Landau beaten by Maccabiah Games teammate (and client) Rob Urbach ! Hot, hilly course conditions and no wetsuit in the soupy lake made for challenging venue for the 2 team mates to see who was “top dog” on 8/03/08. Unfortunately, Landau did the “doggie paddle” to Rob Urbach’s “U-boat” full speed ahead swimming.
Continue readingThe 2008 USA Triathlon Sprint National Championships at the Cayuga Lake Triathlon will not see Doug Landau. This is not because of any sports injury, bike crash or other accident. Rather, the All American Sprint and Olympic Distance triathlete will instead stick closer to home and race in the Virginia Triathlon Series sprint race in…
Continue readingWhile visiting family in the Los Angeles area, I found a race running distance from my in-laws apartment. My daughter, wife and I ran over to Balboa Park so that I could try the “Run For Rosanna 5k Fun Run/Walk” on Saturday, July 26, 2008 in Van Nuys, CA. The hot, flat course around this…
Continue readingHere I am with the Race Director Laurie (Laurie@richmondmultisports.com) after the Richmond Shady Grove Sprint Triathlon. The “3 Sports” stores were major sponsors of this race, and Richmond has become a hotbed of multisport racing and training. The RTC is over 600 members strong and is a group devoted to promoting multi-sport activities in the…
Continue readingThis summer I was lucky enough to be invited tot he Virginia Trial Lawyers Advanced Automobile Accident Retreat. After attending two days of intense roundtable meetings with the top plaintiffs lawyers in the Commonwealth, it was time for me to do some racing. I found myself at the starting line of the the 3Sports Triathlon.…
Continue readingWhile in “the City of Brotherly love” for the AAJ Convention, my wife and I were able to do some touring on foot. We went from a reception in one of the boat houses to meet up with the Philly Road Runners Club for their weekly Tuesday night runs. These all level runs start at…
Continue readingAssociate Lauren Holtzman participated in dragon boat races. I had never seen such an event. Then, while attending a national workers compensation lawyers meeting in Philadelphia, I espied a strange looking craft being propelled down the Schuykill River by oarsmen/women. When I asked our hosts at the boathouse what that craft was, they told me…
Continue readingWhenever (and wherever) I have attended meetings of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) and the American Association for Justice (AAJ), I have been able to locate races in or near the major cities where these international law meetings are held. In fact, I usually come hope with a prize, and more importantly,…
Continue readingOn my birthday I had the opportunity to run a race with half the firm’s name in it ! The “Mark Abrams Firecracker 5Km” took place on July 4th at the Fishkill, New York Community Center. The race raises money for Mark, shown here, and this is the second year funds have been raised to…
Continue readingI was in Atlanta in order to meet with a Georgia client who was badly injured in a trucking accident in Florida. This truck driver is receiving workers compensation benefits and we have filed a lawsuit for his personal injury case. After a solid day of video tape recorded depositions, I was looking for something…
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