Since the start of the Lids on Kids brain injury prevention and free helmet distribution program nearly 10 years ago, Abrams Landau and its allies have met countless kids and distributed thousands of helmets to those who otherwise might not be able to afford it. Potowmack Elementary School was the latest in a string of…
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Meet Aelin and Liam! On our recent visit and helmet drop-off to Phoenix Bikes in Arlington (read more about it here), we had the pleasure of visiting not only with Executive Director Emily Gage, but a few of their young bike mechanics as well. Through their trademark educational Earn-a-Bike program, participants learn bike mechanics by…
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About Phoenix Bikes Anyone who has not yet had the pleasure of visiting nonprofit Phoenix Bikes would be well-advised to pay them a visit, whether to shop for a bike, find replacement parts, or to learn more about their youth programs in person. Once headquartered in a makeshift workshop right off the W&OD Trail, the…
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The Abrams Landau law team was able to find a good home for our new bike helmets! After having to cancel our usual Lids on Kids brain injury prevention and bike helmet giveaway program events at local public schools due to the pandemic, we’ve been ecstatic to be able to find different opportunities to help…
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Last week, half a dozen young students from Forest Grove Elementary School in Sterling, Virginia learned how to start, stop, give hand signals and look for traffic on their bicycles. Mark Pankau, former P.E. teacher at Guilford Elementary School, and Janice Jennings of Loudoun County Public Schools’ Safe Routes to School held a virtual bike…
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Our first Lids on Kids program of 2020 was at a special event at Sleepy Hollow Elementary School in Falls Church, Virginia! The Abrams Landau law team had never taken its brain injury prevention and bike helmet giveaway program to this school before, so we were excited for the opportunity to be involved in a…
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While the Tidal Basin runs have been a DC fixture for Capitol area road runners for decades on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, on a gorgeous day 4 races were held Monday afternoon at the Madison Community Center in Arlington, Virginia. The Tidal Basin Run was greeted with 65 degree temperatures and sunshine at…
Continue readingHard training, plenty of rest and healthy nutrition, and yet still, at National Championship races, painful cramps in the leg muscles. This is what I encountered in about a dozen events over the years. Pulling up several hundred yards out of the second transition area, or within sight of the finish, I would get a…
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In preparation for championship races, there are several steps attorney Doug Landau tries to follow so as to maximize his chances of qualifying for TeamUSA. Having represented his country in several top level international competitions, Landau knows that it is not just hard work that leads to a strong finish. In the days and weeks…
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There are some running shoe stores that are iconic and deserve a visit when visiting their town or city. Ragged Mountain Sports in Charlottesville comes to mind, as does Bill Rodgers Running Center in Boston. The store in Miami is Footworks. When Doug Landau went to the University of Miami School of Law, he trained with…
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