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.

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8:38pm, 28 Sep 2018
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Joopsy
Got you mate!
Sep 2018
8:54pm, 28 Sep 2018
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Carpathius
Thanks Joopsy. I'm massively unlikely to hit my prediction anyway, and to make the possibility even more remote I'm currently sat here in pain!
Sep 2018
8:58pm, 28 Sep 2018
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Joopsy
Hope you’re feeling better tomorrow buddy x
Sep 2018
9:25pm, 28 Sep 2018
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McGoohan
Just wanted to pop in to wish everyone good luck on this. I said a while back i thought we'd be up for this before taking our yoof back to Uni but we need to be off fairly early. We'll hopefully be back for this next year though.
Sep 2018
9:25pm, 28 Sep 2018
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Joopsy
Updated

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Sep 2018
9:26pm, 28 Sep 2018
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Joopsy
Oh no McG, you were a starring feature in the race report last year.
Sep 2018
10:18pm, 28 Sep 2018
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Trin
Paul and I will be running 5k's for Dr K here in Phoenix, sadly no Parkrun anywhere near though so can't join in with you guys.

Of course with the time difference, 9am Saturday in the UK is 1am here, so we will probably be a few hours out 😉
Sep 2018
10:19pm, 28 Sep 2018
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Joopsy
Have a great run Trin.
Sep 2018
10:20pm, 28 Sep 2018
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Steady Edina
Good luck everyone this is a special one for me as I have fond memories of Dr K pacing me round my 95th Parkrun at Bolton
Sep 2018
10:28pm, 28 Sep 2018
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Joopsy
I’ve ordered your permanent trophy today Steady, I’m away next week but I’ll get it to you the week after. I also need to make arrangements to get the cup back from you.

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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