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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.

Aug 2018
11:37am, 30 Aug 2018
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Jambomo
Just as well, i was never speedy anyway. I don't care though, I am doing this for fun and for Dr K.
Aug 2018
2:09pm, 30 Aug 2018
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DoricQuine
Probably be Aberdeen Beach for me Joopsy but will add prediction nearly the time as have a few 10ks to do before this :)
Aug 2018
7:57pm, 31 Aug 2018
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Diogenes
Aside from Garfield at Guildford, anyone else planning on attending one in this area? Fleecy, McGoohan, Dippers?
Aug 2018
8:36pm, 31 Aug 2018
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McGoohan
I haven't been committing just yet. I've got a feeling something's happening that weekend but it's not on the calendar. I thiiiiiink youngest is going back to Uni and wanted a hand with his things. I may make it a condition of helping that he comes to parkrun first ;-)
Aug 2018
8:39pm, 31 Aug 2018
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Fierce and Focused Fleecy
I just checked and that’s the only weekend I don’t have a race, so yes happy to go wherever :) I’ve still never been to QE parkrun, though Dipps showed me some of the route and it’s bastard hilly :)
Aug 2018
8:40pm, 31 Aug 2018
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McGoohan
Presumably it does at least a couple of loops of Butser
Aug 2018
8:41pm, 31 Aug 2018
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Fierce and Focused Fleecy
No, but there are lots of bastard hills round there!
Aug 2018
8:51pm, 31 Aug 2018
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Joopsy
That’s fine Fleecy, just add some bastard minutes to your prediction.
Aug 2018
8:59pm, 31 Aug 2018
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Dooogs
I suspect the littluns' dancing classes are off that weekend, which will stop me getting to Bolton.

Should be able to get to Hudderfield, though, if

Coachie, etc, are thinking about heading to a West Yorks parkrun...
Aug 2018
9:01pm, 31 Aug 2018
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northernslowcoach
I was trying to get a Yorkshire gathering Dooogs
Huddersfield is always on the list :)

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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