I am up to week 7 which is 25 minutes of straight running. My motto was alway..."i dont run, its against my religion!" I cant believe I am this far. Its taken me a lot longer to do 7 weeks...probably 10/11 weeks so far. I dont go fast because i know i wont make the time if i push too hard. I am happy that I can just run the times for that week. I lost a bit of motivation around Christmas /New years because of some personal issues, but once i got back into it, I cant live without it...well! I dont stretch but I try and brisk walk hard. I tried it on my mums treadmill and hated it so i stick to paths. I also invested $200 in some properly fitted runners which made a world of difference.

Good luck with it all