A Little Crisis
Jake didn't even sleep well after the game and kept thinking about the final game, but he couldn't think of anything, so he went the other day to train again with his team.
Jake saw that everyone was acting normally with him and no one had noticed anything wrong, he even broached the subject indirectly with Coach Mike who found it all very strange and thought that Jake was fine as always.
In fact, Nathan and Lucas who were very happy with this situation, with yesterday's game almost nobody realized that Jake had played badly, the reason for this was that Jake had said he would normally play for a few games after scoring over 120 points in 2 games.
So your teammates would have a greater opportunity to stand out with Jake playing like that, in this last game everyone thought Jake was just giving his teammates more opportunity.
Nathan and Lucas who got into the game with the losing Elite team played very well both in attack and defense and so helped the team to win, everyone thought this was a difficult game different from what was expected.
So Coach Mike was happy with the performance of his two new players and Nathan and Lucas were even happier because they could catch Coach Bill's attention so they could be at the University of North Carolina with him in a few years.
After a day of training, Jake got even more confused because he managed to play well in training as usual and scored 40 points causing his teammates to be discontented.
After all, it was not necessary to score so many points in a training game with his teammates, then Jake did the same of the last days in his marathon training, so Jake thought this was an isolated case.
But at home, he sometimes remembered what Lola said after the final game, that she was worried that Jake might be bad at the final game because of the bandits raiding his home.
This was really shocking for Jake, especially since he knew after hearing from the system and the cops that the attackers were aiming for him and his mother.
So Jake thought for a while that even if he had a system like in fantasy stories and his strength was greater than most people, that was the reality and someone with a gun could end his life and his mom's life, just like every dream of his second chance.
Jake also realized that his luck could not really do any miracles and that even if he learned a fighting technique and his stats were at maximum he would still be a normal human being.
After thinking about it for a while even though he was a little scared he felt as if a weight had been lifted from his heart, because deep inside he could never really get out of his mind the thought that all he was living was a dream.
So after thinking about it and resting for a day he returned to his normal routine, Jake had only a few weeks before the New York marathon and would need to continue his training if he wanted to secure the victory.
Even though he was still worried about his performance in the competition after what happened in the final game, in training everything was back to normal and nothing seemed wrong.
So he thought it might just be a normal day that he couldn't play his best as all athletes had, after all, he wasn't a machine, it was just that it had never happened because of the authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
Even so, Coach Mike has been a little worried since Jake came to ask if he had played badly in the final game, so he decided to give Jake a break until after the break.
The rest of the team still had to train hard, especially Lucas and Nathan who were fighting for a place in the starting lineup, but Jake who had just been through a stressful and dangerous situation in his life and was the best player on the team deserved to rest.
Jake accepted the coach's good intentions and stopped going to the basketball team trainings after classes so he had more energy to train before the marathon, in classes besides Joseph who was always by his side after what happened nothing had changed.
Joseph knew that Jake was living with Eva in one of his grandfather's houses, while his father was looking for a good and safe home for Jake and Eva to live in, so he left his studies and his girlfriend aside and got closer to Jake again. because he was worried about his friend.
Jake was also very thrilled about it and happy to have a friend like Joseph, even Liza in her last team training was worried about him.
He was a little sad because it seemed that after the breakup Jenny no longer cared about him, Jake knew that even Liza seemed to be disappointed with her friend who claimed to like Jake very much.
If something similar had happened to Jenny, Jake wouldn't hesitate to look for her to find out how his ex-girlfriend was, but it seemed that Jenny didn't think the same way.
In fact, before that Jake still had Jenny in his heart, he hoped that after being in a better living condition she could look for him, or she could take courage and challenge her parents.
But now he understood that he no longer existed in Jenny's heart, so Jake reinforced the thought that he'd better not get involved in any relationship until after a few years.
Jake liked Lola very much, but he just saw her as a dear friend, after all for Jake the age difference between them and the fact that she and her father worked at her mom's restaurant made her someone Jake didn't even think about dating.
That's because Jake had a mental age of almost 50 now, but his actual age was 16, and Lola was out of those two, if Lola was the one who took the initiative and said she liked him, Jake could change his mind, so Whether this relationship could work was entirely in Lola's hands.
After more than a week of training, the New York Marathon was a few days away, so Tiffany and John showed up to talk to Jake.
Tiffany was worried about Jake and Eva for what happened a few weeks ago, even though they had talked on the phone, it was different from talking in person.
Tiffany looked tired and a little pale at this meeting, she was worried about Jake and Eva who were her friends, she also had to worry about her company and Clara's company that could be sold if they couldn't find a solution.
In addition, Clara was also a little depressed after her marriage ended and what was happening at the company, it was as if everything that had happened in the last 10 years was for nothing.
So she was getting stressed by her friends and tired by the work that increased.
John was also worried about Jake but was concerned only if Jake's sports performance could fall that showed the difference between business partners and friends.
"How are you doing, Jake?"
