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3/26 Manna Runners and Walkers (See 4/12 Race details) are invited to attend Results Gym Downtown Open House and Runner’s Clinic on Wednesday, March 26 for a free running clinic, gait analysis, shoe fittings and runners massages from 5-8pm. The facilities and classes will also be available all day. Results Downtown is located at Connecticut and L NW, next to Farragut North Metro. If you’d like to attend, get in touch with Scott Simpson at 202.234.5678 x 3 or scotts@resultsthegym.com.

3/30 *Homestead, Hot Springs, VA VTLA annual 2 miler, X-C3/31 Virginia Duathlon, Virginia Beach (Run 5k, BIke 50k, Run 5k) kalerunning.com Kale running puts on terrific running and multi-sport events throughout Virginia.

MS Charity Spin RIde Leader Denise Morgan gets goosed by TheAthletesLawyer Doug Landau !

4/5 MS SOCIETY CHARITY (SPIN) RIDE at Worldgate Sport & Health in Herndon, VA from 9:30-11:30 AM. Fun, great prizes and a Grand Prize for the highest fundraiser as well as bagels, fruit, coffee following this fundraising event that benefits the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Reston Herndon injury & disability lawyer Doug Landau has taken classes from both Ed Smith and Denise Morgan, who will be leading this indoor ride (so it’s “RAIN OR SHINE”). Hurry, only 27 bikes available ! For more information, contact Ed Smith at: esmith1@aol.com or Denise Morgan at: denise1284@aol.com.

4/6 *Monument Avenue 10k is this year’s US National 10k Road Race Championships. Richmond Sports Backers (www.sportsbacker.org) Richmond’s principle non-profit sports advocate expects 30,000 runners to compete on this scenic, historic and relatively flat course. The Sports Backers also bid on, and won, the USAT National Age Group Short ourse DUathlon Championships for the next 3 years !

4/12 Annual Manna Fun Run 5k, Rock Creek Park, Fitzgerald Tennis Center. 830 AM, This family, stroller and pet-friendly event is held at Rock Creek Park. Rock Creek Park - Fitzgerald Tennis Center, 16th Street at Colorado Avenue, NW. Ample parking is available at the Fitzgerald Tennis Center. Enter the parking area off Colorado Ave, NW. Please do not use the Kennedy Street NW entrance. See free Runners Clinic 3/26 !
4/20 The 13th Annual “Run For Shelter” will take place at the Loudoun County Fairgrounds in Leesburg, Virginia. The Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter (”LAWS”) is the beneficiary of this charitable sports fundraiser. The events take place 8:30 AM Sunday morning. Registration can be done at www.runfortheshelter.org and our friends at Potomac River Running are one of the sponsors. It is a great opportunity to get a quality “brick” by riding to, before or after this run !Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau has successfully raced in this event which raises money for the Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter (”LAWS”). There will be a Half-Marathon, a 5km. and a “kids run for the shelter” for children 10 and under. There is an excellent staging area and there are participants of all ages, shapes and sizes. Landau will likely be lining up for the 5km. at 8:30, where he has medalled in the past. He also uses the W&OD Trail for training for Triathlon competition.Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau hopes to see many familiar faces there walking, running and raising funds for this facility. Part of the race course has used the W&OD Trail, which passes right by the Abrams Landau, Ltd. office building in Herndon, at the 20 mile marker and caboose. It is possible to walk, run, skate, bike and roller blade on the W&OD trail to the staging area for this Northern Virginia sports event.

4/24 Run for Julia 5K A mid-week race! That’s right, Thursday, April 24, at 6:30 PM at Bluemont Park in Arlington this event will take place in honor of the memory of Julia Campbell, an avid runner, Peace Corps volunteer, and journalist who was killed in The Philippines in April 2007. Usually, the DCRRC has mid-week evening races after Memorial Day Weekend. So this is an excuse for some faster paced training with a bunch of other runners. To register, see www.jcmf.org/runforjulia.html or www.active.com/framed/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1539291

4/27*USAT National Age Group Short Course Duathlon Championships, Browns Island, Richmond, DUathlon SHourt COurse USAT richmond

Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau pedalling, reading and volunteering at the run turnaround. Talk about

4/27 Sport & Health Club Worldgate SuperSprint Triathlon, Herndon, VA Click here at the Worldgate Sport & Health Club Folks - this is agreat race thrown by Brian Crow that will field 600 people this year. It’s in Herndon, and will have a 300 yard pool swim (snake swim) a 17.8 mile bike and a 2 mile run. I do it yearly and highly recomend it! David Flynn 301-367-5201. The Athletes Lawyer notes that this race has GREAT PREEMS ! Don’t miss it !

5/3 VTS Smith Mountain Lake sprint triathlon. This Virginia Triathlon Series event is put on by SetUp Events and is not too far from Roanoke and the Virginia Tech campus. Set Up Inc

5/4 *CBTF Spring BIathlon at The Madeira School, McLean, VA, www.childhoodbraintumor.org/events.htm (525 yard pool swim, Run Cross Country 3.1 miles).

