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		<title>Giant Labor Day Weekend Sale, Roller Ski Clinic &#038; C.A.T. Ski Clinic</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hope all are well and you are not getting used to the hot weather! After all a hot summer is usually followed by a cool winter! Get ready this Labor Day weekend as we present the Cross Country Ski Headquarters Labor Day Weekend Sale! 
Friday Sept 3 through Sunday Sept 5, 2010
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><div class="flickrTag_container"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2761/4397700397_9bff124072.jpg" class="flickr" title=" &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/44327970@N05/4397700397/&quot;&gt;view&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;flickr&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt;" rel="lightbox"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2761/4397700397_9bff124072_m.jpg" alt="" class="flickr_img small photo" /></a></div>Hope all are well and you are not getting used to the hot weather! After all a hot summer is usually followed by a cool winter! Get ready this Labor Day weekend as we present the Cross Country Ski Headquarters Labor Day Weekend Sale!</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Friday Sept 3 through Sunday Sept 5, 2010</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Cross Country Ski Headquarters closes out all of last years discontinued skis, boots, poles, jackets, shells, fleece sweaters, insulated parkas and much much more. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">50% off Columbia and White Sierra 09-10 Adult and Kids Parkas! 50% off 09-10 Woolrich, Alps &amp; Columbia sweaters. 40% off 09-10 Brooks, Swix and Rossignol pants, tops &amp; jackets - great for Nordic Ski Walking, Hiking, Biking, Running, Walking and CAT Skiing. 40% off Koolaburra Australian Sheepskin Boots. Super Sale Prices on North Face, Under Armour &amp; Hot Chillys too! </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sale prices on Snowshoes, Skis, Ski Boots &amp; much more. Super low prices on all X-C Ski packages starting at $199. Madshus Erik Multigrip skis with Madshus, Fischer or Alpina touring boots, NNN bindings and Swix touring poles! Includes binging installation and base prep!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">33% to 50% off on last years Fischer, Rossignol, Madshus, Karhu, Salomon and Atomic Skating and Classic Skis and Boots (including nowax and back country skis)! RCS Carbon Skates List: $599.95 Sale: $399.95</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Great deals on (33% to 50% off) High End Poles from One Way, Exel, Leki and Swix. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Great deals on New 2010 - 2011 stock also!</span></p>
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		<title>Team Report April Team Training Stoney Creek</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Hi Team,
    Thanks to our musically talented team member Greg Merwin we now have a Team Song !!!  Download the link and enjoy, great job Greg and a big Thank-you !!!  I can see Greg now selling DVD&#8217;s out the back of his VW at the races next year !!! ( hey, wax revenue !!!! )
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<div>Hi Team,</div>
<div>    Thanks to our musically talented team member Greg Merwin we now have a Team Song !!!  Download the link and enjoy, great job Greg and a big Thank-you !!!  I can see Greg now selling DVD&#8217;s out the back of his VW at the races next year !!! ( hey, wax revenue !!!! )</div>
<div>    The Team Training at Stoney Creek was a hit, we had an even dozen Team members attend. Great to see several new faces that were also introduced to rollerskiing for the VERY FIRST time and they did fantastic, not to mention names ( Brenda, Evon and Dan ) !!!  Three different brands of rollerski&#8217;s were on hand to demo, which was very beneficial. So much that two are in the process of purchasing a pair to help get a jump start on next ski season.</div>
<div>    We started of with some basic dryland skate movements on land and then moved to our rollerski&#8217;s with double pole, skate w/o poles and finer points of V1. The first timers looked liked veterans in a short time. We then did an easy instructional loop around the lake. The weather amazingly was in our favor with all the rain predicted.</div>
<div>    Off to Devans house for pizza, which by the way was some of the best pizza around !!!  Evidently I left quite an impression on Sam on the amount of slices I had consumed, I still think Larry K. had me by one piece ( evidently Larry thinks EVERYTHING is a race ) !!!  Linda also made a fantastic salad to go with the pizza, Thanks again Linda !!!</div>
<div>    After gorging ourselves Devan entertained us with the 2010 Birkebeiner video. In which we saw a short glimpse of our very own XCHQ Teammate Larry Timm in the 50K Classic Race, pretty cool !!!  Hard to miss our uniform in photo shots. Has anyone ever spotted our uniform in the Birkie advertisements in all the ski magazines, it&#8217;s happened believe it or not, twice. Mike Seaman can be seen wearing our Team Jersey from one of the ad&#8217;s a few years back and they caught my left arm, pole and drink belt from the 2009 race ( I guess they didn&#8217;t like how the rest of my body looked after 50K ) !!!  A well done video of the race, worthwhile purchasing, great for viewing technique of the elite skiers. Thanks Linda and Devan for being such gracious hosts !!!</div>
<div>    Hope to see you at our next session, now is the time if you ever had questions about ski training, rollerskiing etc. We welcome all abilities and take the time to work with you and answer your questions. So when the time comes for serious training you will be ready to go. Devan will be sending out an e-mail for our next training session, so stay tuned and hope to see some more new faces !!!</div>
<div>    Have a great Summer and train smart, Frank</div>
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		<title>Cross Country Ski HQ is Taking Orders for Next Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross Country Ski Headquarters is now open for telephone orders or by appointment at the Headquarters or by shoping at our online store. We are on site at various times and when we are there we will have the &#8220;Open Right Now&#8221; sign out.
