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.

Oct 2023
11:26am, 7 Oct 2023
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minardi
My training log says 5km in 28.25, my official result says 28.30! I put my fetch result in as my race result. Should I change it?
Oct 2023
11:30am, 7 Oct 2023
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SooWoo
I’ll be close to my prediction.
Uni of Stirling parkrun always measures over-distance on my Garmin so I’ll need to see what Fetch’s 5k extrapolation comes up with 😀
Extra puddles didn’t help today!
Oct 2023
11:30am, 7 Oct 2023
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Chrisity
The only K that I could find on my fetch garments.



I was parkwalker today, in the company of two daughters and their mother from Bradford, Newcastle and Nottingham. We discussed the history of the Beeston course, the old Lido and Canal features as well as the Nottingham Clockwalk (50 miles circling Nottingham). I blame the talking for being 5 minutes slower than predicted.

Thanks for this Joopsy, a good day to think of running friends now gone.
Oct 2023
11:38am, 7 Oct 2023
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Funky Chicken


This was the first time I cycled to and from a local parkrun, so I nabbed a K off my bike. My time was quite a bit off what I predicted, but in a good way - looks like my best 5k in the last 5 years!
Oct 2023
11:45am, 7 Oct 2023
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mr d
Got covid so I didn't record a time. Well done everyone else.
Oct 2023
11:54am, 7 Oct 2023
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wolves1877
19 seconds off my predicted time. I did however forget my barcode and didn’t have my phone so no official time at Cannock Chase Parkrun this week
Oct 2023
12:10pm, 7 Oct 2023
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Joopsy
Doesnt matter Minardi, fetch will still grab the time whatever you put in.
Oct 2023
12:15pm, 7 Oct 2023
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Thanks Joopsy , that's what I was hoping :-)
Oct 2023
12:34pm, 7 Oct 2023
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AndyS
Really struggled at parkrun this morning (50:38 - 5k benchmark of 49:22) vs a predicted time of 43:00.
Oct 2023
12:41pm, 7 Oct 2023
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JenHB
Oops... about 10mins quicker than I guessed but a friend offered to do the c25k session with me that I'm missing on Tuesday (8min run, 2min walk). Had no idea how we were doing in terms of time until she said that we were going to smash 35min!

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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