Joining other runners and walkers on a Sunday afternoon, Herndon Virginia lawyer Doug Landau enjoyed the sunshine and opportunity to run on the W&OD Trail in Falls Church. The Walter L. Mess W&OD Trail 5Km in Falls Church Virginia drew participants of all ages. The 7th annual race, held in memory of W&OD Trail founder…
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Running bare footed around the American University track in his wetsuit Saturday morning was how Herndon triathlete Doug Landau started his jam-packed weekend ! Lawyer Landau had entered the “REV3 Transition Competition” to see if he had gotten rusty during the “offseason.” This was just the first of several competitive events held at TRI-MANIA Washington…
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Does a “Reverse Triathlon” require athletes to run, bike and swim BACKWARDS ?!!? No, just the order of the events is revered, with multisport athletes crossing a mat at the end of the swim. Joint Forces base at Los Alamitos California was the scene or number of races Sunday, including the famous reverse triathlon “Race…
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The best Masters runners and their teams assembled in Brea California for the United States 8 km. road racing National Championships this past weekend. The USATF-certified course took these experienced runners on a series of rolling hills and long straightaways through Brea’s retail districts and scenic neighborhoods. The pre-race amenities and the post-race feed at the…
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Bikers, runners, swimmers, and even professional football players are coming to the realization that rest days can be as important as hard workouts to overall improvement, recovery from training, and peak results. While not a big fan of major American professional athletics, Herndon Virginia lawyer Doug Landau came across a Wall Street Journal article in…
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“I never saw the biker !” says the driver. “Never heard him coming from behind,” says the cyclist. This scenario is unfortunately not uncommon. Recently contacted by an injured bicycle commuter who woke up with a brain injury after a car crash, Herndon lawyer Doug Landau was presented with a case where the victim had…
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Doug Landau qualified for the 2015 USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships Olympic-Distance race on Aug. 8 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after finishing in the top 10 percent in his age group at over a half dozen races throughout the country. These triathlons included: Hermosa Day at the Beach Triathlon (CA) Watermans Triathlon (MD) Giant Acorn Triathlon…
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In addition to belonging to, and supporting, numerous non-profit legal groups, Herndon lawyer Doug Landau is also a long-time member and supporter of USA Triathlon (“USAT”). USA Triathlon is the National Governing Body for triathlon, as well as duathlon (biking and running), aquathlon (swimming and running), aquabike (swimming and biking), winter triathlon, off-road triathlon and…
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Before taking the month of December off from racing, Herndon Virginia trial lawyer Doug Landau ran several Fall road runs to cap off the year. One such race was the 13th Annual Diane Burr Memorial 5km in Thomaston, Connecticut during Veterans Day Weekend. Lawyer Landau was in Connecticut for “Taft Day” at the Hotchkiss School.…
Continue readingAsked to be a chaperone for a neighbor, NoVa lawyer Doug Landau ran in the Rosslyn edition of the “Girls on the Run” training program. The course took participants past the Arlington National Cemetery to the Pentagon parking lot and back up to the start and the thousands of cheering parents, coaches, classmates and family…
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