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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.

Oct 2019
7:58am, 2 Oct 2019
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northernslowcoach
Right I’m in

Small fetch meet up at Penistone :)
WA
Oct 2019
10:09am, 2 Oct 2019
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WA
:-)
Oct 2019
10:13am, 2 Oct 2019
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BanjoBax
Was gutted to realise have an appointment that clashes with parkrun :-(

Plan to join in best I can, by doing a 2.97 route from home later in the day, leaving the watch at home to do the timing.
Oct 2019
1:29pm, 2 Oct 2019
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Garfield
I'm not sure I'll be able to wake in time to get to parkrun... If I can get up at a decent hour on Friday, I may sign up to it. My brain is 5 hours behind UK time currently...
Oct 2019
6:00pm, 2 Oct 2019
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richmac
Right Penis town it is, coachy might be a bit pale by the time we get there ;-)
WA
Oct 2019
6:14pm, 2 Oct 2019
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WA
Ok numpty question. Does it start at 9? It's so long since I've done a parkrun! I'll have to dig out my barcode
Oct 2019
6:18pm, 2 Oct 2019
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fetcheveryone
9 unless you’re in Scotland.
Oct 2019
6:36pm, 2 Oct 2019
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richmac
Or unless your in Huddersfield in which case it's between 09:00 and 09:20 but aim to be there at 9 ;-)
WA
Oct 2019
10:37pm, 2 Oct 2019
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WA
See you at Penistone richmac!
Oct 2019
10:18am, 3 Oct 2019
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decorum
I'll be doing my 5k during a non 5k event, which begins at 09:00 ... I'll be doing it at some point though :-)

Having done a few small, non parkrun, races I regally detest running in numbers. But I've a few 5k routes which I know if I run from 'here' to 'there' I've hit 5k.

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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