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.

19 Oct
2:02pm, 19 Oct 2024
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LindsD


Terrible pic in my kitchen
XB
19 Oct
2:17pm, 19 Oct 2024
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XB
57.5 Degrees of Pain wrote:Can I borrow one of your spare Ks @XB ?.


I got some extras

19 Oct
2:21pm, 19 Oct 2024
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
Ah, now I've found my result, down the bottom of the list. Clearly running a slightly long parkrun isn't proof against GPS gremlins.

Next time I'll wear my watch so I know I've recorded 5k. Err....
19 Oct
2:39pm, 19 Oct 2024
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geordiegirl
I might be in for the worst estimate medal!

Set it at 36.23 and ran 32.28

I couldn’t remember what I set it at or what I’m capable of at the minute so warmed up to the point I was across the roads then just ran harder than normal. I’m useless at pacing at best if time but remembered all our lost fetchies.

Thanks as always.
19 Oct
2:53pm, 19 Oct 2024
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Lip Gloss
I’m not even sure if mine will record as the GPS in amongst the trees can be a nightmare. Never in contention of winning anyway
19 Oct
3:01pm, 19 Oct 2024
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Velociraptor
43 seconds adrift, tied with Ocelot Spleens and a long way off the podium.
19 Oct
3:07pm, 19 Oct 2024
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Lip Gloss
I see there is someone spot on.
19 Oct
3:40pm, 19 Oct 2024
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geordiegirl
Wow that’s impressive!
19 Oct
3:46pm, 19 Oct 2024
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Valyrian Plastic
Mine had to wait until my break from the kitchen. (The shirt's at least a similar shade of red to my 50 parkrun top.)
19 Oct
3:47pm, 19 Oct 2024
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Jen HB
Fail for me. Ended up going for a walk with friends and the coffee stop and then the lunch stop meant that none of the sections were 5km! (Lovely walk though)

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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