Hi, everyone! I'v been lurking in the shadows lately. Thought I'd just check in and tell you how things are going with me.

I did my second half marathon at the Race For The Land in Stanley on the 5th and made it through with no IT band problems! I'm so thrilled with that. It was a lot tougher course than we all thought it would be, lots of steep hills and raw ground. We got lost a few times. I think most every runner that we met on the trail said they had gone off trail at some point during the HM. We did a lot of walking since we were running as a group of 3 and the other two it was their first HM so we decided to stay together and do it for fun. One of my friends had a miserable time, she never got into a groove and had tummy troubles so that's where all the walking came in. Almost 30 mins slower than my first HM but I'm happy since my IT band survived in good shape.

I'm pretty excited about how well things are holding up and that I finally have found a formula that works for keeping my IT band healthy. I'm very slowly adding more miles. I've got my eye on doing a fall trail marathon, probably in October.

Hopefully I'll see you guys around in the fall at some local 5k's. I'm hoping by then I can knock another minute off my most recent times.

Hope you'll get back out and road a few road races too... Summer Breeze is this weekend!