Chapter 351 Back for the Sophomore Year 5 (1/2)

”And why do you think that?”

”It's because he broke the current world record in Chicago last year, it's a path he knows well and has run twice and is much better for him, here in Berlin is the first time he's going to run this marathon and I think hard for him to try to break the world record.”

While the commentators talked about him and this marathon, Jake was already running the first few kilometers, he found groups of athletes to run along and ran with them while the other athletes ran at the same pace as him.

Jake was already well known in the marathon world and everyone knew that his pace was very strong at the beginning of the race, so only amateur athletes and those who didn't think of winning ran with him in the beginning.

The other athletes who hoped to perform well watched Jake not to run faster than him in the first few km of the race, after all, if Jake who had a fast pace was behind them it was because these athletes were running far above the pace they intended.

Jake didn't care about that and already expects him to have to run alone in this marathon again, after all, he wasn't running in America and it was hard to find athletes who wanted to run at such a strong pace since the start of the race.

Most usually wanted to start slower and then increase their running pace over the last few km of the marathon, but for Jake who could run the entire marathon at a fast pace if he wanted to, he would rather take advantage of his opponents before finally controlling his final time would have in the marathon.

After 5 km of the marathon, there were still some people trying to run in the same group as Jake, but they were not elite athletes and these people might not even finish the marathon, but at least in the first 5 km, they were in the lead.

Beyond the first 10 km of the marathon, Jake could already feel that this marathon was actually easier to run at a faster pace, had not many turns and was flatter as well as the running track where he trained.

The weather on this day was also very good and Jake could feel that even running alone he was not as tired as in other marathons, of course, he had gained more statistic points since the last marathon, but Jake felt it was really the marathon that was better to run faster.

Seeing marathon conditions this year Jake felt that he could break his world record in this marathon and then if he wanted to break his own record again in the Chicago marathon where he intended to run several times over the next few years.

After running the 20km marathon Jake could feel that it really was better to race in Berlin and he could easily break his running record at a faster pace without getting too tired.

”We have reached almost half of this Berlin marathon and we see Jake again in the lead, this is the racing style he has been doing in various marathons and almost every time he runs at this pace with that advantage of the other runners he wins.”

”True, this is the style of running he created as a great stamina athlete like this at the end of the marathon so he can control his energy expenditure by slowing down and winning comfortably.”

”He ran that 20 km in less than an hour as he always does in other marathons, it's amazing how much he has control of the running pace, even stopping a few times to hydrate he still keeps up the pace, and as many have noticed Jake didn't even know wears a watch in the marathons he participates in.”

”I don't know if he's being a basketball player who has a different training interferes with his running style, but if it's like other marathons Jake can win again today and be the first American athlete to win this Berlin marathon.”

Jake went on like this at a strong pace and passed the 30km marathon without slowing down, just after passing the 35km Jake began to slow his running pace slowly, Jake already had a time of 1 hour 41 minutes 40 seconds If he continued at the pace he was running he could finish the race while training which was far below his world record.

Commentators were seeing how Jake came from a fast time, but as they tracked several marathons he ran they knew that at this point in a marathon he slowed his running pace and ended the marathon well below his world record.

”Up to 35km from this marathon Jake has kept up the great pace since he started this marathon, but now as well as in the other marathons he's slowing down and we'll see how soon he will finish this Berlin marathon.”

”See how the runner-up Elijah Lagat and the other athletes are also running at a great pace and yet they are not even close to Jake and are over 1km behind him in this marathon.”