Chapter 269 The Beginning of the Season at College Basketball 1 (1/2)

”This may be the key to Jake's success in marathons, so others learned from him and decided to accompany him in that squad until the end of the marathon.”

”Yes, but this is just one of the things that makes Jake the best marathoner today, few can keep up with him for more than 30 km, and if they try recklessly they may not even finish the marathon.”

”That's true, the stamina and stamina he has also determine how he can win several marathons in a row.”

Just as the commentators were saying the reason Jake didn't mind having several people running with him was that his running speed was too strong, keeping his pace steady was important to a marathoner.

But having his own running pace that matched his abilities was the most important thing, Jake didn't have to strain to run like this, but those who ran with him in the same platoon had to strain to keep up.

This group also did not disturb Jake in the support stations to get water and also took turns leading the group without Jake having to lead once, Jake just slowed the race in the most difficult parts, so everyone won with that.

After 15 km of the marathon as in Chicago, Jake's platoon was again leading the race, many rushed ahead of them for a few kilometers, but no one could stay in the lead for more than 15 km.

”This is really amazing, it looks like I'm seeing a repeat of the Chicago Marathon, after 15 kilometers Jake's platoon leads again, and everyone looks like they're in good shape and can continue.”

”Their race time is almost the same as Chicago too, so Jake always runs at a high level, unlike last race also the runners who are with Jake are all elite and all finish at least thirtieth as the best time they have done, one of them even came in the eighth position in a marathon.”

”True, it may then be that they can continue with Jake for more than 18 km like last time.”

Just like in Chicago, this was the second time Jake had run in New York, even though he hadn't won this marathon last year, he still remembered the ride, so he did a marathon imagination training and knew the best places to run without getting tired so much.

Even if it didn't make much difference to Jake who had enough stamina to run 50 kilometers, it was the effort he could make to ensure the best race possible, who made the most of it were the other runners who were in the same platoon as Jake.

After passing the 22km more than half of the marathon had passed and only at that point did the Jake platoon decide to move away and run at a slower pace, which greatly benefited Jake who didn't have to race against the wind for more than half of the test.

Unfortunately, the weather and temperature were not ideal as it was in Chicago, yet Jake felt he could try to break his own world record in this race, he would not do it just because it was not smart to try so hard.

After all, he already had the marathon world record and it made no sense to break his own record, and after winning the New York marathon he would earn 2 more stats, 1 Resistance, and 1 agility.

That meant that next year Jake would be even better off running if he could win a few more major marathons he could break a world record much more easily, so he had no reason to risk injuring himself to win.

After going through the 30km race Jake wasn't feeling too tired yet, but still decided to slow down his race to make sure that this race was over, Jake was thinking of trying to run a little longer than in Chicago for this marathon.

”It's really amazing how much he can run at the same pace and speed for 30 km, there may never be a runner who has this kind of control over his pace, some may be faster than him, but this control is hard to break.”

”That's true, and we can see that he doesn't even take a watch for the race, that is to say, he keeps that pace with intuition, now we see that he's slowing down his running pace.”

”It's already become a habit of Jake in the marathons he runs, he keeps a pace well below the world record for much of the marathon and then slows in the final kilometers of the race.”

”He was expected to do something like this, Jake doesn't seem to be trying to break the world record today either, it's normal because his body must not have fully recovered from the Chicago marathon.”

”We hope he doesn't get any injuries like last year and can win this marathon.”

”He's now called Captain America, a hero doesn't hurt running Hahaha.”

”Hahaha it's true, I liked that nickname, if he wins here in New York this year he will also find that nickname suits him.”