Mel - My husband runs. He's been trying to qualify for Boston and came within a minute of doing it once. Since then, he's been plagued with an injury, I do believe the IT band as well. He already cycled before, but started cycling more when he realized he had to let himself heal more from running. He also found that running on trails doesn't cause him any issues, so you might want to consider that if you get a bug to run again. He still runs on the road sometimes, but way less than before. Hasn't done a marathon in a while, but does trail races, both running and cycling, centuries and has now added triathalons to his list. He found that after doing a triathalon he doesn't feel completely warn out and exhausted like he usually does after a race. Since he's using different muscles for different activities, he feels really good after the race. He's only run a 5k in the two triathalons he's done, so you might consider that if you ever want to do something other than cycling and feel like swimming.

Congrats again on the new bike. I remember how thrilled I was when I got mine a few months ago.