Doug Landau shown with prize winner Tom Cook. Cook, a devastatingly fast runner, makes the Triathlon Trial Lawyer look like a snail ! Cook is the Race Director for the June Tim Harmon 5km race at the Fairfax Government Center and also works at Potomac River Running, Reston Town Center, on weekends.

5/11 *Centerville Sprint Triathlon, (Swim 250 meters, Bike 12 miles, Run 3.1 miles), put on by Chandra Richardson’s “Fins, Wheels & Feet.” According to Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau, this event had the best post-race feed around - cotton candy, ice cream bars, hot dogs - WOW ! www.finswheelsfeet.com

5/18 *Columbia, MD, Olympic Distance Triathlon, (Swim 1500 meters, Bike 25.5 miles, Run 6.2 miles). The Columbia Triathlon Association does an amazing job year after year. A very challenging bike course and the run is not “walk in the park” either. Race Director Bob Vigorito has a wonderful Expo the day before, and also puts on the Blackwater, Traverse and other top area events. www.tricolumbia.org

6/1 *VTS Reston Sprint Triathlon, (Swim 400 meters in outdoor pool, Bike 12 miles, Run 3.1 miles) Set-Up Events

6/14 Tim Harmon 5km., Fairfax County Government Center, 8:30 A.M. Register at www.RacePacket.com Race Director Tom Cook does an amazing job at a great weekend venue, complete with live music (the “Sock Monkeys” have serenaded the runners in the past) and a festival afterwards.

Pat Griskus Olympic Distance Triathlon, (Swim 1500 meters, Bike 24.9 miles, Run 6.2 miles). One of the “Best of the US” series races Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau did in 2006 when visiting Connecticut for his cases and Alumni Board service.

The annual Father’s Day SCSC (South Carroll Swim Club) sprint triathlon is an excellent event for first-timers and experienced racers to compete in a family friendly, enthusiastic and well-supported setting. The 400-meter swim occurs in an outdoor competition pool, while the 14-mile bike and 5K run showcase the scenic and rolling countryside of southern Carroll County, Maryland. Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau was 7th out of 239 finishers in 2005 with a time of 1:10:04, with a fixed gear bike (not on purpose). In 2004, The Herndon/Reston area injury lawyer won his age group by 4 minutes with a time of 1:12:09 for 3rd overall out of 150 competitors. www.southcarrollclub.com/news/triathlon/triathlon.htm

7/21 New York City Triathlon Olympic triathlon Swim 1500 meters, Bike 24.9 miles, Run 6.2 miles). You swim in the Hudson River, Bike through the toll booths on the Highway and then run cross town into Central Park. Like the D.C.Nations Triathlon, it’s a great tourist-Triathlete high !

7/26 2nd Annual Friends of the W&OD 10K — the Washington area’s race is Saturday, July 26, at 6:30 PM on the W&OD Trail west of Maple Avenue (Route 123) and west of Church Street. This race offers a unique flat fast course on a beautiful strip of urban environmental preservation. Multi-sport athletes can use this event as a “brick” by cycling to, from (or both) ! Register on-line Here.

7/27 Hagerstown Sprint Triathlon, MD, (Swim 300 meters, Bike 11.5 miles, Run 3.1 miles), Sunday, July 27, 2008 :: Hagerstown, Maryland: Martin L. Snook Memorial Park (Halfway Park) Start Time 07:00 am

Frederick, Maryland: Annual Cougar Biathlon, Run 3 miles, Bike 15 miles, Run 3 miles, Location: Frederick Community College

8/3 VTS Culpeper Sprint (Swim 750 meters, Bike 15 miles, Run 3.1 miles) set up inc.USAT Age Group Sprint Triathlon National Championship, Utica, NY USAT.org

8/12 Salisbury, Vermont: Lake Dunmore Triathlon, (Swim 0.9 miles, Bike 28 miles, Run 6.2 miles), Branbury State Park

8/19 ? Litchfield, CT Hills Olympic Triathlon, Brodie Park on West Hill Lake, New Hartford, CT. (1 mile swim, 23.8 mile bike, 6.2 mile run)

9/1 Winchester Valley sprint Triathlon (Swim ¼ mile, Bike 16 miles, Run 4 miles). If this is anything like the wonderful Winchester Triathlon Races Don Stinnette and Neil Reimenschneider put on at Summit Lake, it will be fantastic. These events finished at the War Memorial in Winchester, and were done in when the local governments demanded more than $10,000 for permitting. Their races featured a “point to point” course, unbeatable preems (flannel lined jackets, Ron Hill Sport Tights, “hoodies”, etc.). You still see triathletes wearing the “swag” they got from these unforgettable races.

