If you have ever thought about dipping your feet into triathlons, “Tri It Now” has a fun, local event for you. The George Mason University Freedom Fitness & Aquatic Center is a terrific venue for sprint and super sprint multi-sport races. The Prince William County campus, located near Manassas and convenient to Route 66, is…
Perfect weather, experienced race crew and lots of friendly volunteers made for a wonderful race weekend at Delaware’s Bethany Beach. The Bethany Beach First Responders Sports Weekend was a hit again this year for participants and spectators alike. Athletes could run, bike and/or swim and enjoy Bethany Beach’s beautiful clean air and ocean waters. The…
Some of the best collegiate triathletes and university teams arrived in the Williamsburg area to test their mettle at the beginning of the new semester. Virginia Tech, Navy, and University of Virginia were there in numbers while the College of William & Mary’s swim team provided many of the smiling volunteers along the race course.…
Attorney Doug Landau of the Herndon law firm Abrams Landau, Ltd. has again qualified to represent the entire country as a member of TeamUSA at next year’s 2020 ITU Sprint Distance Duathlon World Championships in Almere-Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Read more about it on the Herndon Connection here. Lawyer Landau, just returned from the USAT…
The “Salute To The Military Triathlon” is a wonderful event held at the former base at Vint Hill, in Fauquier County, Virginia. The Vint Hill base grounds provide for a safe running course, a large outdoor pool and quiet roads. This is an event for everyone from novice to experienced multisport athletes. Herndon Virginia injury…
Hard training, plenty of rest and healthy nutrition, and yet still, at National Championship races, painful cramps in the leg muscles. This is what I encountered in about a dozen events over the years. Pulling up several hundred yards out of the second transition area, or within sight of the finish, I would get a…
The Bear Triathlon at Lums Pond State Park in Delaware was the site for the 2019 USAT Mid-Atlantic Sprint Triathlon Championships. Danny Serpico and his outstanding race team at Rip It Events were greeted by a warm, sunny day for the first time in a long while in these parts. Athletes came from all over…
Several local age group podiums do not a TeamUSA spot make. Doug Landau is healthy, not injured and training consistently after last season. However, his times in recent races have been slow. Nevertheless, the optimistic Virginia trial lawyer headed to South Carolina for the USAT Sprint Duathlon National Championships in the hopes of uncorking a…
Always interested in helping local schools, students and athletes, Doug and Melissa Landau joined hundreds of local distance runners in the “LoCo Challenge.” The Landau races at One Loudoun in the 8km event on Saturday morning, with Doug returning Sunday after the Half Marathon was concluded to participate in the Reston Bike Club ride around…
With the USAT National Championships only a fortnight away, and only one outdoor ride under his belt, attorney Doug Landau participated in the Central Park Duathlon on March 31st. The run 2.2 miles, bike 2 loops/12 miles, and then run 2.2 miles format, meant that New York City spectators could see racers six times during…