331 The Major Marathons 5

"I agree, I'm sure this is one reason why Jake likes to race more in America than other countries and another reason that happens is that it's so much easier for Jake to race in America than to travel to other countries just to run."

"There is also the crowd at the venue, in America everyone is sure to cheer more for Jake than for the other athletes and that's an excellent motivation for an athlete."

All the reasons the commentators said were things Jake thought before running, for all these reasons he realized that it was much better to race in America than in other countries, but he would still run sometimes if he wanted to and had time.

After 27 km the other athletes in Jake's group decided to slow down and move away from Jake who was in the lead, they could run longer with Jake, but if they did they would get very tired in the final kilometers of the marathon and could lose positions.