• A jam-packed Frisco Nordic center between age divisions at the Gold Run Rush on Jan. 9, complete with traditional Austrian music performed live.
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• Two high school Nordic skiers round a corner during the Gold Run Rush races in Frisco on Jan. 9.
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• A Summit Nordic Ski Club athlete powers through the final 100 meters at the Gold Run Rush races in Friscon on Jan. 9. The event drew nearly 600 competitors, including rouhgly 385 high school and middle school skiers from across the state.
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• Middle school athletes with a Colorado ski club get ready for the mass start at the tail end of the Gold Run Rush in Frisco on Jan. 9.
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• Summit Nordic Ski Club athletes line up at the start line before the gun for the middle school division at the Gold Run Rush in Frisco on Jan. 9. The 46th annual event drew rouhgly 385 student athletes from across the state.
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• A Summit Nordic Ski Club middle school athlete crosses the finish line at the Gold Run Rush in Frisco on Jan. 9.
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• Middle school skiers come into the final stretch at the Gold Run Rush Nordic races in Frisco on Jan. 9.
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• Two Nordic skiers stay close in the final stretch of the 10K race at the Gold Run Rush in Frisco on Jan. 9.
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• Middle school skiers at the Gold Run Rush Nordic races take off on a 10K course around the Frisco peninsula. The race drew 385 high school and middle school athletes, plus roughly 250 locals and other community racers.
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• A middle school athlete with the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club passes by parents and other cheering spectators in the final stretch of the Gold Run Rush Nordic races in Frisco on Jan. 9.
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• Middle school Nordic skiers take for a mass start at the Gold Run Rush in Frisco on Jan. 9. Now 46 years old, the event is the longest-running Nordic series in the state and drew roughy 600 people on cloudy and chilly morning.
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• Young Nordic skiers stay warm at the start line before the 3K fun race at Gold Run Rush on Jan. 9 in Frisco.
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• Summit local Tonia Williamson gets ready for the 3K citizen race at the Gold Run Rush in Friscon on Jan. 9. Williamson is an avid stand-up paddleboard racer and decided to try Nordic this season for the first time ever. "I've never done it but figured I'd pick up cross-country for training," she says. The race came just a few days before she leaves for a round of SUP races in California.
  

  

• Skiers take off from the starting line at the Gold Run Rush Nordic races in Friscon on Jan. 9.
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