"I'm fine, Tiffany, luckily I have a lot of friends who helped and are helping my family after what happened."
"If it wasn't for all these problems that came up suddenly, Clara and I would be there to help, too."
"It's okay, Tiffany, I know very well that the problem you are experiencing is much bigger than mine."
"Do you think you'll be fine for this marathon, Jake?"
"I can't say for sure, John, I know I'm going to finish the competition, but I don't know where I'll be."
Jake had always known that John and Alan were different from Tiffany and Clara, which is why Jake didn't think of having regular sponsors after getting rich with his investments.
But as time went on Jake realized that this was impossible, he needed to sponsor John and Alan now and would need the support of larger companies after joining the NBA.
There was no billionaire in the world who would refuse tens of millions in sponsorship just because they didn't like working with people who fought for them.
"That's great, I'm sure you can bring us a nice surprise in this marathon too, Jake, so I want to be in New York this time to support you with Tiffany."
"I don't think it's a good idea, John, you know at least for these two marathons it was Tiffany who solved everything and organized everything."
"I know that, but it was an order from my superiors, I'm sure Tiffany won't mind that another company that sponsors Jake is in this marathon."
"I really don't care Jake, I saw here just to tell you that because of the problems you know well, I won't be able to go to New York with you this time, my city workers that will solve everything, now John here it can also help. "
"That's great so I'm going with Jake to New York for sure."
So Jake had to accept John's request, he himself thought it wasn't fair to John and Alan's company being set aside, as he knew that Tiffany was in trouble was good for everyone.
So the other day, Jake said goodbye to his mother and went to New York to prepare for the marathon, he didn't have to worry about a few days of school absences and had no more training with the basketball team and so can go before.
John said he would go the day before the marathon, Jake would only rest for the next two days and be rested and prepared for the marathon.
He still could not run the 50 km with the new speed and so decided to run only 20 km with the fastest running speed, so he was sure to shorten his time and still complete the marathon.
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.
Jake was also worried about German because he knew that German had won this marathon in his past life, now Jake wanted it not to happen again.
After ten kilometers of running, Jake had already passed most of the amateur runners who just ran at a faster pace and didn't even think about finishing the race.
He was feeling good even running at a pace of 2 minutes 56 seconds per km, which was 4 seconds less than in the last race, it gave Jake more confidence by showing that he had to rely on his daily training, so he could finish this test with a good time.
Even so Jake was realizing that his running pace was not as good as in the last race and in training, even though he managed to make the time he planned every 5 km, sometimes he would run very fast and then have to slow down.
Jake knew this was bad because every time he ran faster he used up a lot more energy, after all, he was running to the limit to win the race, while other runners were often running in groups and some even had rabbits to set the pace right.
Jake didn't think he needed any of this after running the Chicago marathon, but in the race, he realized that there were points where it was more appropriate to slow down and other points where it was appropriate to accelerate.
All of this was derived from the experiences of some past marathon runners, not to mention that running in groups or with rabbits was useful because the runner could protect himself from drafts coming in the opposite direction and tired him out.
These were all things Jake had blindly missed since he was very confident in himself and the system and had won his debut marathon, this time he was a little unsure he realized that if he did how others could get some time yet best.
Commentators who didn't know Jake was passing and thinking were just seeing Jake running very well in the first half of the race, after all, they thought Jake had his own style of running after winning the Chicago Marathon.
"Runner Jake seems to be doing very well in this marathon too, I confess I didn't think he would participate in this race after running just under a month ago."
"You can't compare Jake to normal people, just because he's running a high-level 16-year-old marathon and still playing basketball at his school shows he's special."
"That's true, even though athletics is not as popular as basketball around the world, it's even more impressive that at age 16 Jake is competing with the best with a chance to win."
"Even more because he is an American and has appeared at the right time near the upcoming Olympics in our country, it is yet another medal promise for our country."
"Do you think Jake had participated in the Olympics? I thought he would try a youth athletics world for his age."Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
"If I could win by competing with the best I would definitely choose to participate in the Olympics, he could have the honor of winning the gold medal across the country and still so young, I don't think he would give that up."
"It's because he is so young that I don't think he should, in 4 years he will be 21, he can participate in 4 more Olympics after that if he wanted as an athlete in the marathon, no need to risk everything now."
"Then we can only wait and see what he will choose, the ability we all know he has for it."
Jake didn't know the commentators were talking about him and was trying to focus on the race and set his pace so he wouldn't get bored in the end.
After driving the 20 km he slowed his running speed as he had planned, but he seemed not in good condition and still could not run at the right pace accelerating sometimes after changing speed.
Still, his body was still fine, which was normal if he considered that he would run even more than 20 km, so if he was feeling tired now he could give up the marathon.
Even so, Jake was well ahead of the other riders at this time of the race, because the second group sometimes increased the pace at the best points and slowed down the hardest paths and Jake always kept the same pace.
Before Jake thought he was doing right, but now he realized that he just tired more doing it, after all, they had points that he could run faster and hold on wasting time and in places, he had to slow down he forced to keep pace.
