Shipo makes a great point about a running group - I actually wrote a blog post about why people who are thinking about it should go ahead and join a running group in July. There may even be a c25k group in your area - active.com has a list of running groups by state that you can check out.
you can check out my blog post about my experience with a running group here:
http://iamrunningthis.blogspot.com/2013/07/why-you-shouldnt-be-scared-to-join.html