Of course, the commentators couldn't know that Jake could run faster than his own world record when he wanted to, so it was natural for them to think that way, Jake kept running smoothly.
After running the 40km marathon Jake still had a big lead in second place, at this point, it was clear that Jake would win this marathon, Jake was running at a slower pace just to make sure he wasn't even tired after running these 40 km.
After earning two resistance points this year by winning both major marathons and gaining strength points, he had no problem winning a marathon even running at the pace he was training.
Even more, after he went through Coach Davis's resistance training that was preparing Jake for long-distance running, even though he tired more running alone he had spent less stamina for running using some techniques he learned from Coach Davis.