After the 32km race he began to feel the marathon tiredness, Jake felt that he was worse than his workouts and than the last marathon, he did not know if he could finish the marathon running at the same pace as he was now.
Unlike before Jake was feeling tired and also very thirsty and for the first time in his marathons went through a support station to get water.
Since he was not used to doing this in training Jake ended up breaking the running pace he had finally set again and still took all the water feeling bloated afterward.
"This is the first time I've ever seen Jake stopping at one of the support stations in this marathon, from what I've heard, he didn't even need to stop in Chicago."
"This is normal, it's been over an hour and a half, and it's about noon where the heat and wear are greatest, in Chicago that the race starts earlier and it's colder it's been able to go on and on."
"Apparently Jake is not used to going through race support stations, he seems to have lost his running pace after the stop and the water didn't do him much good."
"We sometimes forget about this because he won in Chicago, but this is just his second official marathon and for Jake's age I don't think he has participated in any amateur marathon before."
"True, but it also shows that he has a lot to improve and evolve even though he's one of the best 16-year-old marathon athletes, who knows in the future we can't see Jake winning every marathon in the year."
"This is hard to imagine, he shouldn't even have much time to train now and don't forget that if one day Jake enters the NBA basketball this marathon routine is over for him."
"That's true, in the NBA teams play a lot of games a month and have to travel across the country, I don't think Jake would be released just to participate in a marathon."
"This is if he gets into the NBA of course, even if he's a good player we'll have to wait a few years to see, seeing how well he goes in the marathon I find it hard to believe that God has given him so many talents."
"But I think if he could choose for sure he would rather have the knack for being a basketball star than a marathon winning athlete."
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Even commentators thought basketball was more important than athletics in the United States, but that was normal, so much so that in many countries athletes have no financial support from their countries to participate in athletics competitions.
Even so, talented people like Jake would choose other sports or even a normal job than being athletes and bringing medals to the country.
But more popular sports like basketball didn't need government support for the players because the companies and fans were moving enough money to pay the athletes' millionaire salaries.
As Jake approached the 39 km race he felt much more tired, so Jake realized that he was definitely having the same problem he had in the state championship final and couldn't make the most of his performance.
The problem was that Jake discovered this too late and ran more than half of the marathon with a faster running pace and his body in its current state could not stand as the marathon was him alone he could not count on anyone but him.
Even if that happened Jake was still very decisive, when he realized he couldn't complete the marathon at his current pace he slowed his running speed, luckily he was 1 and a half minutes faster than the last marathon.
So Jake remembered that German finished this race in his past life in 2 hours and 11 minutes, with Jake's current speed he could finish the marathon in 2 hours and 4 and a half minutes, so he was close to 7 minutes ahead.
Since Jake was just over 3 km away to finish the marathon, it was almost impossible for him to lose even if he slowed in half.
So he was decisive and slowed in half to finish this marathon first, and as Jake thought even commentators already thought of Jake as the winner.
"Just over 3 km to finish this marathon, if Jake continues at this speed he can, in addition, to win break the New York marathon speed record."
"That's right, the current record is for Juma Ikangaa who in 1989 finished the race in 2 hours, 8 minutes and 1 second, but in fact, if Jake can maintain that speed he could even break the marathon world record."
"Yeah, but it looks like it won't happen today, runner Jake now seems to be drastically slowing down his running pace, I think he might be in trouble right now."
"It's really a shame, but he's still young so it seems he couldn't control his running pace well and so it looked like he could break all the records, but now he must have little energy."
"This is really dangerous, for him to slow his pace whether it is a serious fatigue problem or even a muscle problem, Jake seemed to have control of his pace and has already slowed down the race once before halfway through the race."
"He sure has talent, but since he's always running alone and without a group, he must have accelerated too much without realizing it and got tired."
"That's right, after all, it's been just over a month since the Chicago Marathon and he was trying to run at a much faster pace, almost 5 minutes less."
"Fortunately he has a lead of more than 7 minutes to runner-up so victory still looks guaranteed."
Jake thought so too and ran a lot slower, but after another 1 and a half kilometers he saw that German who was second was approaching, meaning that in the end, he must have taken more than 2 minutes in that km.
What shocked Jake was that the system had warned that Jake should stop running now because he was at risk of injury.
This shocked Jake that even at his top training speed he was still able to go over 46 km before having a risk of a muscle injury, but now he ran the whole marathon much slower and shortly after 40 km the system said he could suffer an injury.
Jake was outraged by what was happening, he did not expect the unknown problem to affect his physical condition so much, after all, he could accept that it affected his skill in basketball which also required techniques but was now physically affecting him.
Jake was in a big dilemma now, if it was one of his workouts even if it wasn't urgent as soon as the system mentioned a risk of injury Jake immediately stopped and sat until he was recovered.
But now he was in the middle of a major marathon, he was first with great advantage to German who was second and also just over 1km to finish the marathon.
