Thankful for Another Great Year of Competition

Just 6 weeks after injury, & without his run at full speed, Landau was still winning his age group, working as a volunteer & threatening for overall honors at races like the Warrenton Virginia "Salute to the Military" sprint triathlon at the former Vint Hill base.
Just 6 weeks after injury, & without his run at full speed, Landau was still winning his age group, working as a volunteer & threatening for overall honors at races like the Warrenton Virginia “Salute to the Military” sprint triathlon at the former Vint Hill base.

While Lawyer Landau is still healing from his surgery in December, he has committed to race at the 2017 US Sprint Duathlon in June and Triathlon National Championships in August, as well as to again help sponsor the Virginia Maryland Triathlon Super Series. Landau hopes to be a top TeamUSA finisher at the Duathlon World Championships in Penticton, Canada in August. Following up with his surgeon next week, the Herndon injury and disability lawyer intends to start training again as soon as Dr. Trad gives him the “thumbs up.” He notes,

“It’s been hard to not do anything but walk, do seated exercises and use only the light hand weights from the ’rainbow rack’ at the gym. Gentle recumbent cycling helps me keep some level of fitness, as does long walks, but as a sprint distance athlete, I wonder how much speed I am losing each week. I will have to start slowly, with lots of ‘LSD’ over the winter to get my ligaments, bones and other connective tissue back to withstand my intense, interval heavy, pre-season training regimen. Likely I’ll be working on form a lot this winter until I can test my mettle at some early spring races. I am hoping that the years of training will enable me to get back quickly and give full value at every venue. However, I have been advised that the surgery may take a year to completely heal, and that a reoccurrence will put me out for a much longer time, as the mesh in my stomach has to heal gradually in order to be fully effective. As a scientist, it will be interesting for me to see what my body is able to do. Because I simply do not know whether I will be at or near top form, I am reluctant to commit to other major races at this time. By mid-February I should have some idea as to the trajectory of my recovery. Until then, ‘stay tuned !’”

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