Tom at the 9 mile mark (Washington and Lafayette in Brooklyn)

By BRENDA BARGER
DavidsonNews.net

(NOTE: The following originally appeared in the Nov. 16 Around Davidson column.)

Remember a few weeks back when DavidsonNews.net featured Tom Cotter raising marathon money by selling body parts? Tom found sponsors for enough “parts” to cover a special charity entry fee in the Nov. 7 New York Marathon.

So how did he do? He sends the following report:

“I finished in 4 hours, 2 minutes. I missed a sub four-hour run by just two minutes overall, or just five seconds per mile! (Actually I wanted to run a 3:57 so I could beat Sarah Palin’s marathon time… Next time!) Read the full story

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The annual Davidson Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk is scheduled Saturday, Nov. 20, at 10 a.m. starting from the Village Green in downtown Davidson to raise money for the Free Clinic of Our Towns, at Ada Jenkins Center.
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The Bindu of Cornelius, a yoga and wellness center off N.C. 115, is collecting shoes now through Nov. 23 for Soles4Souls, a Nashville charity that collects shoes from individual donors and shoe companies and distributes them to people in need.

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Davidson Lands Conservancy will host its annual road race, the Run for Green, on Saturday, Sept. 18, featuring 5K, 10K and half-marathon races. The routes will all begin at the Davidson Village Green, and travel partly along the town’s public greenways.
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