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.

Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
Oct 2020
2:47pm, 17 Oct 2020
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Lip Gloss
Did you put your run into your race portfolio and manually enter the time Trin?
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
Oct 2020
2:47pm, 17 Oct 2020
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fetcheveryone
Geordiegirl got 4985.04, so Trin is still in contention for the 'close but no cigar' award :-)
geordiegirl
geordiegirl
Oct 2020
2:49pm, 17 Oct 2020
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geordiegirl
Argh!!!! Gutted doesn’t cut it. Bloody garmin 😩
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
Oct 2020
2:51pm, 17 Oct 2020
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fetcheveryone
You’ve got time to have another go :-)
geordiegirl
geordiegirl
Oct 2020
2:52pm, 17 Oct 2020
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geordiegirl
I have but I won’t out walking and my legs are shot from this mornings 5k almost PB a day of not winning 😩
Trin
Trin
Oct 2020
2:53pm, 17 Oct 2020
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Trin
Trin
Trin
Oct 2020
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Trin
I thought 5k was 3.1 miles, and I did 3.11 miles
Trin
Trin
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2:55pm, 17 Oct 2020
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Trin
:-(
Love Lettuce
Love Lettuce
Oct 2020
2:56pm, 17 Oct 2020
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Love Lettuce
How do I get the little clipboard next to my name on the races page linking to my training log entry?
57.5 Degrees of Pain
57.5 Degrees of Pain
Oct 2020
3:00pm, 17 Oct 2020
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
'Bloody garmin 😩'

Not even the magic of Garmin can stretch 3.10 miles to 5km 😉 geordiegirl. But maybe the magic of Fetch...?

Made the rookie error of missing a turn on the Springburn parkrun route and doing a small shortcut, it's easier to follow the route with cones in place. Had to leg it past the finish and keep going for a while to be sure I'd done 5km!

Happy with 14secs faster than what I thought was an ambitious prediction. Sadly 2 mins 14 secs slower than my last real parkrun there and 2 mins 17 secs slower than the last Dr K Cup. Much work to be done!

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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