We are also taking 2011 ski package orders now for shipment in September. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cross Country Ski Headquarters is now open for telephone orders or by appointment at the Headquarters or by shoping at our online store. We are on site at various times and when we are there we will have the &#8220;Open Right Now&#8221; sign out.</p>
<p>We are also taking 2011 ski package orders now for shipment in September. Just go on line at <a href="http://www.cross-country-ski.com/web">http://www.cross-country-ski.com/web</a> or call 800 832 2663.</p>
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		<title>The Headquarters makes in four years in a row By Mike Muha</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the Cross Country Ski Headquarters Team for winning the 2010 Michigan Cup, the forth time in a row, and the fifth time since 2004! As the sun came out or the clouds, Team Captain Frank Rynalski accepted the Cup at Saturday&#8217;s Michigan Cup bike, run, lunch and awards ceremony at the Cross Country [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="margin: 5pt 4.8pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><div class="flickrTag_container"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4450003771_391cb3b90c.jpg" class="flickr" title=" &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/44327970@N05/4450003771/&quot;&gt;view&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;flickr&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt;" rel="lightbox"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4450003771_391cb3b90c_m.jpg" alt="" class="flickr_img small photo" /></a></div>Congratulations to the Cross Country Ski Headquarters Team for winning the 2010 Michigan Cup, the forth time in a row, and the fifth time since 2004! As the sun came out or the clouds, Team Captain Frank Rynalski accepted the Cup at Saturday&#8217;s Michigan Cup bike, run, lunch and awards ceremony at the Cross Country Ski Headquarters in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Higgins</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Lake</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">.</span></p>
<p>Skiers from the Michigan Cup teams gained points, based on their overall place, at every event raced during the season. Each skier&#8217;s points were added together for an individual&#8217;s total team points. The points from all senior skiers were added together for a senior point total, and all the junior points were added for a junior total. The overall Michigan Cup team totals were computed by adding 80% of the senior points with 20% of the junior points.</p>
<p>The results were very close, with the Headquarters just barely edging out Hanson Hills/Cross Country Ski Shop by less than 500 points, 29,871.6 to 29,381.8. The Vasa Ski Club was not far behind with 28,357.2 points, and might have won if they had sent racers to the Team Time Trial.</p>
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<td><strong>Michigan Cup scoring</strong></td>
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<strong>Seniors</strong></td>
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<strong>Juniors</strong></td>
<td class="right"><strong>Team<br />
Time Trial</strong></td>
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<strong>Relays</strong></td>
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<td>Cross County Ski Headquarters</td>
<td class="right">35,443</td>
<td class="right">2,086</td>
<td class="right">1,100</td>
<td class="right">0</td>
<td class="right">29,871.6</td>
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<td>Hanson Hills/Cross Country Ski Shop</td>
<td class="right">34,460</td>
<td class="right">1,504</td>
<td class="right">1,513</td>
<td class="right">0</td>
<td class="right">29,381.8</td>
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<td>Vasa Ski Club</td>
<td class="right">33,250</td>
<td class="right">8,786</td>
<td class="right">0</td>
<td class="right">0</td>
<td class="right">28,357.2</td>
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<td>Straits Striders</td>
<td class="right">27,512</td>
<td class="right">8,786</td>
<td class="right">47</td>
<td class="right">0</td>
<td class="right">22,135.4</td>
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<td>Grand Rapids Nordic Ski Team</td>
<td class="right">26,496</td>
<td class="right">880</td>
<td class="right">524</td>
<td class="right">0</td>
