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.

McGoohan
McGoohan
Aug 2018
10:05pm, 21 Aug 2018
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McGoohan
Good bounce! I was thinking about this thread the other day thinking we must be due a replay!
westmoors
westmoors
Aug 2018
7:16am, 22 Aug 2018
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westmoors
I was also thinking of this last week as at club we did a similar thing with our mile races.
Joopsy
Joopsy
Aug 2018
7:28am, 22 Aug 2018
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Joopsy
Yes, I’m back off hols tomorrow and was planning on setting up the next one so thanks for the reminder.
Joopsy
Joopsy
Aug 2018
8:24am, 22 Aug 2018
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Joopsy
Makes sense to keep it at the last Saturday in September if we are keeping it as an annual thing.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Aug 2018
8:52am, 22 Aug 2018
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Velociraptor
I shall be touristing on the occasion this year. I'll try to choose wisely.
sinj999
sinj999
Aug 2018
9:00am, 22 Aug 2018
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sinj999
Was updating my races for the next few months and saw that this was nearly due.
The last Saturday in Sept is also going to be my 250th run, if all goes to plan.
Joopsy
Joopsy
Aug 2018
9:14am, 22 Aug 2018
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Joopsy
Fantastic to have a 250th on the same day.

I’m planning on getting to Bolton again to claim a sub 25 in the bloody hill.
decorum
decorum
Aug 2018
10:33am, 22 Aug 2018
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decorum
I'm heartened that last years energy for the annual is still here :-) . I thought it would be, but I know it'd have dissipated in lots of other places I frequent in the virtual world of the web :-(

I might be back and running for this one, but it might be a Run Walk ... I had to walk last year's :-( :-) . it made for a rather odd and quite easily toppled, 5km pb ... for a very short while anyway ;-) :-)
minardi
minardi
Aug 2018
10:47am, 22 Aug 2018
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minardi
I can't believe
1. that I missed this thread/event last year
2. that it's been a year (nearly) already :-(
bigleggy
bigleggy
Aug 2018
10:52am, 22 Aug 2018
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bigleggy
I remembered this a couple of days ago but realised Joopsy was on holiday at the time.I was going to ask him when he got back.

Glad to see you all beat me to it :-)

If yer going to Bolton Joopsy, I'll see you there - Brekkie on me this year :-)

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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