Unsafe bike storage facilities is one of the top reasons why many weekend cyclists are not bicycle commuters during the week. My last Disability trial in Washington, D.C. showed me that there are buildings in the Nation’s Capitol with excellent and easy to use bike storage facilities. These pictures were taken below ground next door…
Continue readingToday I saw something I had never seen before – a lifeguard text messaging while on duty ! While I have seen swimming pool staff working while listening to music from a radio or the pool sound system (as opposed to “ear buds” or headphones), I had never seen an aquatic safety worker texting while…
Continue reading“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…
Continue readingNot to protest, but to participate in the Richmond marathon Weekend races. Doug Landau ran again this year in the HCA 8km. (almost 5 mile) race. The Herndon Reston sports injury lawyer improved his time by over two and a half minutes ! Shown with Landau is Richmond workers comp lawyer Greg Harbison, who finished…
Continue readingActress Natasha Richardson died after suffering a head bump that seemed no worse than those that my son had as a child when he would jump or crash into hard objects. After Richardson’s death, the question on a lot of minds is what distinguishes one kind of head trauma from another–and how you can tell…
Continue readingThe family of a man who was left comatose after being thrown from a golf cart has filed a lawsuit against the resort where the accident occurred. According to the lawsuit, an employee of Indian Lakes Resort attempted a sharp turn while traveling at a high rate of speed. The resort guest suffered severe brain…
Continue readingAlways up for a challenge, sports injury lawyer Doug Landau joined HPC‘s youth team for an indoor CompuTrainer session at their new Herndon, Virginia location. While the experienced Triathlon TrialLawyer often trains indoors on LifeCycles, trackstands, Spin Bikes and other stationary bicycles, the computerized class was a new experience. The CompuTrainer tracks not only speed…
Continue readingLifeguards are given tremendous responsibility at swimming pools throughout the country. In addition to maintaining and cleaning the pool, a lifeguard on duty must be ever vigilant to watch swimmers and divers so as to prevent drowning and other aquatic injuries. Public safety education and on site supervision by lifeguards have helped keep drowning rates…
Continue readingA long-time fan of super swimmer, triathlete and aquathlon champion Beth O’Conner Baker* (see her visage at other posts on our site, including this photo), I was surprised to meet her “stunt double” at “On Track” in Englewood, New Jersey. Yet, when I visited this Englewood New Jersey running and fitness store, I thought I…
Continue readingThis was the crux of a notice Loudoun, Fairfax and Leesburg brain injury lawyer Doug Landau received in Charlottesville while preparing for the appeal of a brain injury case. The Stroke Association wants people to know that strokes are the #3 killer in this country, yet many people don’t even know what they are. They…
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