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.

Fitz
Fitz
Oct 2020
1:08pm, 17 Oct 2020
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26:35 according to my Garmin, 5 secs slower than predicted. I just hope the Benchmarks thingy agrees that I ran 5km!
Diogenes
Diogenes
Oct 2020
1:09pm, 17 Oct 2020
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Diogenes
I improvised

geordiegirl
geordiegirl
Oct 2020
1:14pm, 17 Oct 2020
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geordiegirl
My results haven’t uploaded do I have to do something magic?
Lynn101
Lynn101
Oct 2020
1:16pm, 17 Oct 2020
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Lynn101
Lynn101
Lynn101
Oct 2020
1:17pm, 17 Oct 2020
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Lynn101
Finally worked out how to upload a pic. Haha x
geordiegirl
geordiegirl
Oct 2020
1:20pm, 17 Oct 2020
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geordiegirl
I updated it but still showing as a DNF I did stop my watch at 3.10 but reading the instructions (too late) maybe it didn’t trigger as a full 5k 😩)
12barDavid
12barDavid
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Many thanks to all those involved for setting this up for another year. It's a nice way to remember Doctor K & all those other Fetchies who have left this world far too soon.

I ran over the fields & back again for just over 8 miles this morning, so I hope Lord Fetch can use his magic & extract my fastest 3.11 miles from that.

As your all most probably aware by now, I'm an old deafo, so here's a picture of me "signing" the letter K as used in the B.S.L. finger spelling alphabet.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Oct 2020
1:23pm, 17 Oct 2020
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Do we need to update our race portfolio with the time extracted by the Dr K race engine, or is that unnecessary?
ITG 🇮🇸
ITG 🇮🇸
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1:24pm, 17 Oct 2020
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Garfield
Garfield
Oct 2020
1:24pm, 17 Oct 2020
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Garfield
Fetch's magic does it by itself...no tinkering needed.

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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