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CPI Security Charlotte Turkey Trot
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- (Starts in 30 days)
- Where
- Charlotte, NC
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About this event
The CPI Security Charlotte Turkey Trot starts and finishes at SouthPark Mall and bills itself as the largest road race in North Carolina, with a record 12,223 participants last year. Celebrated as one of the 20 Best Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trots in America, it's a homecoming for extended families and former classmates and a place to meet the neighbors before heading home for food and family. Distances are an 8K run, a 5K run/walk, a 1-mile fun run/walk and a 50-yard Tot Trot.
Good to know
Thanksgiving morning: 1 Mile 8am, 8K 8:10am, Tot Trot 8:30am, 5K 9:10am
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