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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.

ITG 🇮🇸
ITG 🇮🇸
Oct 2021
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You have to go to Event Website main page.
CumbriAndy
CumbriAndy
Oct 2021
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On the basis that I've recorded my own time rather than let the benchmark be found and have an asterisk, I deduce that the asterisks denote self reported times.

Happy to be corrected if I've just added two and two to make five
Diogenes
Diogenes
Oct 2021
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Just noticed that if we’d been on a real course, Mrs Jigs finished just 3 seconds ahead of me. I reckon we might have had a bit of a sprint finish if it’d been real. I was admiring your outfit, Mrs J.
bigleggy
bigleggy
Oct 2021
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Here's my 'K'

Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
Oct 2021
2:18pm, 2 Oct 2021
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I had a bloody awful run but remembered I wasn’t doing it for me.
Eawoman45
Eawoman45
Oct 2021
2:44pm, 2 Oct 2021
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Due to work commitments I can’t run today. Did a walk this morning whilst holding telephone calls with colleagues so nowhere near prediction. But that’s not what it was about.
Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
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I was a first today…..1st in my age category 😂😂
The Pin Lady
The Pin Lady
Oct 2021
3:46pm, 2 Oct 2021
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Way out on my prediction - in a good way though as I was faster. Had done in on after the finish at park run as the distance was a little short of the 5k.
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
Oct 2021
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The asterisks are the folks who didn't quite cover 5000 metres, but if they ran between 4900 and 5100, their finishing time has been extrapolated. Added after last year.
XB
XB
Oct 2021
3:56pm, 2 Oct 2021
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You are a proper treasure, Fetch.

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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