Jake had three choices at this time of the marathon, he could give up and lose everything he did in that marathon and so would avoid an injury, he could also risk running even if he suffered an injury to try to finish the race in sacrifice and try to take first place.
Or he could eat a stamina bar, Jake knew after experimenting a few times that the stamina bar in addition to fully recovering Jake's energy would still greatly relax his muscles and take away the tension.
If he ate the stamina bar he could easily finish the New York marathon first and avoid the injury, but Jake knew he really had only one choice.
He could not give up because this marathon was not only about him but also had Jake's responsibility to his sponsors, so he could not give up near the end and almost win.
He couldn't eat the stamina bar either because Jake knew it would be like cheating, so even if he won it would stay in his mind all his life.
So the only option Jake had was to force himself to finish the marathon even risking injury, of course, he only took that risk because the marathon was ending and also because Jake had no more basketball or marathon games to run before February. from another year.
So Jake knew that with the help of the system and his strong physical statistics he would not be injured for long, so Jake decided to ignore the system warning and keep running.
The system that could understand Jake's thoughts also stopped bothering with the injury warning and just watched the marathon ends.
In fact Jake was overcoming a fear he had always had in his heart now, having been unable to move his legs in his past life for over 20 years, Jake was afraid of being injured and unable to walk for a while.
But now he was facing this fear in order to win, Jake still kept his speed for a few hundred meters until he felt a sharp pain in his right leg.
Even though he was prepared for the pain Jake still fell for a moment losing his stride, German who was approaching Jake, the commentators and the audience watching at home on television, as well as the local people, were startled by it.
Even slowing down Jake was still almost certain to win a marathon under 1km to complete the marathon.
Jake still struggled to get up and keep running, he just ran a little slower than before despite feeling a lot of pain in his right leg, he could only continue because his strength and endurance statistics were so high.
German felt sorry for Jake that it was a track and field genius to be so unlucky at the end of the race, but he was a pro and would not miss this opportunity to win the marathon a second time.
"Really unbelievable what is happening to athlete Jake, someone so young and talented has been so unlucky and it looks like he will lose this marathon."
"It's really a shame what happened to this young genius, but he's human and after running a marathon just a little over a month from Chicago he's straining his muscles a lot."
"That's true, I see he seems to have had a right leg muscle injury, Jake seems to be in a lot of pain and yet still runs like no injury I really admire this young man's character and courage."
"It's a shame he will lose, I respect German who won last year and is about to win again, but Jake clearly deserved to win this marathon."
Commentators said they respected Jake for striving to finish the same hurting marathon, but if they knew that Jake chose to hurt himself instead of cheating they would respect him even more.
Only 200 meters to the end of the marathon track German finally passed Jake who was running fast despite being hurt and in pain, German looked at Jake with respect as he passed him.
Jake was not too shaken by this since he had expected it when he gave up eating the stamina bar, he was glad he was guaranteed second at least, third place was still far behind.
German won the New York Marathon with just over 2 hours and 11 minutes of running, and Jake came in second with 2 hours, 11 minutes and 45 seconds as the final time.
Jake regretted not winning, but was pleased with the second place due to the circumstances of the race, he was angry to not know the reason for this problem that has upset him twice and even made him lose the chance to win this. marathon.
But he would have to see that after he got home and had time to think.
Jake was second and so got $ 60,000, so he had almost $ 500,000 to invest in something, he had already defined how much money he would invest in Cisco shares every year and the rest was for something else.
Jake did it because otherwise he could be tempted to invest all the money he had in stock, that wasn't good for him, even if Jake was sure he would make it he might still need the money for other things.
Just like the house, he would soon have to buy for him and his mother if he was out of money he would have to sell his shares to buy this house which would be a loss for Jake.
As soon as the race was over Jake ate a stamina bar and regained his energy as well as relaxed his muscles a little, soon after the doctors arrived and Jake asked to go to the podium and get the reward before going to the hospital.
As Jake had still run a few hundred meters after suffering the injury and the doctors found nothing serious about Jake's right leg they allowed it.
Jake did everything he had to do and greeted German who just won, German seemed a little guilty of winning because Jake had suffered an injury, but Jake congratulated him sincerely because he knew that if he wasn't here German would still win.
After that Jake still went to the ambulance hospital because he had a lot of pain in his right leg, so the doctors quickly went to the hospital because for an athlete to find out quickly what an injury could save his career.
While on his way to the hospital Jake was thinking about what happened in the marathon that was just over, Jake was feeling a lot of leg pain and just insisted on staying at the awards to sort it out and be able to go home after leaving the hospital.
He didn't want to have to go places after leaving the hospital because he stopped doing some things because of the pain, but Jake felt it was better to feel a lot of leg pain than not to feel his legs within his past life.
Analyzing the marathon Jake realized that the main culprit for his defeat was himself, even though this unknown problem affected his marathon performance as it disrupted the state championship final.