<td class="right">21,896.8</td>
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<td>Team NordicSkiRacer</td>
<td class="right">23,187</td>
<td class="right">1,478</td>
<td class="right">317</td>
<td class="right">0</td>
<td class="right">19,162.2</td>
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<p>     *The relays were cancelled whenunseasonably<br />
       warm temperatures took out the snow.</p>
<p><strong><br />
Brumbaugh Cup</strong></p>
<p>Team captain Frank Rynalski also accepted the 2010 Brumbaugh Cup for the Cross Country Ski Headquarters Team. The 2010 Brumbaugh Cup recognizes the sum of all points earned by all Senior racers on a team. Congratulations to the Cross Country Ski Headquarters senior racers!</p>
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<td><strong>Brumbaugh Cup scoring</strong></td>
<td class="right">
<strong>Seniors</strong></td>
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<td>Cross County Ski Headquarters</td>
<td class="right">35,443</td>
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<td>Hanson Hills/Cross Country Ski Shop</td>
<td class="right">34,460</td>
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<td>Vasa Ski Club</td>
<td class="right">33,250</td>
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<td>Straits Striders</td>
<td class="right">27,512</td>
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<td>Grand Rapids Nordic Ski Team</td>
<td class="right">26,496</td>
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<td>Team NordicSkiRacer</td>
<td class="right">23,187</td>
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		<title>From Captain Frank March 17 2010:</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Team,
    Lot&#8217;s of news !!! First I want to congratulate everyone for helping us win our FIRST Brumbaugh Cup and our four-in-a-row Mi.Cup Championship !!!!!!!!!  Job well done, we have so many dedicated Team Members that makes this possible !!!!
    So, this coming Saturday March 20th. since the Relays are canceled, two events are going to happen. At [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div class="flickrTag_container"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4315278863_7ccb7f7fa7.jpg" class="flickr" title=" &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/44327970@N05/4315278863/&quot;&gt;view&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;flickr&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt;" rel="lightbox"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4315278863_7ccb7f7fa7_m.jpg" alt="" class="flickr_img small photo" /></a></div>Hi Team,</p>
<p>    Lot&#8217;s of news !!! First I want to congratulate everyone for helping us win our FIRST Brumbaugh Cup and our four-in-a-row Mi.Cup Championship !!!!!!!!!  Job well done, we have so many dedicated Team Members that makes this possible !!!!</p>
<div>    So, this coming Saturday March 20th. since the Relays are canceled, two events are going to happen. At 10:00am meet at the XCHQ parking lot. We are going to have a Mi.Cup Bicycle Tour around Higgins Lake, come on out and ride with members from all the other Mi.Cup Teams !!!  All abilities are welcome, so bring your road, mtn., tandem or whatever. Approximate time 1 1/2 hrs. at a 15mph. pace. For those who don&#8217;t wish to bike, you can run, walk, hike cat-ski etc.on the XCHQ Trails. Maps will be provided for the bike ride. Hopefully the weather will cooperate.</div>
<div>    After your ride, run, walk or whatever at noon Bob and Lynne will be hosting a pulled pork meal at no charge !!!  Following the meal will be the Mi.Cup Award presentations. So plan on a day of celebration and true Team camaraderie this coming Saturday, a day you don&#8217;t want to miss !!!   </div>
<div>    Just to let you know, we had 19 Teams formed for the Relay&#8217;s !!!  It&#8217;s great to have members who don&#8217;t care which team or who they ski with at the relays. I want to personally thank everyone who made it happen AGAIN this year. We are now tied for the most Mi.Cup Championships in a row, what will next season bring !!!???</div>
<div>    Hope to see you Sat, should be lots of fun. Thanks again, Frank</div>
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		<title>Susan Joslin the Energizer Bunny!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, Susan and I raced most of the day near each other and she IS the energizer bunny!  I even called her that out there.
