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.

Sep 2019
7:31am, 22 Sep 2019
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Serendippily
Yes I’ll be thinking of them both too. If I am up to walking it I will send you my time fri pm x
Sep 2019
7:37am, 22 Sep 2019
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1step2far
I may give it a go this year.
Sep 2019
7:44am, 22 Sep 2019
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LindsD
I should be able to do it this year
Sep 2019
8:29am, 22 Sep 2019
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Joopsy
Checked the diary at home and I am on a uni visit this weekend so it’s going to have to be October 5th. That will also give me time to sort a new trophy as well. I will get some stuff out later and update the race entry thing.
Sep 2019
8:31am, 22 Sep 2019
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Velociraptor
Excellent! And I'll be touristing that week, so it'll be a proper guess-time.
Sep 2019
8:54am, 22 Sep 2019
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northernslowcoach
Thanks Joopsy x
Sep 2019
9:00am, 22 Sep 2019
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Joopsy
No worries Coachie, I might even try and get to Yorkshire this year for it.
Sep 2019
9:01am, 22 Sep 2019
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northernslowcoach
That would be lovely, not seen you in ages :)
Sep 2019
9:02am, 22 Sep 2019
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Joopsy
It’s been many years!
XB
Sep 2019
9:21am, 22 Sep 2019
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XB
Is your passport still valid?

I'll be nowhere near a parkrun on 05/10 but I'll get out and run 5k for Doctor K and Steady Edina.

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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