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
8:22am, 5 Oct 2019
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Diogenes
Don’t forget your barcode

Forget your watch
Oct 2019
8:26am, 5 Oct 2019
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KatieB
And we’re off (to Great Denham).
Oct 2019
8:44am, 5 Oct 2019
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Velociraptor
On a bench watching the proper runners warming up.
XB
Oct 2019
9:16am, 5 Oct 2019
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XB
Action shot

Oct 2019
9:33am, 5 Oct 2019
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DocMoye
Oct 2019
9:34am, 5 Oct 2019
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DocMoye
Dyslexic K
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9:42am, 5 Oct 2019
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KatieB
Oct 2019
9:48am, 5 Oct 2019
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Diogenes
Finished Special K



I won’t be winning the celebration trophy: going by the time of the runner in front of me in the scanning queue I was about a minute faster than my prediction. I enjoyed it though, and very happy I could join in this year.
Oct 2019
10:03am, 5 Oct 2019
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Joopsy
Good stuff all. I reckon I was about 3 mins slower, I felt a bit off at the start so just eased round and enjoyed the run.
Oct 2019
10:10am, 5 Oct 2019
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Badger
Nearly a minute too fast! I predicted a time for a parkrun with a hill and then ran a flat one. Schoolboy error.

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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