The 3rd annual Park City (elev. 6,900') Cross Country Invitational held at the Park City Ice Arena & Sports Complex. I found a good spot, about 3/4 mile from the start, in the sage brush, where pics could be taken w/o power lines, buildings, cars, etc. It was the 1st race that was actually "cross country". I thought Chase would run JV. While waiting for him I practiced shooting the Girls JV race. I watched for Chase in the boys JV race, but didn't spot him among the 400+ runners. I ran back down to the park and checked in with Tammy. She said he was running with the varsity! I ran back to my nice spot out on the desert. When the Varsity Boys arrived, the sun had just set behind a peak to the west. Chase was way back in the pack, running with one shoe. I gave up shooting and ran back looking for his missing shoe. I hoped I could find it and give it to him, maybe preventing him from running w/o it for the last mile. No such luck. It was peeled from his foot by another runner at the start. "It wouldn't have mattered: I could have put it on but I would have had to run through the whole pack again." I had a good time talking with the photographer for Taylorsville. It turns out his son is good friends with a girl I had in my Geometry class 3 years ago. Elvira's got spunk. I have two half decent shots of her running with a nice desert backdrop.