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 2023
10:07am, 7 Oct 2023
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Joopsy
All done here and about 20 seconds out, which is pretty good for me.
Oct 2023
10:15am, 7 Oct 2023
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minardi
Happy birthday to (no longer) The Boy
Oct 2023
10:17am, 7 Oct 2023
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LindsD
Loving the pics
Oct 2023
10:22am, 7 Oct 2023
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Jaks
Trying to do a BSL ‘K’
Oct 2023
10:23am, 7 Oct 2023
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Not sure of my time as I went over distance to be sure.

Happy Birthday to the Boy 🎉 can't believe he is a man now 😳
Oct 2023
10:25am, 7 Oct 2023
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
I finished quicker than predicted, I know that much.
Oct 2023
10:25am, 7 Oct 2023
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Jaks
Out by 1min 12 secs 😜
Happy birthday Fetch junior 🥳
Oct 2023
10:30am, 7 Oct 2023
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Velociraptor
Nowhere near. I accepted an offer to run marshal and there was no way I could have used my outdoor voice at the pace I'd estimated.
Oct 2023
10:34am, 7 Oct 2023
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TeeBee
Thought I was way out, but our parkrun course is long, and my benchmark says I'm within around 5 seconds :-)
Oct 2023
10:42am, 7 Oct 2023
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mrs shanksi
Well done all, lovely to see the photos. Here is mine, taken in the café after a very wet Stonehaven parkrun. I got nowhere near my time but never mind.



Thinking of all the Fetchies no longer with us ❤️

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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