He began running with all his power, but it kept its lead.
He finished 10 minutes behind the rest but kept his lead.
Now and then he asked a question, but kept the lead of the conversation.
So they began to run again harder than before, and kept their lead during the morning.
You have to stay in charge; you've got to keep the lead.
"Our problem is keeping the lead when we have one down the stretch."
Busch kept the lead to win his first race in 2010.
But he kept his lead in the drivers championship standing.
"I'm thinking about keeping the lead and getting them in a short series," Martinez said.
He parred the 15th to keep his lead at four.