{"id":238,"date":"2015-07-14T18:42:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T23:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=238"},"modified":"2015-07-14T18:42:46","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T23:42:46","slug":"this-was-surprising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=238","title":{"rendered":"This was surprising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seriously, I did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapmyrun.com\/workout\/1072968345\" target=\"_blank\">9 minute miles for 7 miles tonight<\/a>! That&#8217;s 5:35 minute chilometri per undici e mezza chilometri. (5:35 mi\/km over 11.5 km) I was not expecting that pace. But I&#8217;ll take it.<br \/>\nSo today was huge, tomorrow we start getting pictures of Pluto as close and high def as we&#8217;ve ever gotten them. I also applied for a job. It&#8217;s a two week, temporary position off the coast of Africa. No joke. Let&#8217;s see what happens, I hope it works out, will be fin for a couple weeks and it starts just as my job at Sikorsky ends, so that&#8217;s perfect. The downside is I&#8217;ll be away for my birthday. Oh well. I&#8217;m keeping it short tonight, I have much to do. 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That&#8217;s 5:35 minute chilometri per undici e mezza chilometri. (5:35 mi\/km over 11.5 km) I was not expecting that pace. But I&#8217;ll take it. So today was huge, tomorrow we start getting pictures of Pluto as close and high def as we&#8217;ve ever gotten them. I also applied for a job. It&#8217;s a two week, temporary position off the coast of Africa. No joke. Let&#8217;s see what happens, I hope it works out, will be fin for a couple weeks and it starts just as my job at Sikorsky ends, so that&#8217;s perfect. The downside is I&#8217;ll be away for my birthday. Oh well. I&#8217;m keeping it short tonight, I have much to do. 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