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It would depend on your age a bit, but if its been a while since you were in high school there are some health risks involved so easing into it is definitely a must.
If you don't exercise at all normally 3.3km's will turn you off running forever, even if you could last that long, which is probably unlikely. No, you don't need to walk for 2 months first, unless you are say in your 50's+, you can still start off running and walking a bit. Build up slowly, never increase your distance more that 10% at a time and if anything hurts? stop and walk it off.
Heart rate monitors are expensive.. I use one, but honestly, after you have been running a while you know what your heart rate is without even checking so if you can feel your chest pounding you are going too hard and need to gear down or walk. Also if you think it will save you from a heart attack you're wrong. High blood pressure is a far more important gauge on that and you can't measure that while running so as long as you check it often and it isn't high you are fine.
I have run 3 full marathons and finished 3 triathlons and have red well over a dozen books on running alone, but the one book you want for form and running without pain is called Chi Running by Danny Dreyer. It is short and simple and will teach you how to run without pain. So for about 11 bucks and some decent shoes you can finish anything you want ;)
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