Tom
I always recommend the softest lightest ski boot that is warm enough and rigid enough to drive your ski where you want to go. Since you do not telemark and have a boot designed to drive a tele ski through the rough, it just about has to be too rigid to be comfortable for normal cross country skiing. I wore my teleskis on one trip to Yosemite, turned around and skied back to the truck and changed boots, never wore em again. Fortunately I bought them on sale. Its like trying to walk in downhill boots - not designed for that.
Jim