It was way too freaking cold outside last night, so I ran on the treadmill. Gilruth is nicer (read: less crowded) around 7:00, as it turns out. I headed over after my first day of class and set the treadmill for 36 minutes at 5 miles per hour. That’s 12:00 miles, equals 3 miles total. Yippee. Monday’s swim was a good way to work out the last bits of post-half marathon soreness, but I wanted a nice, easy run to get my legs working again. I could’ve gone faster, but didn’t.

About 10 minutes before I was done, my friend Michelle came in and got on a treadmill next to me. We chatted for the last bit of my run (I was at conversational pace, which was nice). I saw her on Sunday right around mile 12, cheering for all the runners — and I was surprised to see her, because I’d assumed that she’d be running herself, knowing that she’s a very active member of Bay Area Fit.

“Oh, I ran Disney this year,” she said, “so I was just out to cheer.” I asked her how the Disney race went, and whether she’d done the full or the half.

“Oh,” she sort of smirked, “actually I did the Goofy.”

I almost fell off the treadmill! She did the Goofy Challenge (that’s a half marathon on Saturday, full marathon on Sunday), and even more — she PRed the marathon! She beat her Houston time from last year by 5 minutes!

Michelle, you are officially awesome. And crazy. And awesome.