Donohue, Watson Take Windy Schuylkill River Loop Race

 PHILADELPHIA, PA–\”O wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?\” wrote poet Percy Shelley. Anyone witnessing or participating in the 2008 Schuylkill River 8.4-mile Loop Race, November 16, 2008 could easily testify to the power and sweep of the wind. As a tailwind, it could push a wearying runner to the finish line–provided that it didn’t shift. As a headwind, it could almost blow runners backward. For the runners, it seemed to require an Olympian effort to move forward in its face.