Doug Landau is set to participate in the 20th annual Sea Gull Century, named among the top 10 century rides in the nation by Bicycling magazine. The Ride Magazine has called the century “one of the prettiest big rides in America” and The Washington Post has named it “by far the most popular local century”…
On Sunday, October 05, 2008, at 08:00 AM TriathlonTrialLawyer Doug Landau will race at George Mason University, in the “Friends of the Orphans” 5km. The race will start and finish on Mason Pond Drive near the Center for the Arts Concert Hall, covering the Patriot’s Circle course. This event will also be timed by Pacers…
Have you ever eaten a walnut ? Have you ever crushed a walnut shell and looked at the walnut, unbroken ? The shell’s insides look sort of like the inside of our skulls and the walnut looks a bit like a brain. The big difference is that unlike the walnut, the brain is not hard…
After returning to Northern Virginia Saturday from the Brain Injury meeting at the State Capitol, I unpacked, rested up and then participated in the “Kit’s Miracle Mile” 10km. at the Fairfax campus of George Mason University. This event celebrated the survivors with brain injuries and raised money for Brain Injury Services (United Way #8237). Some…
I also learned that the symptoms of an acute head trauma often do not show up until days or even weeks after a car or bike crash. That is why it is so important to watch a friend or family member who ha been in a car crash or bike accident in the days that…
Always looking to combine my Cases with nearby “Faces,” “Places” and “Races,” I was lucky enough to participate in the McDonalds Maymont Park Cross Country Festival tonight after a full day of meetings with doctors and lawyers at the VTLA Brain Injury retreat. Teams from all over Virginia ran the very challenging course over the…
Yesterday’s post concerning professional athletes and traumatic brain injury could not have been more timely as TriathlonTrialLawyer Doug Landau headed to Richmond for the VTLA “by invitation only” Brain Injury meeting. The Hendon Reston area brain injury lawyer went to learn the latest advances in law and medicine for helping victims of head trauma and…
Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau received word that THE FIFTH ANNUAL KIT CALLAHAN’S MIRACLE MILE was this weekend, benefitting BRAIN INJURY SERVICES. This 10K run and fun walk will be held this Sunday, September 28, 2008, 7:30 AM to noon, at the beautiful GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, Fairfax campus. There will be 2 courses: The 10K…
Having grown up riding a bike, commuting to school and jobs on 2-wheels and racing in bike road races and time trials, I have seen some of the very best (and worst) of cycling. While most riders observe safety and common sense precautions, other riders and members of the peloton seem to want to increase…
After a bike crash, concussion or loss of consciousness, many athletes feel that if they do not see blood, they are not injured. However, TheAthletesLawyer Doug Landau has advised several injured cyclists that they need to get checked out by specialists where: They have continuing headaches, They have nystagamous (darting eye movements) Dilated pupils, bruising,…