Not spider or insect. What kind of bug is this?

I'm spending my second week at college, and this morning I saw a strange bug in the bathroom. It's body was about, oh, I'd say an inch, maybe an inch and a half long, with a body probably less than a quarter inch wide. It was brown, with two bands of black running on its back. But the strangest thing was its legs. I took a picture of it, and I count about 15 thin legs on each side, plus two antennae. The back legs looked longer than the front; the front were probably 3/4th of and inch long, progressing to the back ones, which were probably twice that long. From the looks of it, it's body appears to be unsegmented, and in fact not even have an easily distinguishable head, have skin more leathery than hard, though I didn't touch it. It could run pretty fast for its size, and I think disappeared into a hole much smaller than its legs. It's certainly no insect or arachnid, though it might be a myriapoda of some sort. All I know for sure is I've never seen anything like it.

Not spider or insect. What kind of bug is this?
Did it look like this?





http://www.uos.harvard.edu/images/ehs/pe...


http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/...





If so, it's a house centipede.





From the Harvard site: "This house centipede looks like a moving hair brush. It runs rapidly, holding its body well elevated, suddenly stops, then runs again toward concealment. It is one to two inches long, with very long slender antennae and 15 pairs of long legs. The grayish yellow to brown body has 3 longitudinal dorsal stripes, and the legs are banded with white. This centipede has compound eyes. They can readily detach their legs if grasped by an enemy. The last pair of legs is very long and is modified to hold its victims.





This species of centipede is found in wet damp places, especially in basements, in potted plants that are over watered and in bathrooms. Their bite can be painful, but is not generally toxic to humans."
Reply:sounds like a cockroach.
Reply:It sounds like a centipede or millipede
Reply:It sounds certain to be a centipede.
Reply:I agree, from your description of its long front and rear legs, it sounds like the common house centipede, which is seldom seen due to its habits, but is quite common. House centipedes prey on cockroaches, so they are quite beneficial.