some stairs going down.
The left side of the stairs is
a concrete catchwater.
When I arrived at that flat point,
I turned to the right,
I stepped on some small pebbles
and fell down
and my left leg
hit the concrete catchwater.
At that moment, I blanked out.
When I opened my eyes,
my leg had a really big wound.
I tried to stop the flow of blood
and then I waited
for the ambulance to help.
In that moment,
I did try to stay positive.
Maybe it is not as bad as I thought.
Maybe I could recover
within ten few days.
The wound is four inches long.
It seems it wasn't cleaned properly
when I first had it stitched,
so the wound didn't close.
It then reopened
when we took the stitches out,
so I had three more stitches.
That slowed down the recovery,
so the risk of doing
Four Trails has increased.
After doing an hour-long test run
and how much blood was seeping out,
it doesn't seem bad at all.
So I'm quite optimistic.
Ah, poor me.
Thank you for your hard work.
- Good Luck.
- Yes, all good.
- Bye.
- I'll see you later.
Bye, Brandon.
I can't do this, this hurts so much.
The stairs at Violet Hill
are really long.
The stairs where?
The Twins, The Twins.
It's terrifying!
It just keeps going up
and never ends.
It keeps going up for at least...
maybe 20-30 minutes.
All just stairs.
Crazy!
Only when we're almost done
they throw in a bunch of stairs,
it is enough
to make your strength drop.
Nice work man.
Bring it in, bring it in.
- My knee is hurting.
- Yeah, yeah.
So pain.
The last hill,
I really feel the knee here.
It's so pain.
Yeah, yeah.
At first it was all just
about running for himself,
but throughout his journey
he found new strengths.
He discovered that he didn't have
to run for himself,
but he could run
for the sake of others as well.
You do not know, what time or place
your body can suddenly
experience problems.
Maybe not only injuries
but even digestive issues.
These are things you can't account
or prepare for.
- How's your injury?
- It's okay.
I've been taking antibiotics
the whole time,
up until the 11th of this month.
It's made my digestive system
so bad...
Very bad.
I keep passing water as diarrhea.
Almost every 2 hours
I'll need to go once, consistently
I think this is the most
exhausting thing I've ever done.
Come on Salomon, we believe in you!
Go for it! Go for it! Catch it.
Keep going Jacky, super!
Go, go, go! Off you go!
Still have no dinner and very tired.
That time I had to stop
and say to myself,
Good luck,
good luck Jacky.
- Yeah, good luck!
- Yeah.
We'll be waiting
to watch your performance.
We'll both be doing it.
When do you set off?
Um, at 6:49am.
Yeah, so I'm very excited
and right now
the sun is starting to rise too,
so I'm very energized!
I also hope
I reach the post box again.
I want to give myself
an unforgettable experience.
So I'll see what new discoveries
I can make.
I'm really looking forward to it!
I was also conflicted because
I had to spend time with my kids
during Chinese New Year
and if I didn't,
then I was worried about
making my parents sad about it.
But really there wasn't any chance
that I would jeopardize my
chance to run,
because seeing other people run
while I can't doesn't
sit well with me
and I really wanted to make
one last great memory for myself.
How was the weather?
It was great, very good.
Everyone said it was very hot,
only you said the weather was great,
this shows you're good.
Good? All I know is I was very slow!
In the whole Four Trails journey,
the time where I felt
the most lonely
was when I started running
from Nam Chung
because there is
a straight gravel road
and after the streetlights
it is just a void of darkness.
Those 3 to 4 hours were
the most lonely for me.
How was the first night?
I was so sleepy,
my eyes were closing.
After eating some food,
I hiked up a mountain.
Immediately afterwards
all my energy is gone.
Scary.
Even my reserve energy is gone.
I was the third last person
to start running.
And every time I saw somebody,
my competitive mindset
in many circumstances benefitted
from that.
Because they started
earlier than me,
when I caught them it gave me
a boost of confidence.
He told me to try and stick with him
if I could and so we can
meet at the pier at 9pm.
I said, "Sure,
I will try and stick with you."
I tried to follow him,
but I just started
to watch him run away
and I just thought,
"Oh he ran away."
There's probably no ice right?
I'm thinking maybe slip it
under my cap.
Wow! That feels great.
After I finish eating, I can take a
small nap for 10 minutes in the car.
Then they'll kick me out,
and I'll go on my way.
I'm on a tight schedule.
I need to make it clear that
before the Four Trails
I gave a timetable to my supporters
before the Four Trails
I gave a timetable to my supporters
and in my timetable,
I planned the splits.
and in my timetable,
I planned the splits.
Maclehose Trail to be 14 hours.
Wilson Trail to be 13 hours.
Wilson Trail to be 13 hours.
Hong Kong to be 7 hours.
And the Lantau to be 10 hours.
My total rest time would be 6 hours.
I never did a full calculation,
but my supporters had done.
I never did a full calculation,
but my supporters had done.
They did not tell me
and I did not care about it,
They did not tell me
and I did not care about it,
but they thought it was
but they thought it was
a very aggressive approach
for the challenge.
But I said, "It's fine."
I didn't really understand
what they meant by aggressive,
because I never initially calculated
my total time
and only once I had finished
my challenge
and realised it was
a total of 50 hours.
He was swaying so much
when he walked.
His mind seemed very clouded
and seemed to be full of doubt,
but I wasn't sure
what the problem was.
So when I saw him he asked me,
"Are you going to break 50?"
I replied, "I want to give it a try,
but I want to follow you
and finish it together with you."
After I saw Salomon,
my spirit was really uplifted.
It wasn't about executing
my plans anymore,
it was about
how I could increase
the gap between us
and boost my spirit even more.
I started to climb up
Sunset Peak at 6.48am.
I had only two hours left
to make my target time of 8.49am.
I thought it should be doable,
but I didn't dare
to celebrate it too early.
When I was pushing to go faster,
I was bending forwards,
hands on my knees
and completely out of breath.
I kept wishing that
I was at the finish already,
but I wasn't there yet,
I wasn't quite fast enough.
I saw the sun was rising over
the horizon and it was beautiful.
So I took my camera out
and captured the moment.
Because it was the sunrise
on my final climb
and I thought it was a moment
to remember.
I don't really think
I deserved this time.
That's why... I still can't watch
the videos of me
crossing the finish line,
because once I see it
I would just cry.
And honestly...
I think this was all insanely lucky.
I really didn't think I had
what it took to pull this off.
Then there was Stone.
He was in so much pain
that he had to quit.
That's why...
Knowing they are all like this...
makes me think
I should be more determined.
But with my situation,
it's not really under my control.
I just hugged Andre and cried a lot,
because I really believed
I tried my very best.
I've really never felt
this awful before.
All my muscles hurt, there's not
one part of me that doesn't hurt.
Wow, it stings.
I can't see anything right now!
The core value of an ultra marathon
is not only
about personal breakthroughs,
but it's also about
discovering your inner self.
Honestly, if I got a time
between 60 to 70 hours or so,
once I reached the post box,
I still would feel like
I have achieved
something I really wanted to do.
I think people should have
more of their own stories.
A variety of stories.
So say if you failed the challenge,
I think that is
a part of your story.