Running a marathon is good for your knees

Far from damaging your knees, running can rejuvenate them, and other parts of the body, doctors now believe.

Study found marathon training reversed, or at least limited, age-related damage to arteries. Getty Images.

Jessica Salter

Feb 7, 2020 – 10.26am

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The first irritating comment you get when you mention that you're running a marathon is: "It's not good for your knees..." But to those smug armchair naysayers, there's new evidence: actually, it is. Particularly for midlifers.

A new myth-busting study of novice middle-aged runners by researchers at University College London and Barts Heart Centre found that training for and running a marathon not only wasn't bad for their knees – it actually improved them.

The Telegraph London