Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) has put out a call to action for the community to push for the repaving, rehabilitating, and upgrading of the trail in Rock Creek Park. The trail is crumbling, in terrible condition, and too narrow in some areas. WABA has started a petition asking the National Park Service (NPS) and…
Continue readingAbout one hundred brave souls got up early thanks to daylight savings time to compete in the DC Road Runners Club’s (“DCRRC”) end of winter 10 km race. The DCRRC Fort Hunt 10K is a race that is held on a course just off the George Washington Parkway, several miles South of Old Town Alexandria and…
Continue readingA recall notice for Cervélo bikes caught the eye of Virginia athletes lawyer Doug Landau because, an avid cyclist himself, he rides Cervélo! In fact, in the Washington Post’s “Washington DC & Baltimore’s TOP RATED LAWYERS,” Landau is depicted in front of the “Herndon Law Shop” with his trusted Cervelo P3 Carbon triathlon racing bike.…
Continue readingWe regularly post information about recalled sports-related products on this site. Why do we do so? Because when a piece of sporting equipment fails, the result can be catastrophic injury. We want to spread the word to anyone who may be using a defective product. Just do a Search on the word “recall” in the…
Continue readingApproximately 4,600 folding bikes sold at West Marine stores, online, and in the West Marine catalog between March 2010 and July 2013 have been recalled. The frame can break, causing injury to the rider. The recall involves two models designed for use in and around docks and marinas: Jetty Express 2 – has a blue…
Continue readingAll-Comers track meets at the Prince Georges County Sports & Learning Complex (“PGS&LC”) are wonderful to watch, with children in pull-ups and spikes competing, and veteran runners trying to recapture glimpses of their former speed. The track is 8-laps to the mile, and kept in wonderful condition, adjacent to the pool, water park, gymnastics center and…
Continue readingJust as Virginia injury lawyer Doug Landau likes to win clients’ car crash, workers compensation AND Social Security Disability claims on the same set of medical evidence, he enjoys winning his age group, the Masters category AND overall or other awards at races around the country. Last weekend, Herndon Virginia’s “Triathlon Trial Lawyer” bested most…
Continue readingAlmost 1000 runners participated in last weekend’s Richmond Rox races. With competitors able to warm up inside the Richmond Convention Center and perfectly unseasonable (60 degree) weather, the Marathon’s 10:00 start and 10 km 15 minutes later allowed everyone to enjoy some warmer running. The USATF certified downtown and James River view courses were challenging.…
Continue readingLast spring we wrote about Virginia’s ranking by the League of American Bicyclists as 16th in the nation for bike safety. Along with the ranking, the League recommended areas of improvement for the Commonwealth. In particular, three important bike safety bills were defeated during the 2013 legislative session in Virginia. Passing these bills into law…
Continue readingA healthy 24 year old Virginia man suddenly developed acute liver and kidney failure in 2009, requiring emergency liver and kidney transplant surgery. Tests on the man’s liver showed signs of toxicity. The cause was unknown, but dietary supplements were suspected. The man later learned that one of the supplements he had taken, Epio-Plex, had…
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