I started wondering what that said about me since she was in front of me for at least a 1/3 of the race if not more and with one arm no [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div class="flickrTag_container"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4398465640_8550eb0a90.jpg" class="flickr" title=" &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/44327970@N05/4398465640/&quot;&gt;view&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;flickr&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt;" rel="lightbox"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4398465640_8550eb0a90_m.jpg" alt="" class="flickr_img small photo" /></a></div>Yes, Susan and I raced most of the day near each other and she IS the energizer bunny!  I even called her that out there.</p>
<p>I started wondering what that said about me since she was in front of me for at least a 1/3 of the race if not more and with one arm no less.  She is my idol!</p>
<p>Pam</p>
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<div>Hi Team,</div>
<div>    You&#8217;ve got to read this from Sue Joslin, This is an example of the dedicated TEAM members we have. Sue you need to be on one of those motivational billboards on the side of the highway !!! </div>
<div>    GO TEAM !!!!!!!!!  </div>
<div>                   Frank</div>
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<p>From: SS Joslin  <br />
Nice recap. Yeah I raced about 28K with one arm.  I decided to take my pole with me because I wasn&#8217;t sure if I would need it to get up the big hills, and I couldn&#8217;t carry the pole since I tried that before and the shear length of the pole was too heavy for my shoulder so I stuffed it down my back, under my shirt, upside down, pointy side up.  So when I would go by a group of people I was telling them that I didn&#8217;t own a gun and I really just wanted to enter the biathalon.   They chuckled but most wanted to really know why.<br />
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It was a fun race despite the conditions.  I feel bad for those who it was their first BM race since this was not the race I mean when I say that Black Mtn. is my favorite race!!  certainly not Saturday&#8217;s race.<br />
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See you soon.   Not sure if I will be doing Boyne as I have a concert this wkend which I will be missing. <br />
<span style="font-family: Papyrus;"><span style="font-family: Papyrus;"><span style="font-family: Papyrus;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-size: small;"><strong><em>Susan </em></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span> </p></blockquote>
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		<title>March 7, 2010 From Captain Frank:</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Hi Team,
    Great job to everyone who did the wax challenging Black Mountain race. You either had good ski&#8217;s at the start or at the finish, seems few had good ski&#8217;s the entire course, started out cold and a semi- transformed like powder at the start to a sun beaten semi slush in the open area&#8217;s. [...]]]></description>
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<div>    Great job to everyone who did the wax challenging Black Mountain race. You either had good ski&#8217;s at the start or at the finish, seems few had good ski&#8217;s the entire course, started out cold and a semi- transformed like powder at the start to a sun beaten semi slush in the open area&#8217;s. No-wax ski&#8217;s were a good choice, klister iced up and kick wax sheared off.</div>
<div>    We had some great XCHQ Team performances, everyone who finished were winners in my book !!! I normally don&#8217;t do this but I&#8217;m going to give an individual re-cap of the XCHQ Skiers. Again, I apologize if I omit someone, as I get older my mind is getting more forgetful and this last race made me even more brain-dead !!!</div>
