“Congratulations DOUG LANDAU on finishing the 2009 HCA VA 8k. There were 312 finishers in your age group, 4,564 registrants and 3542 total finishers. Your overall finish place was 86, your age group finish place was 3 and your gender finish place was 76. Your chip time was 00:33:20 and your pace was 06:12 per mile. ”

That’s the message that greeted Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau upon his return from Richmond Saturday night. Landau was in the State Capitol for the annual Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (“VTLA”) advanced Workers Compensation retreat. The Herndon Reston injury lawyer set two goals for himself this year: break the top 100 finishers and improve on last year’s time.

While Landau had a busy visit to Richmond; reviewing files at the VWC, meeting clients, attending Continuing Legal Education presentations, both goals were met. According to the Richmond SportsBackers, “There were 312 finishers in your age group, 4,564 registrants and 3542 total finishers. Your overall finish place was 86, your age group finish place was 3 [good enough for an Age Group Award !] and your gender finish place was 76. Your chip time was 00:33:20 and your pace was 06:12 per mile.” You can find full results at the Richmond Marathon website. Landau is shown at left during the wonderful Richmond Marathon weekend Runners Expo, at the Arthur Ashe Center, where other races like the “Kentucky Bourbon Chase” were pitching for potential participants.