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Hello! Congratulations on finishing. You should be proud! Thirty minutes is nothing to be disappointed by. Think gradual improvement... which sometimes is more gradual than we like. 
I guess I'd say that none of us "run comfortably" unless we're on a long, slow training run (i.e., purposely running at a pace that is easy to maintain for a long time). If running becomes easy for us, we're not working hard enough and certainly are not improving! Consider starting out slower, and/or slowing down a notch when you get to the point where your breathing becomes difficult. Whenever I hear "struggling for breath" I think "going too fast."
You might also shake up your routine so you're not so bored and discouraged. It helps improve endurance, fitness, and speed when you push your body in new ways. For example, insert some sprints into your regular run (say, pick a tree down the path a ways, and run as fast as you can to that tree, then slow down again). Or devote an entire workout once or twice a week to shorter but high-intensity workouts (like sprints at a track, or hill work, or something else entirely such as spinning).
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