<div>    Top Male finisher was Larry Kanaby, what a race 18th.overall with a 2:04 !!!!  seconds behind was Ryan Harris this kid is unbeleivable, this was his FIRST classic race, great job !!!!  Rick Neirer flew by me on a set of RCS Crowns, great climbing and gliding plus the animal on the ski&#8217;s !!!  Frank Rynalski, yours truly, found himself once again through much self talk, not pretty, but I finished !!! Devan Thielfoldt, evidently not pleased with his 6 foot 1 stature thought he should be taller so he added another 3 inches to his height with iced up klister ski&#8217;s that resembled stilts !!! Dale Ernst, right on Devans heels completyed his longest ski race with the Black Mountain race, and finished fresh as a daisy !!! Dan Siniff, good to see Dan racing was looking good on some hot-prepared ski&#8217;s !!!  Richard Wells, the endurance animal was even and steady looking good as usual !!!  On the Womens side, Catarina Gulledge, also on a pair of RCS Crowns was looking smooth and powerful finishing 1st. in her age division and 3rd.Woman overall !!!  Sue Joslin, this girl deserves an award, coming back from a shoulder injury, heck for all I know, she probably used one arm the whole course !!! Pam Riehl, another endurance animal, she&#8217;s like the energizer bunny, keeps on going and going !!! Jean Murray, we all need to take a lesson from Jean ( I apologize, I&#8217;m going to mention your age ) at 71 years old, your remarkable, competing and finishing these races are commendable as much as the Top overall race winners !!! I think I covered everyone, GREAT JOB TEAM !!!!</div>
<div>    This coming weekend March 13th.and 14th. are the Boyne Highland races. Historically big point races, since a lot racers pass these up, hence a great chance to earn some big Mi.Cup points. We are in 2nd. place overall very close to 1st. place Vasa Team !!! We need attendance athe last few races and DEFINATELY the Relay&#8217;s !!!!  For info on these races go to <a title="http://www.nordic/" href="http://www.nordic/">www.nordic</a> ski racer.com  under upcoming events left side of screen.</div>
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		<title>From Captain Frank 2/24/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Team,
Before I begin, I would like to thank the Team for the wonderful XCHQ Team vest / jacket that was presented to me this last weekend, supposedly for all I do for the Team. Well, you all deserve a gift for all that you do as a TEAM, with great participation and dedication when [...]]]></description>
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<p>Before I begin, I would like to thank the Team for the wonderful XCHQ Team vest / jacket that was presented to me this last weekend, supposedly for all I do for the Team. Well, you all deserve a gift for all that you do as a TEAM, with great participation and dedication when it counts, on and off the race course. Just one of the reasons I don&#8217;t mind investing the time I do.  </p>
<p>       I knew I would omit someone, that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m hesitant to mention names when speaking of awards. I apologize to Jim Samuels who comes all the way to Michigan from Pennsylvania to race the Vasa. Well Jim was 2nd. in his age group and 8th. overall in the 50K freestyle !!!  If I missed any others, my apologies likewise.</p>
<p>    This last weekend at the Cote Dame Marie and Hanson Classic races, XCHQ again was well represented. Many age group awards were earned by team members. Great job to all who participated</p>
<div>    No Mi. Cup points races this weekend except for the Juniors at the Muffin Race at Cross Country Ski Headquarters on Sunday.  Good luck to all our Junior Racers and all those doing the Birkie this weekend. Keep up the great work, see you at the races. GO TEAM !!!!!!!!!!!!   Frank</div>
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		<title>News from team members at the World Masters</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings from Sweden
Very cold and snowy here, just like nubs nob conditions.  Milan got a bronze today and is so excited.  Said these were the worst conditions ever.  The race start is up hill into the wind with temps low.  Tomorrow possibly even colder.  The sun was out today anyway by noon.
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<p>Very cold and snowy here, just like nubs nob conditions.  Milan got a bronze today and is so excited.  Said these were the worst conditions ever.  The race start is up hill into the wind with temps low.  Tomorrow possibly even colder.  The sun was out today anyway by noon.</p>
<p>Keep up the good skiing.  See you in a couple of weeks. </p>
<div><strong>Beth and john Caldwell </strong></div>
<div><strong>Go team!</strong></div>
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		<title>Feb 17 - From Captain Frank</title>
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    Have you been watching the Olympics, some pretty exciting skiing to watch. That Nordic Combined race with the USA taking a Silver was exciting !!!!
