• LetsRun.com
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      • Daniel Winn giving up being a dog walker to get back to being a pro runner 9/6/2018 12:44AM
      • LetsRun.com
        your benevolent dictator
      • The former Oregon star ran 4:13 in the "B" Mile after going out in 57 seconds.

        Win has relocated to Brooklyn this year, been a dog walker, and trained much less intensely (running 40 miles a week). He wasn't sure if he was done with super competitive running, but now he feels motivated and is ready to gear up again next year and take a shot at the 2019 Worlds and 2020 Olympics. He said his "professional red shirt year" is almost officially over.

        https://youtu.be/MZ-v26MxZ4g
    • Harrier98
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      • RE: Daniel Winn giving up being a dog walker to get back to being a pro runner 9/6/2018 8:09AM - in reply to LetsRun.com
      • Harrier98
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      • Sometimes you need a break and you need to have some perspective. This is a physically and emotionally exhausting sport at the professional level. Happy for him
    • plog
      • RE: Daniel Winn giving up being a dog walker to get back to being a pro runner 9/6/2018 8:15AM - in reply to Harrier98
      • plog
      • Speaking as an avid dog-walking fan, this is devastating. Big loss for the dog-walking community.
    • totorious
      • RE: Daniel Winn giving up being a dog walker to get back to being a pro runner 9/6/2018 9:36AM - in reply to LetsRun.com
      • totorious
      • Glad he found something befitting his Oregon degree.
    • brooklyner
      • RE: Daniel Winn giving up being a dog walker to get back to being a pro runner 9/6/2018 9:39AM - in reply to LetsRun.com
      • brooklyner
      • It's been fun watching him lumber around the lead-infested track near the ikea in red hook
    • charlie brownlee
      • RE: Daniel Winn giving up being a dog walker to get back to being a pro runner 9/6/2018 9:56AM - in reply to Evan Jogger
      • charlie brownlee
      • That is a real bummer for the dog walking world. I was in need of a dog walker, now there is one less good one out there.

        Being a dog walker was a benefit to the dog owner and the dog, who and what does running around an oval benefit?
    • Oh Please
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      • RE: Daniel Winn giving up being a dog walker to get back to being a pro runner 9/6/2018 2:15PM - in reply to LetsRun.com
      • Oh Please
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      • I recognize the name, but what are his PRs? At least a little background information would be handy.
    • concerned hipster
      • RE: Daniel Winn giving up being a dog walker to get back to being a pro runner 9/6/2018 2:26PM - in reply to brooklyner
      • concerned hipster
      • I run at that track sometimes, is it actually lead infested....
    • wejo
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      • RE: Daniel Winn giving up being a dog walker to get back to being a pro runner 9/6/2018 2:43PM - in reply to plog
      • wejo
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      • plog wrote:

        Speaking as an avid dog-walking fan, this is devastating. Big loss for the dog-walking community.

        I moved to NY last week. Once he started talking how he was a dog walker I was thinking how I could have hired him to run my dogs. That would have bumped the 40mph to 100.
    • lead isn’t alive
      • RE: Daniel Winn giving up being a dog walker to get back to being a pro runner 9/6/2018 2:51PM - in reply to concerned hipster
      • lead isn’t alive
      • concerned hipster wrote:

        I run at that track sometimes, is it actually lead infested....

        Nope. By definition, an infestation involves pests or parasites. Lead isn’t a living organism, so the track couldn’t be infested with it.
    • running commenter
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      • RE: Daniel Winn giving up being a dog walker to get back to being a pro runner 9/6/2018 2:56PM - in reply to plog
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      • plog wrote:

        Speaking as an avid dog-walking fan, this is devastating. Big loss for the dog-walking community.

        I wonder how many dogs per week he walks...
    • brooklyner
      • RE: Daniel Winn giving up being a dog walker to get back to being a pro runner 9/6/2018 3:05PM - in reply to lead isn’t alive
      • brooklyner
      • lead isn’t alive wrote:

        concerned hipster wrote:

        I run at that track sometimes, is it actually lead infested....

        Nope. By definition, an infestation involves pests or parasites. Lead isn’t a living organism, so the track couldn’t be infested with it.

        the infield is and the ball fields surrounding it that have been closed off. or at least that's what the "city" would have you believe. I don't understand how the grass surrounding the track isn't also leaded though
    • Areyouserious?
      • RE: Daniel Winn giving up being a dog walker to get back to being a pro runner 9/6/2018 3:16PM - in reply to wejo
      • Areyouserious?
      • wejo wrote:

        plog wrote:

        Speaking as an avid dog-walking fan, this is devastating. Big loss for the dog-walking community.

        I moved to NY last week. Once he started talking how he was a dog walker I was thinking how I could have hired him to run my dogs. That would have bumped the 40mph to 100.

        There's a place in the city that hires runners to run with high energy dogs. I considered it but they don't pay enough. Might be good to amass clients or get your foot in the door.
    • Smoove
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      • RE: Daniel Winn giving up being a dog walker to get back to being a pro runner 9/6/2018 3:34PM - in reply to Areyouserious?
      • Smoove
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      • For the record, regular LRC poster Statfanatic won that B race over Winn last night with steady pacing, but had only good and deferential things to say about how Winn took it out hard solo in an effort to go sub 4:00.
    • AnyoneKnow?
      • RE: Daniel Winn giving up being a dog walker to get back to being a pro runner 9/6/2018 3:57PM - in reply to Smoove
      • AnyoneKnow?
      • Anyone know which HS he's coaching at?
    • FandMTracker
      • RE: Daniel Winn giving up being a dog walker to get back to being a pro runner 9/6/2018 6:12PM - in reply to Sdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf
      • FandMTracker
      • Congrats to Caleb Gatchell from Lancaster (F and M Track Club) he is a full - time accountant / soon to be CPA - great pacing and was not he was deferred or sucked in to the fast 400 by Winn and his Pacer
    • Jack Kanoff
      • RE: Daniel Winn giving up being a dog walker to get back to being a pro runner 9/6/2018 6:13PM - in reply to plog
      • Jack Kanoff
      • plog wrote:

        Speaking as an avid dog-walking fan, this is devastating. Big loss for the dog-walking community.

        Is this a euphemism?
    • zxcvzxcv
      • RE: Daniel Winn giving up being a dog walker to get back to being a pro runner 9/6/2018 8:43PM - in reply to Jack Kanoff
      • zxcvzxcv
      • Excellent news for the budding dog running community, a much needed commodity. Finally, we will get real answers to our questions of which breeds can keep up with humans for how long and what the effect of real dmpw is.