{"id":1803,"date":"2010-11-13T18:59:55","date_gmt":"2010-11-14T02:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theathleteslawyer.com\/?p=1803"},"modified":"2010-11-13T18:59:55","modified_gmt":"2010-11-14T02:59:55","slug":"racing-in-the-capitol-richmond-virginias-friendly-sports-backers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2010\/11\/13\/racing-in-the-capitol-richmond-virginias-friendly-sports-backers\/","title":{"rendered":"Racing in the Capitol, Richmond Virginia&#039;s Friendly Sports Backers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Road racing in Richmond is safe, fun, entertaining, challenging and popular thanks to the <a title=\"sports backers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbackers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Backers<\/a> Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau has competed in the National Duathlon Festival, Monument Avenue 10km, HCA 8k, Cross Country Championships and other events in the Capitol of the Commonwealth of Virginia.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1804\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1804\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1804\" src=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/UPS-bag-drop-Richmond1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"UPS bag drop at the Richmond Marathon Races - runners could drop off their bags and dry clothes after warming up and then pick them up after crossing the finish line\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/UPS-bag-drop-Richmond1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/UPS-bag-drop-Richmond1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/UPS-bag-drop-Richmond1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UPS bag drop at the Richmond Marathon Races - runners could drop off their bags and dry clothes after warming up and then pick them up after crossing the finish line<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My wife participated in the <a title=\"richmond marathon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondmarathon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Half Marathon<\/a>, which had course amenities like junk food stops and wet washcloths.  Once again, the Herndon Reston area sports injury lawyer participated in the HCA 8km (5 mile) road race, along with Brodie Reid, who was also attending the &#8220;by invitation only&#8221; annual Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (&#8220;<a title=\"vtla\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vtla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">VTLA<\/a>&#8220;) Advanced Workers Compensation Law Retreat.  Richmond&#8217;s races are famous for friendly and courteous volunteers who treat you like more than just a bib number.  There were musical groups at today&#8217;s race and one nearly every mile on the scenic course of the Monument Avenue event, along which several of Landau&#8217;s clients and lawyer friends live and work.  Runner&#8217;s World magazine  selected Richmond as a site for their Runner&#8217;s World Challenge and to confirm what the Sports Backers have been saying all along: The SunTrust Richmond Marathon truly is &#8220;America&#8217;s Friendliest Marathon&#8221;!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Road racing in Richmond is safe, fun, entertaining, challenging and popular thanks to the Sports Backers Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau has competed in the National Duathlon Festival, Monument Avenue 10km, HCA 8k, Cross Country Championships and other events in the Capitol of the Commonwealth of Virginia. My wife participated in the Half Marathon, which&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2010\/11\/13\/racing-in-the-capitol-richmond-virginias-friendly-sports-backers\/\" title=\"Continue reading &lsquo;Racing in the Capitol, Richmond Virginia&#039;s Friendly Sports Backers&rsquo;\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[101,780,1840,2454,2894,2900,2933,3231,3235,4390,5252,5262],"class_list":["post-1803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cases","tag-abrams-landau","tag-bicycle-crash","tag-doug-landau","tag-head-injury","tag-injured-athlete","tag-injured-athlete-lawyer-landau","tag-injured-cyclists","tag-leesburg-bike-injury","tag-leesburg-car-crash","tag-richmond-marathon-lawyer","tag-triathlon-trial-lawyer-doug-landau","tag-triathlontriallawyer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Racing in the Capitol, Richmond Virginia&#039;s Friendly Sports Backers - Sports Injury Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2010\/11\/13\/racing-in-the-capitol-richmond-virginias-friendly-sports-backers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Racing in the Capitol, Richmond Virginia&#039;s Friendly Sports Backers - Sports Injury Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Road racing in Richmond is safe, fun, entertaining, challenging and popular thanks to the Sports Backers Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau has competed in the National Duathlon Festival, Monument Avenue 10km, HCA 8k, Cross Country Championships and other events in the Capitol of the Commonwealth of Virginia. 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