9/7 *Reston, Virginia Triathlon. Olympic Distance, but the bike is short, it sells out in a nanosecond. Be a volunteer. It’s fun, you’ll see your friends, get some “shwag” and have fun.

9/14 D.C. Nations Triathlon, Olympic Distance. You cannot train on the coure, and you will swim in the Potomac (and then run through a “decon tent” BEFORE you get to T-1, but the sightseeing on the course is amazing and there’s a Race Expo the day before at the mandatory packet pick up. Bottom line: When the mayor is in the race, permits get done ! They even built a staircase to get over the Jersey wall on the elevated Whitestone Freeway in Georgetown. Since it’s “point-to-point” arrange for a ride back to your bike; the wait for busses may exceed your race time…

9/20 VTS Big Lick Outback Big Lick Smith Mountain Lake Triathlon. set up inc.USAT National Age Group Olympic Distance Triathlon National Championship is once again returning to Hagg Lake, OR, but this time in the Fall. The water may be cold, but at least the bike course is hilly, narrow and not closed to deadly traffic. USAT.org

9/27 ITU WORLD DUATHLON Age Group Championships, Short Course, Rimini, Italy

10/4 VTS Acorn “BumpAss” sprint Triathlon, Spotsylvania, VA. set up inc. What a great name for a race! Stew is served after the race, though it’s not usually cold outside. Last year, Dr. Delaney and I went to another part of the Park to watch the triple Ironman Racers!

Osprey Sprint Triathlon, Public Landing, MD. Perfectly flat course after a shallow water swim, this is in an idyllic location at the end of Route 50.

10/31 GeezerJock Championship, Orlando, FL. While there are open and sprint races in conjunction with this event, the is MastersSports end of season finale. My bride was not thrilled with the prospect of my being a “GeezerJock” prizewinner at only 46!

Nov. Cape Henry sprint DUathlon, Va. Beach, VA. An end of season race on a flat course with serious competition. The Tidewater triathletes know how to race - hence their top placings at Colonial Beach and Virginia Triathlon Series events.

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Lauren Holtzman of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., investigating another triathlete's brain injury and head trauma case

Juries are skeptical. It is important to have objective evidence. In other words, juries may “filter out” subjective complaints UNLESS there are supporting documents, photos, x-rays or other OBJECTIVE evidence.

It is for this reason that Herndon brain injury attorney Holtzman requests x-ray, MRI and CT Scan reports and definitive diagnoses from potential clients, rather than treatment notes and subjective journal entries. If you have been in a bicycle crash, attacked by a dog, struck by a car, disabled due to a defective bike component, bitten by someone’s pet, injured while cycling, or the victim of someone else’s negligence or unlawful behavior, call us at once. Remember, the more evidence, information and documentation we can gather immediately after the crash or animal attack, the greater the chances of success later in Court.

TheAthletesLawyer Doug Landau critiques his performances in all races, as well as all cases, in order to improve

2. Freeze an inch or two of liquid in the water bottle if it will be a hot day. HOWEVER, take your straw out first. Landau blew it again. He could not get any liquid Cytomax during 80% of the ride because his straw was frozen. Then, in pulling on it to shake the ice out, he broke the aero bottle straw. He also did not have a second bottle because it was such a short race ! There was plenty left in the bottle after the race.

3. Start you heart rate monitor, stop watch, cyclometer, time window swim chronograph and other electronics BEFORE you leave the wall to swim. Stopping in the pool will result in your getting passed, cussed at, out of synch and smacked. Starting these things a few seconds before the Race Officials yell “GO !” will now corrupt your data.

Despite these mistakes, Landau swam the 400 meters in 8:07, for 9th place in the 45-49 age category. The Herndon brain injury lawyer followed that less-than-stellar swim with the fastest transition time (0:55) of the group and a decent 5th place bike ride in 31:48 (despite 2 dismounts for mechanical problems). The next transition was a little slow, but good enough for 3rd at 1:05, which, followed by the 4th fastest run in the bracket (22:43 for a hilly 5km.) resulted in an overall time of 1:04:36 and another age group prize.

The brain is the “command and control center” of our “wiring system” points out brain injury lawyer Doug Landau. And when the wires are severed or damaged, the signals do not work as intended, with short, and sometimes long term consequences. If you or someone you know has been suffered a brain injury or has symptoms of a head injury, it is critical that they get proper medical attention and seek experienced legal assistance. At ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., we help adults and children from around the world with brain injury and head trauma cases.

1. Pain runs down the leg below the knee
2. The leg, foot, groin or rectal area feels numb
3. Fever, nausea or vomiting, stomachache, weakness, or sweating occurs
4. Bowel or bladder control is lost
5. Pain was caused by an injury
6 Pain is so bad you cannot move around
7. Pain does not seem to be getting better after 2-3 weeks.

The ACP and the American Pain Society published guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain in December, 2007.  For a “Summary for Patients” of these guidelines, go to www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/147/7/