Jake could still have won if he had been careful just as he still won the game in the final by choosing the best way to play, the problem with this marathon was that Jake had been too hasty to do things.
After all, he knew better than anyone that he had no need to try to improve his running time while he completed his first marathons, because with a time before when he was running in Chicago he could finish the marathon in 2 hours and just over 6 minutes
That time would be enough to break the records of many marathons or even the world record, but Jake forced to improve his time already in his second marathon and eventually lost the chance to win.
After all Jake already had enough stamina to run nearly 60 km at his previous speed, so even if this unknown problem got in the way of this marathon, he could still win easily.
The doctors gave him an ice pack so that Jake could begin to recover the muscle damage before he even got to the hospital, of course, Jake only got all this treatment because he was second in the marathon and even won in Chicago.
If you were an unknown athlete even if you had a more serious injury than Jake's, you might have to look for a taxi to go to a hospital.
After arriving at the hospital Jake had all the exams and it was found that his injury was grade 2 and he would only need less than 1-month rest to be able to retrain normally.
So Jake was released from the hospital to go to the hotel, they asked if Jake wanted to stay for a few days to recover at the courtesy hospital since Jake was a famous athlete, but Jake denied when he learned that his injury was not serious.
Jake has already arranged a plane ticket to return to Miami the other day, as he would have to lie a few weeks it was much better to do this at home.
John came to talk and say goodbye to Jake before returning to Miami, Jake thought John would be nervous with Jake for not winning this time and so John's company had less visibility than Tiffany's last time, but it seemed that he was wrong.
"With you, Jake? I was very worried when I saw that you had gone to the hospital after the marathon was over, is the injury serious?"
"It's nothing very serious, I'm fine, in a few weeks I will fully recover, so I'll be 100 percent when the national championship starts next year."
"That's good, so congratulations on the second place in this marathon, you got an amazing feat of being in the top 3 in two marathons in a row and this time you almost won."
"Thanks, I was sad that I didn't win."
"You should be happy about that, you're still young and you will have many competitions ahead in the next few years if it weren't for the injury no one could predict you would have won your second marathon in a row."
"But if something like this happens again you should give up the race immediately after having an injury, after all, you are still young and have many competitions ahead, besides you have to worry about basketball too and if it was an injury more serious? "
After saying that John left, Jake understood that John was right to say that, he should have stopped running when the system warned, after all, that it was good to have a system warning of injuries that many athletes would dream of having if Jake didn't hear and get hurt anyway?
Maybe the hormones made him too hot-blooded to not follow his experience and make these imprudent decisions.
As for John, it was normal for him to be very happy about it instead of getting angry only Jake knew he could easily win this race, for John and anyone it was a miracle that Jake would suddenly pop up and get in the top three in two. major marathons.
But that was a valuable lesson Jake needed to learn to be less arrogant, after all, Jake was different from other normal athletes, he just needed normal training and the system would help him improve his physical statistics.
Even though Jake was talented he knew that the main reason he got all he got was the system, so he had to use it better to be even better at what he did.
So Jake decided that he would retrain in the time he did before and would expect his endurance to naturally improve before improving his marathon times after all this was just the beginning for Jake in the world of athletics and he still had to try other modalities after that.
After that Jake felt like he was calmer after deciding what to do next, so he slept soundly and the next day returned to Miami using crutches as a precaution, Jake ended up not telling any of this to his friends and family so no one would worry with your injury.
Only Tiffany called worried after learning that Jake had been injured after the marathon through John after Jake said it was okay Tiffany congratulated him and was also happy that Jake finished the second marathon, this was unexpected for her.
So Tiffany remembered Jake's conversation again that she was aiming for the gold medal at the Olympics, so Tiffany was very excited to think so because it would be so helpful to her and Clara's companies.
After all, after learning that Clara's company could be sold in 5 years Tiffany and Clara decided to stop investing in the company and raise money to try to buy Robert's stock within 5 years.
Clara's mistake was that she was very anxious and used almost all of her money to buy another 5 percent of the stock and prevent the adversary from buying more stock, but it cost Clara 15 million.
Part of that money even came from Tiffany who in a moment of urgency took from his reserves and even the capital of the company, fortunately later this year with the dividends Clara and Tiffany will receive this money would be replaced, otherwise, Tiffany could even be sued for this crime.
Even so, they could only raise 6 million a year even if the company stopped investing as Clara could not take her father's share either, so if this year they had to replace the capital that was "borrowed" from Tiffany's company they would have chances of accumulating 24 million in 4 more years.
That means a lot of sacrifices would be needed just to buy these shares, considering that Clara and Tiffany's companies grew by more than 30 percent in those 5 years that sponsored Jake, they would lose the chance to grow at least 25 percent in those 5 years.
This made everyone very angry, only Robert who was primarily responsible for it did not bother at all, so even if this adversary company could not buy Clara's company they would have hurt them in 5 years.
Not to mention that Clara and Tiffany knew it would be impossible to buy back that 34 percent of the company would oppose even if they wanted to buy after all that 10 percent would already take 5 years to buy.
