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If you're not eager to slog through your community's annual 5K turkey trot on Thanksgiving, Coffee mate, Nestle's coffee-creamer brand, is offering an out. Those who enter its $5K to Skip the 5K sweepstakes for a chance a the prize just need to promise they won't slip on their sneakers to run in one of the fundraising events. (Though we hope that, even if you skip the race, you might make a donation to whatever charity might be benefiting from it.)