Alexandra100
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- Type of diabetes
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IMO training by walking before starting running is an excellent idea, not just in case of being over-weight. To avoid injuries, the legs need to be strengthened up first, and maybe the heart too. When you do get the all-clear I strongly recommend starting with the run/walk system. I still use this for warmups, long runs and when not feeling good. Jeff Galloway makes a persuasive case for using his run/walk/run method always.I've lost 20% of body weight since I last mentioned running to my doc. That was before my diabetes diagnosis. He did not recommend it. Next time I see him I'll ask him whether, now I'm well within normal body weight, he's less dismissive of the idea of me running. I'm lucky enough to have a long beach 200 metres from home and I have visions (rose tinted perhaps) of running along it early in the morning.
http://jeffgalloway.com/pdf/walkbreaks.pdf