{"id":7610,"date":"2019-12-07T20:01:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T01:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2019\/12072019-ski\/"},"modified":"2019-12-07T20:01:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T01:01:09","slug":"12072019-ski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2019\/12072019-ski\/","title":{"rendered":"12072019 &#8211; Ski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We met some friends for the MN Nordic Opener at Elm Creek. It&#8217;s a fun free event for all ages and is a fun way to kick off ski season. I brought my classic skis and was regretting it until the very end when we tried some icy walked over mess of natural ski trail. 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