Clara's father was the one who was most sad about it, of course, they didn't know that Jake was just waiting for the right moment to buy these stocks, even if it's just to help them, even buy all those 44 percents who were in such pain upside them would be possible with Jake's profits.
When Clara learned that Jake was teaching she decided to talk to him after all these months, she already knew that Jake knew all about her situation through her friend Tiffany, even though she was annoyed with her friend at the authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
But Clara was just grateful for everything Tiffany was doing for her at the hardest time of her life, and Jake was also a very important person in her life right now, mainly because she knew Jake was responsible for helping her company survive this crisis indirectly.
So while Jake was recovering Clara went to pay a visit, when she arrived at Matthew's house where Jake was living, Jake was very surprised to see that Clara was even thinner now .
This is usually a good thing for women, but the problem was that Clara had been thin before and had a slender body, but with her getting thinner from depression she looked like a sick person .
But Tiffany and Clara's father were pleased that she had set aside work a little to visit Jake who had suffered an injury .
Even though Jake didn't let it show he was shocked and just smiled at Clara as he invited her in . Jake had a right thigh stretch that was a mild grade 2 injury so he could still walk now with a limp .
"How are you doing, Jake?"
"I'm fine, this injury isn't serious and I just need a little rest to recover, luckily I'm almost on my vacation, so it won't bother me so much . "
Jake was trying to hide that he had hurt himself not to worry his friends, so he got a medical certificate to leave school for another week .
Only Joseph cared more about Jake, but when Jake said over the phone that it was okay no one cared much about it .
Since this time Jake had not won the marathon even though he had the attention of commentators and the media, his name was not mentioned very much in the news after the marathon .
So if even after winning in Chicago many did not see the news about Jake at his school, now that he had come second much less .
"I didn't think you were so good at marathons if you wanted you could already become a professional athlete after finishing school . "
"I still prefer to stay in basketball and study for a while . "
Jake knew Clara was just kidding in saying this, after all, who would give up a scholarship at a guaranteed university? And basketball could only bring good things to Jake and his sponsors for years to come .
"I'm more worried about you, Clara, I knew what happened to you and I also see that you don't look very healthy right now, tell me how you are . "
Clara didn't expect Jake to suddenly change the focus of her conversation, she had just talked to her friends and family about what had happened, but she felt like talking to Jake about what happened too .
"I'm much better now than at the beginning, I knew from the beginning that this marriage could end at any moment, but I always hoped Robert would change his mind and that we could be together . "
"So I just focused on work and put personal matters aside, but in the end, it turned out worse than I thought . "
Jake just listened in silence as Clara vented .
"But I don't think Robert is so wrong so you know, he has the company that he needed to invest in a long time, but while his father was alive Robert could do nothing and I always suggested reinvesting profits in the company, so almost 10 years Robert can never use his stock profits for nothing . "
"I liked him even before my dad planned this wedding, so I was a little happy before I knew Robert didn't like me, his only shortcoming is that he's always been a little proud and jealous, so it all turned out like this . "
In the end, Clara was crying and Jake just put his hand on Clara's arm to comfort her, he didn't think Clara really liked Robert for what he heard from Tiffany, so he understood that her shock was greater after what happened .
"None of this is your fault Clara, things happen and you were right to want to invest more to improve the company, I always thought a man should be able to be proud, otherwise he just becomes stingy . "
"If he needed the money to invest in his other company, Robert would talk to you before, I'm sure you would understand . "
"I think the end of your marriage was a good thing for you, now you are free to find your happiness, as the problems of the company things will end up resolving, don't worry so much . "
After that, Clara looked a little better and Jake ended up comforting her even if he was being visited, so Clara talked for a while and left .
Jake knew it would take Clara much longer to get over what happened, but he was sure a strong woman like her would eventually recover and come back stronger after that .
But Jake was still in a little crisis of not knowing what was happening to him if it was a physical problem like the injury to his leg Jake would be quieter because an exam would tell when he would recover .
But Jake had no clue when he would recover from this unknown problem, and unknown things always cause people more fear .
So before bedtime, Jake remembered that the system might know something about it after all the system was the destination that knew everything and even knew its statistics and estimated its abilities .
"Fate, do you know what problem I have?"
[I know, you had a mild psychological problem caused by your trust after they broke into your home . ]Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting .
Jake was much more relieved when he learned what the problem was, at least it was no longer unknown, but Jake knew the psychological problems were the most complex for athletes .
Some athletes have yips that as an example of psychological illness, archers also have something known as 'target panic' that causes many of them to lose important points in competitions .
Some are just temporary and some of these problems don't heal for life, so Jake was a little worried about that .