    Team XCHQ again had some great participation and results at the Vasa and Gran Traverse races this past weekend. The XCHQ Women were on fire again, Debbie Mizikowski taking 3rd, woman [...]]]></description>
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<div>    Have you been watching the Olympics, some pretty exciting skiing to watch. That Nordic Combined race with the USA taking a Silver was exciting !!!!</div>
<div>    Team XCHQ again had some great participation and results at the Vasa and Gran Traverse races this past weekend. The XCHQ Women were on fire again, Debbie Mizikowski taking 3rd, woman overall in the 50K freestyle and Cheryl Darnton taking 3rd. woman overall in the 27K freesyle at the Vasa Races. XCHQ had many age group winners as well in both the Vasa and Gran Traverse races. Congratulations to everyone who raced, great team effort !!! </div>
<div>    This weekend will be some great racing again at Hanson Hills. With the Cote Dame Marie Loppet ( formerly the MiCup Marathon ) and the Hanson Hills Classic this weekend Feb. 20-21st.</div>
<div>    For the Juniors are the Mi.High School Championships, all the races this weekend earn Mi.Cup points with the high school championship races earning the Junior points.</div>
<div>    For detailed information on these races again go to <a title="http://www.nordicskiracer.com/" href="http://www.nordicskiracer.com/">www.nordicskiracer.com</a> left side of screen under upcoming events.</div>
<div>    Just waiting for Ken to tally up the team points, I have sent to Ken XCHQ roster corrections on members not listed on our team. My unofficial bean counters tell me we are quite high in the standings !!! You guy&#8217;s and gal&#8217;s have been doing a FANTASTIC job this season !!!!!!!!!!</div>
<div>    See you at the races,  GO  XCHQ !!!!!!!!!!!   Frank</div>
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		<title>White Pine &#038; Sprints Wrap up 2/9/2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Team,
    The XCHQ Team was on fire this weekend at the White Pine Stampede and Mi.Cup Sprints !!! The XCHQ Women are a force to be dealt with, Cheryl Darnton was 1st. Woman overall in the 40K and Catarina Gulledge was 2nd Woman overall in the 20K with Britta Patterson 1st.Junior in the 10K classic at [...]]]></description>
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<div>    The XCHQ Team was on fire this weekend at the White Pine Stampede and Mi.Cup Sprints !!! The XCHQ Women are a force to be dealt with, Cheryl Darnton was 1st. Woman overall in the 40K and Catarina Gulledge was 2nd Woman overall in the 20K with Britta Patterson 1st.Junior in the 10K classic at the White Pine !!!!  Way to go ladies, great job !!!!</div>
<div>    Thanks to Devan for accepting all the awards at the awards ceremony, he claims I owe him a pair of shoes that he wore out from repeatedly walking up to the podium ( I think he was enjoying it !!! )</div>
<div>    I&#8217;m going to attempt the age group winners from the White Pine, my apologies if I omit someone, there were just a few !!!  And the winners are,</div>
<div>    Lee Ries</div>
<div>    Fran Upton</div>
<div>    Ryan Harris</div>
<div>    Ryan Halstead</div>
<div>    Alex Smith</div>
<div>    Pam Riehl</div>
<div>    Jean Murray</div>
<div>    Doug Ball</div>
<div>    Ray Drysdale</div>
<div>    Keith Crompton</div>
<div>    Heather Lemos</div>
<div>    Brenda Vincent</div>
<div>    Beth Caldwell</div>
<div>    Devan Thielfoldt</div>
<div>    Bob Eastley</div>
<div>    John Caldwell</div>
<div>    Gwenn Stevenson</div>
<div>    Marvin Stevenson</div>
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<div>    At the Mi.Cup Sprints it was XCHQ Team again, half of the total Mens and Womens field were XCHQ Team members, great participation !!!!  In the Mens  A and B finals we had 5 XCHQ racers out of a field of 12 racers !!! The sprints again were a lot of fun and excitement. Thanks to everyone who came out and raced this weekend, what a great effort !!!  And thanks to our newest members Matt, Alex and Mark for coming out and racing, you guy&#8217;s had some excellent results</div>
<div>    Don&#8217;t forget this weekend the Vasa and Grand Traverse, two excellent races. Again go to <a title="http://www.nordicskiracer.com/" href="http://www.nordicskiracer.com/">www.nordicskiracer.com</a> left hand of screen upcoming events for more detailed information.</div>
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<div>    Go Team !!!!!!!!   See you at the races, Frank</div>
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		<title>Way to go Team at the White Pine Stampede!</title>
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http://www.whitepinestampede.org/results/2010/40k.asp
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		<title>Team Update Feb 1, 2010</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Team,
    Some great XCHQ Team performances at the Noquemanon race this last weekend !!! XCHQ again was well represented, along with some age group winners:
    Theo VonWallenmich  3rd. 51K classic
    Ryan Harris  1st. 51K freestyle
    Ryan Halstead  4th. 51K freestyle
    Fran Upton  3rd. 25K freestyle
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<div>    Some great XCHQ Team performances at the Noquemanon race this last weekend !!! XCHQ again was well represented, along with some age group winners:</div>
<div>    Theo VonWallenmich  3rd. 51K classic</div>
<div>    Ryan Harris  1st. 51K freestyle</div>
<div>    Ryan Halstead  4th. 51K freestyle</div>
<div>    Fran Upton  3rd. 25K freestyle</div>
<div>    Congatulations to all XCHQ Team members who raced the Noque this year, I&#8217;m not going to try to mention all of you, too many and I&#8217;m sure I would miss somebody, if I didn&#8217;t already !!!  This was a huge race with over a 1000 skiers, they really do a great job. Skiers from many states are represented, with lots of competition and talented skiers to race against !!!</div>
<div>    Again great job Team, see you at the races.  Frank</div>
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		<title>Team Training Saturday Jan 30</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those team member not skiing the Noque we had fun skiing at HQ.
