Marathon wear and tear reduction?
Hello, I recently ran a marathon by myself just over a month ago. I managed to run it in 4 hours and 20 minutes however was unprepared in hindsight.
Cardio wise I was very much fine and probably could of gone quicker, my training consisted of doing large amounts of different forms of cardio such as hillwalking, running, swimming etc, however my joints most certainly felt it. Apart from 3 half marathons across the 3 months prior I didn't really stack up the longer runs. I also was using £10 flee market running shoes.
I am running a marathon with my dad at the end of August. I plan on running at his pace so don't imagine it will be much quicker than 6 hours. With this considered cardio fitness shouldn't be an issue, however how would I prevent it being quite as sore? I plan on getting propper running shoes which will hopefuly help my case. Would strengthening my legs in the gym provide good results alone? Or is the only way simply to increase training mileage? I thought this would be the best place to ask
Thanks in advance,
Emlyn