"But my mother had no problems with that . "
[Your problem is not serious, your mother may have an even bigger problem than this, but you who need your mind to be in perfect condition because of sports have discovered this before . ]
[This must have been a shock to know that something could have happened to your mother whom you have seen die once in your past life, in time it will pass by itself . ]
"But how long will it take for that? I have to be fine for next year's national championship matches . "
[This is hard to know even for me, but it shouldn't be a problem for you to win the national championship, it's hardly going to last that long, besides, you can still play well and even win a marathon if you don't do anything exaggerated, how much The less you worry the faster you will recover . ]
Jake was a little relieved to at least know that this would recover soon, if it was something serious the system would say, even after the national championship Jake did not intend to participate in any other marathon anyway, so he hoped that in almost 3 months he back to normal .
[Most importantly, next time you should stop running when I warn you that you are at risk of injury, this time you suffered a minor grade 2 injury, and because you continued until the end of the marathon even injured the injury almost reached grade 3 . ]
[If this happened you would be almost 3 months unable to walk and would lose the national championship for sure, your luck helped this time and you did well to eat the stamina bar as soon as the race was over so the injury returned to grade 2 milds . ]
Jake was really scared of it, it seemed to be more serious than he thought, Jake thought grade 2 was already overdone for him, but he was lucky, Jake expected only a grade 1 injury when the system warned .
What Jake didn't know was that the system protected his body from Grade 1 injuries, especially after increasing his Resistance stat so much so that any injuries would be Grade 2 at a minimum and in the future would be even more dangerous .
[With my help and your high Resistance as you are you should fully recover in 2 weeks, tomorrow you should be able to walk normally with a little pain, but be careful next time if you don't want to use the stamina bar give up the race . ]
Even if the system understood that Jake was proud not to use the stamina bar, the system did not think pride should be more important than Jake's health in such a situation .
Jake was surprised because it was rare that the system of such councils, usually the system just watched Jake make his own decisions, so Jake understood that it should be really important .
Of course Jake hoped never to go through this kind of situation again, he understood that his decision was the wrong one for the situation .
Now Jake was thinking that maybe it was time to get a trainer, he understood that his marathon training was wrong with him relying only on his statistics, but that would have to wait until after he fully recovered .
The most important thing was to get a coach who knew the basics of training in all types of athletics that involved running from 100 meters to the marathon, after all, Jake didn't need very specific training with his statistics and he wanted for various modalities .
Also, the coach had to be very reliable not to talk about what happened to Jake in training, after all, Jake didn't have a normal body thanks to the system and any coach would realize that .
That's why Jake hasn't sought a coach so far, but in order to have more effective training and for the other running modalities he needed to have proper training .
Jake just had to wait until after vacation and the start of another year to start thinking again about basketball and also about the marathons and the olympics that he would try for a spot so he could relax for a while until his injury recovered .
But that didn't mean he had nothing to do in the meantime, after the vacation Jake would finally know how much Matthew's company had made in 1995, he knew it could be even higher than the company's total value, so Jake, You could expect a very large profit share in your first year as a shareholder .
After all, Matthew's company was worth over $ 300 million for now, so if more than 1 million digital cameras were sold by the end of the year as Jake had hoped they could have over $ 1 billion in sales .
If they sold these 1 million cameras the company would have $ 400 million in pure profit, not to mention that it would greatly increase the total value of the company if all profits were distributed Jake would receive a 20 million stake .
In addition, Jake was actually being conservative with the estimate of selling 1 million cameras, until public interest could wane next year he thought they could sell at least 3 million cameras .
So Jake could get 60 million shares only and could buy part of Clara's company shares and help her, of course, that was just Jake speculation and they would have to wait to know the exact values .
Another thing Jake was hoping was that Emily would soon find Jeff Bezos, Jake thought that the more time passed the harder it would be for him to have a big stake in this amazing company .
But Jake couldn't rush Emily, because, besides the work of finding someone to be very difficult, she still had several things to worry about right now, after all, Emily's father's friends had invested $ 30 million in Jake's investment firm .
Emily had to closely monitor whether the people she hired were doing a good job, in fact, she thought that was the most important thing at the moment than looking for an unknown person .
But Emily had great respect for Jake who conquered everything he was young and without the help of his family, so she still focused on finding the person Jake was looking for right away .
After a few days, Jake could walk normally and not even feel pain in his right leg, if the system had not said his injury was serious Jake thought it was just simple to recover so quickly .
At the same time, Jake was impressed by the resilience his body now had, Jake hoped that as his physical stats increased his resilience would increase as well .
So the month passed quickly and Jake's holiday came and this was the first time he had no trip to make, luckily next year his mother and Anna were thinking about how to reduce their workload .
As the restaurant was in its infancy and still gaining customer trust and Eva still had to learn how to be a chef, they both had to spend almost 18 hours a day at the restaurant .
But next year Eva who had already learned a lot from Anna and the restaurant staff already knew what to do so Eva would stay in the morning and Anna would stay in the evening, in the afternoon the two would work together like now .
Anna was also busy thinking about what would change the menu to please customers, even if it wasn't an upscale restaurant that always needed to be changing menus the restaurant had to at least have some news for customers .
