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
8:57pm, 11 Oct 2023
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JenHB
GordonG- and then you would have only run 4.9km......
Oct 2023
7:06am, 12 Oct 2023
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GordonG
Lol yes I did think about that afterwards!
Oct 2023
7:41am, 12 Oct 2023
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westmoors
I'll start by thanking Fetch and Joopsy for organising this. Congrats to SooWoo for the win.

I was without WiFi so couldn't upload my time until last night. Not that it matters as I was 53 seconds out - the joys of using a new to me parkrun!
Oct 2023
7:54am, 12 Oct 2023
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Joopsy
Thanks for coming back and taking part again westmoors!
Oct 2023
3:29pm, 12 Oct 2023
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minardi
I found it particularly hard to follow this thread this year, especially when JulesR said that Stevce had talked about it with him back in March :-(

Thank you Joopsy & Fetch for organising it again.
Oct 2023
11:42pm, 12 Oct 2023
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Pothunter
(((Minardi)))
Oct 2023
11:59pm, 12 Oct 2023
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Serendippily
No words Minardi (())
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7:51am, 13 Oct 2023
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HappyG(rrr)
That's sad and very hard minardi. Thinking of you. G
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8:10am, 13 Oct 2023
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Ness
(((()))) minardi
Oct 2023
9:25am, 28 Oct 2023
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Joopsy
Just got round to ordering your well deserved trophy SooWoo. It should be with you in the next couple.of weeks.

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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