More miles mean more improvement?

week 15
mon=13miles
tues=21miles
wens=rest
thurs=23miles(struggeled realy bad,stopped 6 times for 30secs to walk)
fri=rest
sat=30miles x 7.26pace(done my first session on the track for my 6hr track race on the 28th,felt realy bouncy and zapped the energy out of my legs,but i was worried about the cornering,that didnt bother me,but it sure was boring,i managed 2 hrs until i got dizzy:)
sun=10miles x 7.03pace am + 7miles x 7.49pace pm
weeks total= 104miles(happy to hit the 100 this week,it might make the legs tired but it puts my head in a good place.

just back from the doctor,got blood tested,no results for a week,he said its not my hernia thats causing the problems,have to get a camara down me to see whats going on,he has to wait for the blood results to come back to see whats happening,said it could be some bug or something more serious with my bowels,he advised me to do no running and complete rest until results are back,i told him my plan for saturday and he nearly fell of the chair,if i feel better my saturday im going,if not im going anyway,fingers crossed

CRAWLEY 6HR TRACK RACE REPORT
got on the 9.15 bus from tramore to dublin airport with arrived in dublin at 1.30,my plane over to england wasnt leaving until 4.05,plenty of time to relax and get something to eat,of i went a checked my bag in and a foreign later mumbelled something to me,all i understood was look at the big screen,i ask what and got the same answer,ok,so off i went for something to eat,i eat a dinner and my stomach went into cramps again and had a few visits to the toilet,get my results on tuesday to see whats happening there,so a 2.30 i went down to the big screen and stood there looking up at it waiting for where to go,every few minutes on certin destenations it would say go to gate 2,except my flight and a few others,i presumed it was delayed.3.45 came and i rang my misses to check online to see if it was delayed,she said it wasnt,i panicked and found a rynair tesk and ask the lady she said your to late now the wont let you on,pure panic set in,in the end after argueing my bag was took of and had to pay another 110 euro and wait until 7.40 for the next plane,i didnt miss this one and arrived at my hotel at 10,ended up walking for 30 mins trying to find a shop and got back to my hotel at 11,had something to eat and straight to bed,i met my friend at the hotel at 7 in the morning for breakfest and race talk,i had a great breakfest but my stomach was in a bad way,a mix of nerves and a virus,of we headed to the crawley track,had a race briefing,the olympic torch was there from the 1965 olympics i think and everyone got to run a lap with it with it lighting,my tactics was to get the win and try and beat the course record of 46.7miles,so i was going to run the first 2 miles hard to not let anyone no my pace,i went out a 6.20pace and 2 guys flew past me,my friend said they where running 5.30 pace,that blew my goal out the window and didnt have a plan B,i just kept running hard for about 4 miles hoping they would slow down ,put no way were day,these were serious runners,then my stomach started playing up and had to make a detour to the toilet area,about 100 meters of the track,i lost 10 min in the first hour,then in the second hour my data base on my garmin went full,what a time for this to happen,threw my watch at my friend to sort it out,then more stomach troubles,another trip to the toilets and again in the 3rd hour,i think i lost almost 17min in this time,i realy didnt want to continue any more but if you give your best on the day you can walk away pround and still be a winner, so i just ran and ran,i hadnt a clue what sort of mileds i was covering only ever hour when day put up the leaders board,i was in 3rd,and then on the fifth hour day made a mistake and i was in 4th,this confussed me and had to stop to sort it out,but the new what happened and back into 3rd i went,with 14mins to go my friend shouted you have 44miles done,with my calculatins i had run nearly 47 with going arond on different lanes and running to the toilets and back,so i ran as hard as i could,i ran 2x 6.30miles,and ended up 46.odd,near the course record,well the old one,as the leader ran a new british record,i think 52miles,yes 2 marathons back to back in 6 hours and the guy that was second ran 50.odd mile,the guy in second ran a 2.33 in london last week as training,theywere both qualafiying for britain for the up and coming celtic plate,when the race was over i just collapst on the ground,but felt no tiredness,strange maybe adrenuline taking over,had a shower and went up to the prize givings,first prize to first place,the guy in fourth won the vets title,then the lady gave the second guy a prize,and then i got called up,i only thought there was a prize for first,just shows you if you NEVER GIVE UP,you get your rewards,i got the coolest prize ever 2 cast iron and bronze trainers with the crawley 6hr 2012 on the side,over the moon,i proudly looking at them now,so of i went back to the hotel had a dinner,and went to gatwick airport,yes went to wrong terminal but had plenty of time to find the right one,arrived back in dublin were a friend picked me up and back in tramore by 1.30 sunday morning,i cand wait to do this one again next year,think i could ru near 50miles if everything falls right on the day,bring on the rest of 2012.:)

week 17
mon=rest
tues=rest
wed=rest
thurs=6 miles x 7.22pace
fri=rest
sat=46 miles(crawley 6hr track)
sun=8 miles
weeks total=60miles

3rd place prize:):):)

hi larry
that early pace wasnt hard,hard,and it was only going to be for a short period,so no energy lost,i still managed to do the last two miles in almost the same pace,but i no where your coming from,if its only a short period its not a problem,i wanted to test everyone else or even trough them off a bit,but two other guys had the same plan:)

week 18
mon=rest
tue=11miles x 7.58pace
wen=rest
thurs=8miles x 7.11pace
fri=8miles x 7.22pace
sat=rest
sun=rest
weeks total=27miles
decided to take it real easy for a week as i think i deserved it,i ate as much junk food as possible,got results from the doctor saying my blood test came back grand but still refurred me to hospital about my bowels,so next up for me is the portuma 50k in less than 6 weeks,so training begins tomorrow for that,im going to run it hard but not hard,hard,i would love to do a 50k at sub 3hr marathon pace,but going to wait until next year for that,3.45 sounds good enough for this year:)

week 20
mon= 5miles
tues=20miles at 7.27pace
wed=rest
thur=23miles(5x6.52pace+18miles at 8.30pace)
fri=25 miles(5miles x 7.05pace am+20 miles at 8.30pace pm)
sat=8 miles x 7.11 pace
sun=20miles x 7.02pace
weeks total 101miles(had a rub on tuesday and my legs felt like concrete blocks until today,had a lovely run today,makes up for all the hard work on bad runs):)

week 22
mon=18 miles(10miles x 7.32pace am,8 miles x 6.58 pace pm)
tues=24 miles(13mils x 7.44pace am,11 miles x 7.52pace pm)
wens=rest
thurs=7 miles x 7.29pace
fri=rest
sat=26 miles x 7.09pace
sun=27 miles x 7.57pace
weeks total=102 miles
(missed a couple of days training,just coulnt motavate myself to run,but still managed to run 100mile week,so happy enough,so portuma 50k on saturday week,not sure what training to do until then,might leave the longer stuff and work on some speed for a change).