Easter Sunday saw the last of my long runs before the London Marathon in just 3 weeks time, and I was really pleased with how it went. We'd had a little snow overnight and the pavements were somewhat slick the following morning which meant starting off in trail shoes, only for the snow to melt a couple of hours later which had me yearning for my far more comfortable and much more cushiony road running shoes! I've now completed 4 runs in excess of 40km and several more over 30k, and with some good speed and strength sessions also in the mix, I am feeling pretty good about London as things stand. Last week I went for a deep tissue massage and was pleased to hear that my muscles are "in damn good shape" considering some of the sessions I've been doing. Strangely enough, the most troublesome muscles were in my neck and shoulders and it was quite amusing trying to relax whilst on the massage table with those particular muscles going into spasm as the lady prod...