Hello!
You are smart if you started off by taking this slowwwly:) I made the HUGE mistake a couple of months ago to push my younger sister way too hard way too early during her first weeks of running which gave her a really bad hip injury. I know, I know. So it is really important to take things slowly.
On that note, I have been running for a couple of years now, so when I get off running for a couple of months I can easily build up because I have a pretty good background/base. But there’s hope! I built most of my endurance when I started running alone rather than with a team. How? I just ran more. My body was created to run long distances… a warm-up for me is 3.0 miles. It sounds silly, but if I run less than 3 miles I am more vulnerable to dveloping injuries.
I was going through my archives because I know that I’ve blogged about my pace/endurance thing before so I found two posts. Just click here and here.
About my diet… I love carbs. And not becuase they’re carbs and society tells you that the human body craves carbs but because they are an excellent source of fuel. Protein (eggs mainly..yum!) are great to build lean muscle. And here is a post about how my running and diet go hand-in-hand. But mainly I eat what my mom cooks:) haha. I make sure to balance out carbs, fat and proteins in my main meals. I eat breakfast everyday, and I re-fuel after workouts.

Tips from me? Get to know your body. You can go out there and read all the running books and manuals you want but eventually you are gonna be writing your own manual adapted to your own body. Know your limitations, your weak points, know if you are better at hill workouts or speed workouts. Also, try to run outside as much as you can. The treadmill is a great tool, but that’s all it is a tool. But then again, whatever you like best and works best for you! Just keep running:)

Hope this helped!