A sunny race day greeted duathletes with temperatures in the 30s, winds gusting so hard that several port-o-johns were knocked over and the Finish Line becoming airborne ! With the long descent on the middle, bike portion of the USAT Duathlon National Championships, the wind would be buffeting athletes all over the scenic road
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After struggling with injury, and unable to train at top speed in preparation for the 2016 USAT Sprint Duathlon National Championships, Herndon Virginia lawyer Doug Landau nevertheless made the trip to Bend, Oregon in order to once again qualify for the ITU Duathlon World Championships. A windy, hilly course, at altitude, would present a challenge
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Doug Landau was scheduled to spend Fathers Day in Connecticut after trying three difficult Social Security cases in Washington D.C. in the week prior. Having signed up for the Sharon Mudge Pond Triathlon, he was looking forward to seeing friends, family and “training through” the event on the nearby sprint distance course. However, the race
Continue readingWith soon-to-be doctor Zach Landau on the East Coast for a Pediatric rotation, the opportunity for the Landau men to race together came to fruition at the Oak Hill 5km on May 7th, 2016. Who would get family bragging rights ? The future Navy doctor or his dad, the “Triathlon Trial Lawyer ? With over
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Doug Landau toed the starting line in East Potomac Park at the Race For Equal Justice, where Landau had won the Community Member category of this Washington, D.C. race. Intending to “train through” this 5km, Lawyer Landau wanted to run the 5 km, then bike around Hains Point, and then run again (while the 10km racers
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The 90th annual Salisbury Winter Sports Association Jumpfest was great fun with athletes young and old flying through the air from the top of a mountain and then miraculously landing on the ground gracefully with no equipment other than their skis (and mandatory safety helmets). A Salisbury tradition for 90 years, this all-volunteer organization puts on
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After his success with a low-key “brick” workout on a borrowed bike in Boca Raton last month, Herndon DUathlete Doug Landau began his training for the 2016 State, Regional & National Championships in earnest at the DC Road Runners Club (“DCRRC”) Fort Hunt 10K. The venue was perfect for early season testing, since there is
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Participating in a wonderful event that provides a venue for friends, family, tourists and neighbors to come together and learn side by side about diversity in our community presented an opportunity not to be missed by Doug Landau, who was in Broward County, Florida in order to give a presentation on “Drone Law” to the
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Looking for active fun this winter for the whole family? Consider at trip to the Herndon Community Center. The indoor pool puts out floats for kids. Herndon lawyer Doug Landau used to take his children to the pool and let them clamber on top of the fun shaped “aquatic playgrounds.” All the while, lawyer Landau
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Having been discharged from Physical Therapy at Town Center Orthopedics just this week, Doug Landau was keen to test his current running fitness. So he signed up for the PreGame 5K Run with the goal of keeping his heart rate in the “Zone 4” Lactate Threshold range so as not to cause a flare up of his chondromalacia
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