Jiffer - I like your Cannondale, very pretty.

Running was fun for me when I was on the track team and a sprinter. It was once I became a distance runner that it became not fun. I started having bad problems with my right IT band last January while training for a marathon, stress fractured my foot (probably from favoring it) during said marathon, and after the marathon my left IT band started acting up. Now, everytime I run more than 2 miles, either 1 or both of my IT bands are excrutiating and the foot is also pretty painful. I finally decided this was all a sign that my body no longer wants to run.

So far on the bike, no pain in either IT or the foot. Being able to exercise and enjoy it without pain? Fabulous! I've also noticed the pained looks on the faces of most of the runners I've passed the last 2 nights, none of the cyclists I pass look like that