At breakfast, the restaurant made small changes every week as the variety and taste were more important than the menu, plus Julius's desserts didn't need to be changed as all customers enjoyed and always ordered the same dishes .
Eva would be shocked to learn that Jake had been injured for over a week and she didn't even realize it, which showed how much time she spent away from home, but that was also what ensured that she was safe in the incident of breaking into her home .
Jake was waiting for Emily to start doing something in his vacation time, but who came to talk to him was someone Jake had already forgotten .
It was Coach Bill Guthridge, he had said he would come back later to talk to Jake about something important and had to leave after the state championship final game, but Jake thought he would come back only after the national championship .
But Jake didn't know that Coach Bill thought he might be a second Michael Jordan to his university in the future and gave Jake a lot of importance, all the more so because Coach Bill was worried about Jake after seeing Jake's poor performance in the last game .
"Hi Jake, I said I'd be right back to talk to you, how are you?"
"I'm fine coaching, I'm having some problems for important games but I don't think I would have any problems for the national championship . "
Coach Bill was pleased with Jake recognizing that he had a problem and being honest in telling him that, Bill also thought that Jake's problem should be a minor problem and should not affect Jake for so long .
"I also think your problem is going to disappear soon, but what I wanted to talk to you about was an important problem that you must solve before you go to university . "
"And what problem is that?"
"It's the problem with your sponsorship deals, I don't know how you got those deals even though you were in high school, but at university, this is extremely forbidden and the NCAA may even punish our university and you if it is not resolved . "
Jake hoped this problem would arise, it was normal for Coach Bill to already know about it, Jake before needed this sponsorship to leave his mother without having to do a bad job, so he might need to go straight to the NBA without being ready just for the money .
This problem with forbidden sponsorship contracts for college basketball players continued even in the 40-year-old Jake's past life, the claim that the NCAA used was that it wanted to let it go without much publicity to preserve the universities and the players and to keep it . the audience continued to watch the games .
As a result of this, a lot of problems ended up and famous players like Kobe Bryant among others ended up directly entering the NBA after high school because of it .
Now Jake no longer needed these sponsorships as he and his mother have a lot of money and investments, but Jake had solved this problem in a way that maybe only he in the world could do .
"Coach, I don't think my sponsorships will be a problem, because my sponsorship contracts are not for basketball, but because I'm also a professional marathon athlete, so I won't break any university rules . "
Coach Bill was shocked after hearing about this, even though Jake was indeed a marathon athlete the NCAA rule holds true for all basketball players, so Jake could not be an exception in Coach Bill's opinion .
"I think my case is a special coach, I really am a professional athlete and I won the Chicago marathon and I was also second in the New York marathon, and these two are major marathons . "
"Not to mention that I intend to participate in the Olympics next year to try to win a gold medal for our country, so I think it's normal that I can have some sponsorships, it would be great for the university's image too, I don't think people from NCAA would refuse to make an exception for me . "
Coach Bill wondered what Jake said next, really if Jake had won a major marathon and placed second in the other undeniable era he was a pro and very talented at running .
If Jake could win a medal at the Olympics or even just win one more marathon while in college, it would be really great for them, and even if the NCAA made an exception for Jake, it was impossible for another athlete to meet those requirements one day, that would be an exclusive case .
So Coach Bill thought it might even be possible, at least he could try to recommend it to the university .
"Alright Jake, I'll at least talk about it with the university, I think the NCAA might make an exception for you, but I don't guarantee anything . "Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting .
"Thank you, coach . "
"So since this subject has to be set aside, for now, knowing the problem you have and that you are soon going to university to have more difficult games I have prepared something for you . "
"What is this coach?"
"You'll see soon . "
Since Jake was on vacation and had nothing to do, he agreed to go with the coach to see what this surprise was for him, so he had just spent Christmas and Jake told his mother he was going to travel .
So Jake and Coach Bill got on a plane and went on a trip, on December 29th almost at New Year's Eve Jake found out what surprise Coach Bill had prepared and enjoyed it a lot .
Coach Bill had brought Jake to watch an NBA game between Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers, Jake guessed that Coach Bill wanted to show Jake how Michael Jordan played in that game .
Of course Jake also paid attention to Ron Harper's performance playing in the same position as him, but Michael Jordan was the one Jake paid the most attention to .
This was known as the best season and the best Chicago Bulls team in history, so for a 6-time team just in Michael Jordan's time, it was really amazing .
Michael Jordan averaged over 30 points per game, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, yet he was a player who knew how to play as a team and so they could be champions .
Jake watched the game paying close attention to his idol and Bill also just watched the game without saying anything next to him, for Bill this game was a very important lesson and lesson for Jake for him to have a career goal of trying to be like the idol .
It could also take away any arrogance Jake might be feeling for being high school MVP several times, as well as show that Jake was far from the NBA and college level .
This could even help Jake with the psychological problem he was facing and return to play normally for next year, after all, Coach Bill wanted Jake to come to his team after being once again champion of the national championship and come full of confidence .