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.

LindsD Sep 2018 7:33pm, 30 Sep 2018 24,739 posts	0 LindsD How nail-biting! Well done Fitz and well done Snayak
Wriggling Snake Sep 2018 7:56pm, 30 Sep 2018 19,559 posts	0 Wriggling Snake Excellent.
Carpathius Sep 2018 8:24pm, 30 Sep 2018 15,414 posts	0 Carpathius Congratulations snayak and well done Fitz.
decorum Sep 2018 8:48pm, 30 Sep 2018 3,250 posts	0 decorum Congratulations to the winner(s), well run I reckon Fitz's honesty needs some level of recognition. If he'd run naked he'd be none the wiser to the discrepancy and even if a gps device said different, many would take the official parkrun time as their official time ~ because it's the event's official time . Fitz
Autumnleaves Sep 2018 9:10pm, 30 Sep 2018 12,844 posts	0 Autumnleaves Hear hear!
Autumnleaves Sep 2018 9:12pm, 30 Sep 2018 12,845 posts	0 Autumnleaves (Mind you, I think you could run past the marshals with your fingers in your ears shouting La la I can't hear you - it might need explaining though )
McGoohan Sep 2018 9:21pm, 30 Sep 2018 35,593 posts	0 McGoohan Top sportsmanship. Congrats everyone. These were some awesome predictions/actuals.
Fierce and Focused Fleecy Sep 2018 9:36pm, 30 Sep 2018 43,347 posts	0 Fierce and Focused Fleecy Love the final plot twist!
MazH Oct 2018 3:01am, 1 Oct 2018 9,837 posts	0 MazH Awwww, well done Fitz!
MazH Oct 2018 3:01am, 1 Oct 2018 9,838 posts	0 MazH And much congrats to snayak!!!

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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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