Jake started running at a strong pace after leaving Zack behind at the start of this marathon, soon as if agreed in advance several athletes started running in the group formed to run along with Jake.
That was one of the reasons he liked to race in Chicago and America, he didn't expect it to be, but he always did when he met people who ran with him.
Jake was also surprised to see that two well-known American athletes who would be in the top 20 were running in the same group as him, was Jerry Lawson who had already won the California Marathon in 1993 and Todd Williams who participated in two Olympics and two World Championships. in Athletics.
They both knew well how Jake was running at a perfect running pace and wanted to run with him all through this marathon, they didn't know if they would keep up with Jake until the end, but if they could hold on until he slowed it was almost certain that they would be in the top 5.
