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.

TomahawkMike
TomahawkMike
Oct 2020
10:02am, 17 Oct 2020
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Decided to run Mallards Pike parkrun for this. 15 seconds out from my prediction and one second slower than yesterday's fake parkrun.
bonners
bonners
Oct 2020
10:04am, 17 Oct 2020
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bonners
Totally mucked that up, about 25 seconds faster than my prediction, but really pleased to get a bit of pace back in a 5k
ITG šŸ‡®šŸ‡ø
ITG šŸ‡®šŸ‡ø
Oct 2020
10:06am, 17 Oct 2020
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ITG šŸ‡®šŸ‡ø
Morning! Heading out soon and will endeavour not to stop on the "effort" 5k bit.

Thinking of all our absent friends ā¤
northernslowcoach
northernslowcoach
Oct 2020
10:07am, 17 Oct 2020
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northernslowcoach

A minute out but I was faster than predicted as I usually am on a Doctor K run :)

Might have been running on my own but was lovely thinking of all the fetchies running together virtually heart
Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
Oct 2020
10:09am, 17 Oct 2020
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Lip Gloss
I thought I predicted 29.49 so was pleased with 29.44 till I saw I predicted 29.46 - even better :-)
minardi
minardi
Oct 2020
10:10am, 17 Oct 2020
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minardi
I was way out! I changed my predicted time from a sub 30 to a minute slower and I smashed the original guestimate- doh! Iā€™m chuffed with it though šŸ˜€

An appropriate way to salute our missing friends heart
DocM
DocM
Oct 2020
10:10am, 17 Oct 2020
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DocM
nearly mucked mine up by trimming my GPS track to 5k instead of reading the instructions and seeing that Fetch does it for us. Deleted and reimported training so hopefully good now.

thinking of our absent friends, many happy memories sharing time with them on Fetch
Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
Oct 2020
10:11am, 17 Oct 2020
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Lip Gloss
Taking longer to get a bloody photo lol
Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
Oct 2020
10:12am, 17 Oct 2020
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Lip Gloss
D2
D2
Oct 2020
10:15am, 17 Oct 2020
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D2
Not running but still remembering :)

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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