When a race hands you a blanket at the Finish Line, there’s beer from the sponsoring brewery, and there are food trucks, you know it’s going to be a fun time. The 2020 New Day * New Year races enabled Doug and Melissa Landau to run the morning of January 1st. The third running of…
Continue readingAlways interested in helping local schools, students and athletes, Doug and Melissa Landau joined hundreds of local distance runners in the “LoCo Challenge.” The Landau races at One Loudoun in the 8km event on Saturday morning, with Doug returning Sunday after the Half Marathon was concluded to participate in the Reston Bike Club ride around…
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The Race to Stop Traffick sounds like an event to protest cars and traffic jams in Northern Virginia. Instead, this running event is a fundraiser for a very worthy cause. The 2018 Race to Stop Traffick benefitted “Operation Underground Railroad” (“O.U.R.”). O.U.R. is a non-profit organization whose mission is to rescue and help rehabilitate children from…
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OK, call this triathlete lawyer crazy (or “Loco”). After doing a “Run-Bike-Run” ‘brick’ workout in conjunction with last week’s 5K in Reston, attorney Doug Landau did an even longer “brick” this weekend in conjunction with the “Loco 8K Challenge” race at One Loudoun in Ashburn, Virginia. Why another “brick in the wall?” Lawyer Landau answers…
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In his first race back after a six-month hiatus, attorney Doug Landau took part in the Potomac River Running Lucky Leprechaun 5K at the Reston Town Center on St. Patrick’s Day. He was slightly apprehensive because he had not raced since struggling with injuries last fall. In 2017, lawyer Landau was seen hobbling across several…
Continue readingPotomac River Running is hosting a Veteran’s Day 5K on Sunday, November 10, 2013 at Fairfax Corner in Fairfax, VA. The 5K starts at 8:00 am, and there is also a fun-run 1K starting at 8:05am. Honoring our country’s service men and women is near and dear to the heart for athlete’s lawyer Doug…
Continue readingOur friends at Potomac River Running are hosting free injury screening clinics on a drop-in basis on scheduled Saturdays from 12-2pm. Through this wonderful community service, athletes can spend time with a medical professional to discuss any problems or questions relevant to runners, road racers and walkers. The clinics are designed to help athletes determine…
Continue readingHerndon lawyer Doug Landau gives a “shout out” to the Potomac River Running stores for helping federal workers with a discount on all purchases made during the government shutdown that began on October 1. Potomac River Running puts on a lot of great running races in Northern Virginia and their sales staff is knowledgeable and…
Continue readingIn response to the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010, Potomac River Running organized the Run for Haiti 5K and Fun Run. With the support of the community, Potomac River Running was able to donate all proceeds to the Red Cross to support the thousands needing medical treatment and basic supplies. Today, Haiti has…
Continue readingIn a new addition to the New Years Day racing lineup in Northern Virginia, our friends at Potomac River Running (“PRR”) have come up with a New Year’s Day 5k in Reston. The 5k started on Market Street at the Reston Town Center at the very civilized hour of 10 a.m. One of the advantages…
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