Registration is now open for the 2015 Chestnut Forks Sprint Triathlon, to be held in Warrenton, Virginia. Since its inaugural grass roots event, this has grown to become an amazing annual event with wonderful sponsors and volunteers. Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau enjoyed participating in the 2013 event at Chestnut Forks and you can read about…
The best race directors plan ahead to obtain the necessary permits and to secure police protection and road closures. Some races, held at office parks that are not used on weekends, or other off-road sites (like the wonderful islands in downtown Richmond, Virginia) do not need road closures or police protection like downtown marathons and…
How’s this for a company picnic gone bad? A company hires an entertainment company to set up a Eurobungy bungee-trampoline. To use the equipment, an operator straps a user into a harness, and then controls how high he or she is lifted. During one partygoer’s jump, the operator began lifting the man before his feet…
We recently read an article published on the American Association for Justice website about an interesting case in the state of Washington. The details are as follows: A man purchased a fully assembled bike at a store. A few weeks later he took his first ride. As he was pedaling downhill, the bike stopped suddenly…
As a result of a car crash in which she injured her neck, as well as complications from her pain medications and an accident during an indoor spin bike training class, a woman came to Doug Landau for help. Unable to work since October 2007, this younger individual sought Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) benefits.…
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…
NEW DATE! Original event postponed due to weather!! NEW DATE: March 22, 2015. Details below! Have you ever been to ArtSpace in Herndon, Virginia? It’s a very cool community art gallery created and supported by art lovers in the Herndon area. Located at 750 Center Street, ArtSpace is just down the road from the Abrams…
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…
A scheme of fake classes was recently uncovered at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC (UNC-Chapel Hill). The classes, which were never actually held, were specifically for athletes to enroll in, in order to keep their grades up and maintain eligibility to play on their school’s team. Two former student-athletes at UNC-Chapel…
When there is no referee, cheating is more likely to occur. And in the absence of consistent, stringent testing, with hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize money and endorsements at stake, shortcuts and unsportsmanlike conduct becomes almost a certainty. According to an article in the New York Times, American marathoner and 1972 Olympic gold…