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.

fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
Oct 2020
3:20pm, 17 Oct 2020
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fetcheveryone
I've added eight folks to the results (with asterisks next to their names), because they didn't quite add on enough metres to make 5k.

Trin - if your watch reports 3.11 miles, that can be anything from 3.105 to 3.1149999999 - and 5k is 3.10686, so as I said, you were 127cm short.
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
Oct 2020
3:21pm, 17 Oct 2020
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fetcheveryone
Great pic TBR :-)
Trin
Trin
Oct 2020
3:34pm, 17 Oct 2020
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Trin
Thanks Fetch, that's really made my day
HellsBells
HellsBells
Oct 2020
3:39pm, 17 Oct 2020
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HellsBells
Sorry, I’m probably being daft, but how do I get my training entry to magically appear in the results?
HellsBells
HellsBells
Oct 2020
3:40pm, 17 Oct 2020
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It’s currently down as cross as I was walking - do I need to change it to race or something?
Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
Oct 2020
3:42pm, 17 Oct 2020
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So the results say my run was 29.33 but I uploaded my run this morning and it’s 29.44
HellsBells
HellsBells
Oct 2020
3:44pm, 17 Oct 2020
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Sorted it it - I was useless, over 3 minutes out!
Serendippily
Serendippily
Oct 2020
3:45pm, 17 Oct 2020
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I just ran for a random amount of time. It was worryingly hard for 4 miles and I don’t think it was fast. I’ve not kept up this week so I’m not sure if I have to trim the distance myself but am hoping not
Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
Oct 2020
3:46pm, 17 Oct 2020
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Lip Gloss
Great photo. No fetch will do it :-)
Serendippily
Serendippily
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3:49pm, 17 Oct 2020
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Serendippily
Phew was very relieved to see on my watch it was at least 4 miles

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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