Chapter 262 Starting the Season for Sports 4 (1/2)

Everyone considered Jake a rival in this race, but still expected to have many chances to win, a marathon is a race that can always have an unexpected result, the weather of the day, the temperature and even the condition of the athletes had to be taken into account to the result.

Rarely did an athlete dominate the marathon events for many years without any rivals, it showed how unpredictable the sport was in its results, Jake also knew it and so always made such a hard training routine.

The winner of this event in Jake's past life was Paul Evans, this was a special year in which two UK athletes won this event in men and women, a result that has rarely happened in history.

Paul Evans was the toughest opponent Jake faced in a marathon, after all, Paul's final time was less than 2 hours and 9 minutes, only 1 time Jake managed to run in less than 2 hours and 9 minutes in his previous marathons.

Of course, the reason for this was that Jake always slowed his running pace when he secured first place and therefore finished the race in a long time, which was the biggest reason Jake decided to start training before the Chicago Marathon with a speed fastest race.

So Jake would be sure to finish the race first even if he decided to slow down the final kilometers after all Jake knew well that a race time in training could not always be repeated in the official marathon because of the pressure of the race.

Jake was also thinking that if he is in good physical shape in the final kilometers and is confident he would try to race to set the current world record, it was a possible time for Jake after his new training and his strongest physical stats.

After a few more minutes the 1996 Chicago Major Marathon officially started, Jake decided to run at a slower pace at first to keep up with the other athletes and after a few kilometers, he could take advantage of them.

So Jake knew his first kilometers would be slower and he would have to push a little harder in the second part of the race, but it was worth it as long as he didn't waste much time on those first kilometers.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

”The annual Chicago marathon has officially started and after a few hours we will know who will be the winners.”

”Do you have any favorites for today's race?”

”I think the favorite for this race is for sure Jake, he won here last year and is trying again this year.”

”I also think he's the favorite, Jake ran his first official marathon here last year at just 16 and nobody expected anything from him, this year is completely different, he took second place in New York after winning here this year past and still won the Olympic gold this year. ”

”No doubt he's a favorite, plus his running time has only been improved since New York so far, Jake also seemed to have learned to choose the best path to run without wasting energy.”

”Yes, that comes with experience, this is Jake's 5 official marathon, amazing to have those numbers with only 17 years and 1 year as a pro.”

”And in the last 4 marathons he came in the top 2 in all and won 4 of those events, that data really shows why he won a gold medal.”

Unlike other times commentators just praised Jake who had won so soon, a talented young genius is nice for anyone to see, and Jake is still an American who hasn't had good athletes winning in marathons for a few years.

Maybe it was Jake who could positively influence young people to compete and get more people to know and appreciate marathons if that happened these commentators would only gain from it as the Chicago Marathon broadcast.

This time they didn't mention the fact that Jake also played basketball for a university, many didn't even know which university Jake was at because everyone thought Jake had decided to become a pro marathoner instead of basketball.

It was what any normal person would do, it was impressive to compete in two sports when they were younger, but when you grow up you have to choose one of them, it was common sense for everyone to make that choice.

Also, after Jake won a gold medal at a major event like the Olympics no one else could deny his talent as an athlete, even if Jake never won anything in his life from now on he would always be remembered as one of the top names of the sport.

Of course, Jake didn't care about common sense and wanted to do even more than that, he wanted to become an NBA star and win multiple titles, and also wanted to win many more gold medals and other athletics modalities as well.

In the first few kilometers of the marathon, Jake just like everyone else was still running along with other athletes while taking turns leading the group, so they wasted less energy, in Jake's group he was the leader among the athletes.