Chapter 203 A Little Crisis 2
Chapter 203 A Little Crisis 2
So he could at least shorten his time by more than 1 minute, Jake was thinking of the Olympics and also some years where marathons would become more recognized and stronger athletes would start competing.
Records would be made under the best time Jake could run now, so he had to improve as much as he could while he had time to train, because he still wanted to train to compete in other track and field events.
As far as basketball was concerned Jake was the most dedicated, even though he was away from team training he still did his imagination training, as usual, every day, Jake thought that before the national championship he could improve his skill rank which didn't change much in the last months.
Jake knew that now each raise could make a lot of difference in a game because now Jake was getting to the pro level, Jake wanted to secure that national championship more before going to college.
After a few more days the New York marathon day finally came, as it was a major marathon, over 25,000 people were present that day to participate, Jake chatted a little with John and one of Tiffany's staff and began to prepare. to the marathon.
John said he would be waiting for Jake at the race's arrival, probably he also hoped that Jake could win this marathon more.
Normally Jake would be much more confident than in the Chicago marathon because this was not his first competition and he had even won in Chicago before, even more, so Jake improved a lot after winning the reward for winning in Chicago.
But he was still afraid of having another bad performance as in the state basketball championship final, in that game he could count on his teammates and the level of the opponents was not very high.
But now any mistake could cause Jake to lose this marathon, besides, he was with the best athletes in the world competing with him, these athletes would not be defeated if Jake couldn't do his best.
Even with the nervousness and the pressure, Jake managed to calm down when the race really started, he didn't have much to think about after the race began, with his training he knew he had stamina and with the help of the system he could control better your running pace.
Television commentators were also paying special attention to Jake, after all, Jake was just 16 years old and had just won the Chicago Marathon, many also knew that Jake had recently won the state high school basketball championship and was the MVP. of the championship.
So it was normal for everyone to pay close attention to himself that they didn't expect Jake to win this marathon either, after all, it was very rare for an athlete to win two marathons in a row and even rarer if it was in different marathons.
Even more, the Chicago and New York marathon that took place at a break of just over 1 month, I 1 month many athletes would not dare to compete again, much less like Jake still did playing basketball while recovering.
In addition to Jake other athletes also caught the public's attention, but only last year's winner was Mexican German Silva, even though many thought he could not win again. German was well known for having missed the marathon path last year.
He even earned the nickname Wrong Way Silva, but it was amazing that even if he missed the path he had still won the marathon, in the last 5 years Mexicans had won the New York marathon 3 times and German could win 4 times in 5 years.