As much fun as Doug Landau has volunteering at races, flagging at the Prince William Freedom Fitness Center, and doing body-marking for the “Tri It Now” events, his brother’s computer skills and race experience makes him a valuable volunteer at races like the NYC Marathon. Ken Landau, who worked for Apple Computer in the 1980’s, has…
Continue reading
Even though he is injured and not able to race, Doug Landau is still honoring his commitment to be a major sponsor of the Virginia and Maryland Triathlon Super Series. Kinetic Multisports puts on races from North Carolina to Pennsylvania, and ABRAMS LANDAU is a perennial supporter of their fun Triathlons, Duathlon’s, Aquathons, AquaVelo and Fondo…
Continue reading
1. What inspired Landau to start competitively biking? Doug Landau has been riding a bicycle since childhood, and even rode for his newspaper route! With no car from high school through grad school, Landau continued biking to work, class & around town. He rode in his first competitive bike race in law school, as his…
Continue reading
When someone rides their bike up to a track, leaps off their bicycle, tosses their helmet and starts tearing around the turf field barefoot, and then repeats the process several times, it tends to attract notice. When that same person, comes splashing out of local lakes, tearing off their wetsuit, cap and goggles, and goes…
Continue reading
Why would representatives from the USAT National Headquarters in Colorado Springs come to the Landau Law Shop in Herndon, Virginia? . In addition to racing at the highest levels, Doug Landau also donates to the USA Triathlon Foundation: the charitable wing of the sport’s organization. . Landau gets to see multi-sport competitions from all angles,…
Continue reading
For the first time ever, USA Triathlon had a Multisport Festival over the course of a week, where slots for three different World Championships were on offer. Doug Landau, who raced over four days, qualified for ALL three 2023 world championship events: The Super Sprint Triathlon, the draft legal Sprint Duathlon, and the Mixed Team…
Continue reading
The Henway Cidery 5K and 10K races made for wonderful fun out in Bluemont, Virginia last weekend. This Loudoun County farm hosted the Bishops Events races over the 5km & 10km distances, and was part of their popular “Sippin’ Series” of events. The venue was the Henway Hard Cider farm on Foggy Bottom Road…
Continue reading
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…
Continue reading
Grass, dirt, gravel and a little bit of pavement on the undulating cross country course at the Hartness Half Marathon & 5km races was the order of the day for Melissa & Doug Landau, who were in South Carolina for a dear friend’s wedding. Always on the lookout for a race when traveling, the Landaus…
Continue reading
Athletes competing at anniversary park took advantage of the shallow water to walk large portions of the half-mile swim course. Some may have swum just a small fraction of the brackish water half mile swim. As Doug Landau had already opted to wear his legal wetsuit, he swam nearly all of the first leg of…
Continue reading