Gratz, that's pretty awesome!

Blizzard's approach apparently is that the game starts at the current highest level, so they no longer seem to consider the leveling path as a journey. More like a speed bump. When I came back from my short hiatus, I picked up my level 62 hunter and had him at level 70 within days, and the only reason he is not 80 already (he is 78, about 20% from 79) is because I've been messing around with my shaman (now 73) and doing tradeskills and achievements and the like. Since I am running solo now (no guild, no regular group, etc) I figure I can do things at whatever pace I want. So I have not been rushing to level... and I'm still leveling fast.