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		<title>Team News as of Jan 30, 2010</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross Country Ski Headquarters located in Roscommon, Michigan - Ski Racing Team. Team is comprised of people of all ages and levels, who share the interest and enjoyment of cross country skiing
   I have the 2010 Team roster updated, so new members will be receiving this as their first newsletter. Welcome to the team, we are [...]]]></description>
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<div class="subject root grey">   I have the 2010 Team roster updated, so new members will be receiving this as their first newsletter. Welcome to the team, we are all about having fun while we ski.</p>
<div>    This Sat. Jan.30th. is the Noquemanon Race, a Mi.Cup points race. You can go to <a title="http://www.nordicskiracer.com/" href="http://www.nordicskiracer.com/">www.nordicskiracer.com</a> under upcoming events on the left side of the screen for more detailed race info.</div>
<div>    For those of you who did the Frosty race, there is a ton of pictures for you to view and some to purchase if you wish. Again go to <a title="http://www.nordicskiracer.com/" href="http://www.nordicskiracer.com/">www.nordicskiracer.com</a> and click on the Frosty website, there&#8217;s a link to that site under the featured picture. Tons of team members are pictured, we are so photogenic !!!</div>
<div>    See you at the races, GO TEAM !!!!   Frank</div>
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<div>Yes, We had a great team turnout !!!  The XCHQ Women were awesome !!!!  1st. Woman overall and quite a few other age group awards. Great job Team !!!! Yes the snow held out and conditions fast and for the most part controllable. If anyone see&#8217;s Devan tell him Muha need a urine sample from him !!!!</div>
<div>    Thanks Team for a job again well done, Frank</div>
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		<title>Cross Country Ski Headquarters Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Cross Country Ski Headquarters Team
Michigan Cup Champions 2004, 2007, 2008 &#38; 2009
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<p><strong>Cross Country Ski Headquarters Team<br />
Michigan Cup Champions 2004, 2007, 2008 &amp; 2009</strong></p>
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		<title>Lots and Lots of Great Snow!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross Country Ski Headquarters received over 7 inches of fresh dense snow last night and today! All trails were packed and snowcombed. Thursday AM we will start to set beautiful Tracks on all trails!
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		<title>Ginzu Groomed Trails</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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We have over ten miles of Ginzu groomed trails, from flat to hilly
with molded track set and corduroy skating lanes.
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We have over ten miles of Ginzu groomed trails, from flat to hilly<br />
with molded track set and corduroy skating lanes.</p>
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		<title>Stone Turtle Day Lodge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
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In our Stone Turtle Day Lodge, with huge stone fire place, skiers can
enjoy gourmet soups, hot Panini sandwiches, famous homemade chili,
muffins, cookies and even pizza. Of course you are welcome bring your
own lunch too.
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In our Stone Turtle Day Lodge, with huge stone fire place, skiers can<br />
enjoy gourmet soups, hot Panini sandwiches, famous homemade chili,<br />
muffins, cookies and even pizza. Of course you are welcome bring your<br />
own lunch too.</p>
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		<title>Cross Country Ski Trails</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Our well groomed trails invite a Pure Michigan Cross country ski
experience.
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Our well groomed trails invite a Pure Michigan Cross country ski<br />
experience.</p>
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