# @smeharbinger on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DPhAS9GiQv0
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35463332-smeharbinger-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/50bd0766a2.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-10-07T17:03:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Harbinger (@SMEHarbinger) — https://gondola.cc/SMEHarbinger

## Caption

Former cross country coach Michael Chaffee speeds through the neighborhoods of Mission Hills, searching for the group of girls’ varsity cross country runners on their route of the day. Once he spots them, he will do anything — including lying on the hot asphalt street — to get the perfect picture.  

He can’t stand up in one place to take a picture without falling backwards — let alone run anymore due to his age.

“He’s somebody that truly does live and breathe running,” former cross country and track coach Tricia Beaham said. “And even though he may not be able to run himself, [photography] is a way that he vicariously can still do that.”

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