In the early stages, the main thing is to establish a regular sustainable routine and not get injured when you're at your most vulnerable. Your body is going to simply take time to start adapting to things, and it's perfectly fine to do stuff as a walk or run-walk early on to help it.
After you've been training for awhile, you can start to think more about increasing mileage, and training for things like half and eventually full marathons.
Qualifying for Boston can be pretty darn tough these days, and there are lots of people who train very hard for years who never achieve it. It can be a pretty tight standard. They do allow some charity entries every year though, so even if you never qualify, there are other ways to do it.
Anyway, I'd break your goal down into smaller stages, and take things one at a time. If you can eventually work towards completing a marathon -- any marathon, and one that doesn't have a tight prior qualifying time required like Boston -- you should be pretty darn proud of yourself.
The vast majority of the population wouldn't even be able to walk a half marathon without suffering.
Anyway, I'd probably get on the boards at Runner's World, especially the Beginners board, where you'll probably find lots of others like you and can ask for advice.
You'll probably want a book or two, and might at some point once ready want to look into a training program or two when you want to go after a marathon. There are some places like Team in Training where you charity fund raise in exchange for good training, and there are usually local running groups or clubs that will help with marathon training programs and group runs, perhaps for a relatively small fee, if you'd rather not fund raise.
But I'd keep in mind that Boston in particular requires qualifying and that can be darn tough to do, and there are lots of other stages to go through first if you ever do want to try to qualify.I need some advice on running the boston marathon?
Hydrate. Hydrate. Hydrate. The more hydrated you are while you are running, the better the performance. You're less likely to cramp up, pass out from heat exhaustion, and you won't experience that nasty feeling to puke everywhere after a long run. I personally prefer Smart Water for these kinds of things because there are electrolytes in it, and other bottled water doesn't have that. Make sure that your health is good before you run. Test your blood sugar accordingly. It's great that you're working out 3x a week, keep that up, but also challenge yourself everyday. If you ran one mile on Monday, try running a mile and a quarter on Wednesday, or set a goal for yourself to progress in increments. Also another important thing is stretching before and after workout, believe it or not. It reduces the risk of injury to your muscles and reduces the risk of tears, kinks, etc.
Wow, impressive
Don't give up!
Running will be the best way to loose weight and get your diabetes under control.
It will be hard, but you can do it.
I love to run to music, I run slow and love it. I have run 2 marathons, not fast enough yet to qualify for the Boston marathon, but I keep trying.
Lately I use http://trackmypace.com/, i can listen to music, track my pace and distance. It also tells me my BMI and calories burned. You should try it.
Great job and good luck!
you must run a different Marathon and get a good time in order to be eligable for the boston.
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