The Doctor K Cup

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The seventh annual Doctor K Cup will take place on Saturday October 19th 2024

How to join in

Firstly, add the 2024 Doctor K Cup to your Fetch portfolio.

All you need is a GPS watch or app. On the day, RUN AT LEAST 5K WITHOUT LOOKING AT YOUR WATCH. The Fetch Benchmark system will pull out your fastest 5k from your run (so you can include it as part of your long run if you like). The person who gets closest to their prediction will be declared the winner (though the judges decision is final!).

It would be lovely if you could upload your 'K' pics to the gallery (make a K shape with your fingers) to help us remember Doctor K and all the Fetchies we have lost.

NB A GPS watch reporting 5.00km will do so from 4995 metres onwards, but you MUST run at least 5000 metres or more. To avoid disappointment add an extra 10 seconds on to the end of your run, just to make sure.

funkyPOM
funkyPOM
Oct 2020
12:35am, 15 Oct 2020
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funkyPOM
I like the idea of doing a freedom parkrun
Dvorak
Dvorak
Oct 2020
12:07am, 16 Oct 2020
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Dvorak
I'll be freedoming my home parkrun, in particular memory of spikeyboy, and Tigerlily, as well as Doctor K. Going have a good go at a time, i hope, rather than a jog round. (Mind you it might look like a jog to the casual observer.)
Goofee
Goofee
Oct 2020
3:30pm, 16 Oct 2020
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Goofee
A freedom run sounds appealing, I may well do the same. I'll get nowhere near my prediction if I do as that was going to be a push on flat tarmac, currently impossible on undulating parkland I would have thought! :-)
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
Oct 2020
4:11pm, 16 Oct 2020
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fetcheveryone
Don't forget to get your predictions in folks :-)
ITG šŸ‡®šŸ‡ø
ITG šŸ‡®šŸ‡ø
Oct 2020
4:49pm, 16 Oct 2020
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ITG šŸ‡®šŸ‡ø
Fabbio! I am not changing my prediction, despite rather promising conditions, as I will just run this as part of my longer run, with a modicum of extra effort for half an hour rather than a full-pelt 5k. I promise to keep my watch up my sleeve for the relevant bit! (All the other bits will surely be slower).

I presume that if we stop our watches, the clock keeps ticking for the purposes of the Dr K cup? This is because I quite often stop to faff about, take pics for the treasure hunt, look at WSW map, fix my pants, etc. But I'll try not to stop, except for necessary road crossings, for my relevant bit.
Garfield
Garfield
Oct 2020
5:31pm, 16 Oct 2020
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Garfield
My prediction is in, though it's going to be plucked out of a 10 mile invisible race that I'm doing at the same time.
WA
WA
Oct 2020
5:49pm, 16 Oct 2020
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WA
I'll be cheering from the isolation sidelines this year *pompoms*
Trin
Trin
Oct 2020
6:05pm, 16 Oct 2020
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Trin
My prediction is in and will be part of my 10 mile training run.
There's not a particular time we have to start is there?
adrianb1066
adrianb1066
Oct 2020
6:33pm, 16 Oct 2020
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adrianb1066
Wild guesstimate (prediction) in and looking forward to my first outdoor run for well over a year.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Oct 2020
6:40pm, 16 Oct 2020
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Diogenes
I have revised my prediction again: Iā€™m going to try and go sub-30 (29:59)

About This Thread

Maintained by Joopsy
2024 Instructions

Add the following race to your portfolio:

fetcheveryone.com/races/the-doctor-k-cup-10329609

Enter your predicted time by October 18th (the day before the run).

On the 19th October, run at least 5k WITHOUT LOOKING AT YOUR WATCH OR GETTING ANY PACING HELP!!!

RESULTS WILL BE POSTED HERE:

fetcheveryone.com/doctorkcup.php

Fetch will extract the results by looking at your benchmarks for 5k (so for your own sake, avoid tunnels, tall buildings, heavy tree cover, pylons etc). If you are running a local 5k loop, please add a bit on, just to make sure that your watch registers at least 5k's worth of data. But no peeking!

The person who is closest to their predicted time will win the 'Doctor K Cup' for one year.

NB Doctor K was a big parkrun fan - so you can do your run at parkrun, but ***PLEASE*** make sure you cover at least 5000 metres. A GPS watch reporting 5.00km will do so from 4995 metres onwards, but you MUST run at least 5000 metres or more. To avoid disappointment add an extra 10 seconds on to the end of your run, just to make sure.

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