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…
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…
When Set Up Events changed its name to “Kinetic Multisports,” got a new logo, and acquired other area races, Mid-Atlantic triathletes wondered if they would keep the popular “Virginia-Maryland Triathlon Super Series.” Kinetic Multisports announced that there would be a series in 2018 and that all races produced by their team and hosted on their…
The “Run-Bike-Run” format had competitors doing the same challenging bike and 5k run course as the Sprint Triathlon competitors, but it started with a run around Lake Arrowhead, through the woods and trails first. Due to recent storms, crews were using chainsaws to cut trees that blocked the muddy, single-track course just moments before race time!…
When traveling to National and World Championships, Oak Hill injury attorney Doug Landau will often share a house with other athletes from Northern Virginia. So what’s it like to eat, sleep and live with other multi-sport athletes in such a high-pressure environment? First off, the Virginia athletes who compete against each other in the Mid-Atlantic…
Just 10 days after coughing up blood and fighting pneumonia, Doug Landau was able to rest enough to compete against the best multisport athletes in the US and Canada at the USAT Sprint DUathlon National Championships in Greenville, South Carolina. Lawyer Landau was “breathing like a wounded water buffalo” from the start, and with an…
A family that races together sees new places together! Traveling to Delaware from Richmond, Herndon, Virginia, New Jersey, New York City and Washington, D.C., members of the Landau family met up in Bethany Beach for a long weekend. With 5 of the women in his life surrounding him, Doug Landau had the joy of seeing…
The World Championship races in Canada brought some of the best athletes on the planet to British Columbia for 10 days. The racing included: Sprint Duathlon, Standard Distance Duathlon, Aquathlon, Cross (Off Road) Triathlon and Long Course Triathlon. As a member of TeamUSA in the Sprint Duathlon event, Doug Landau flew from Los Angeles to…