The Doctor K Cup

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The seventh annual Doctor K Cup will take place on Saturday October 7th 2023

How to join in

Firstly, add the 2023 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.

Sep 2023
1:26pm, 7 Sep 2023
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fetcheveryone
Serendippily I've just updated the links to point at the 2023 race - so just make sure you haven't signed up for 2022 by accident :-)
Sep 2023
1:27pm, 7 Sep 2023
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EvilPixie
I think this should supersede the virtual 5k don't you?
Sep 2023
1:35pm, 7 Sep 2023
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fetcheveryone
The Doctor K Cup isn’t about going as fast as possible, so I don’t think it clashes.
Sep 2023
1:50pm, 7 Sep 2023
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Garfield
I've joined and who knows how close to my estimate I may get! :)
Sep 2023
1:52pm, 7 Sep 2023
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EvilPixie
oh yes it's the closes to estimated time isn't it!
Of course
all good
as you were!

It's the day before my A race (hahaha listen to me!) hmmm
Sep 2023
1:56pm, 7 Sep 2023
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Pothunter
I’m in. Hopefully I’ll actually be able to do this one!
Sep 2023
2:43pm, 7 Sep 2023
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Winniefree
Er... I'm easily confused but it says up there in the header that the race is on October 8th! It's not is it?
Sep 2023
3:00pm, 7 Sep 2023
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EvilPixie
if it's the 8th (sunday) I can take a 5k split from my race!!!
Sep 2023
3:02pm, 7 Sep 2023
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Lip Gloss
It’s usually from the Saturday parkrun so it’s all done on the same day so that no one can influence the results ;-)
Sep 2023
3:04pm, 7 Sep 2023
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Lip Gloss
Unless of course you are not a parktun. Just so the results can be given out that day.

About This Thread

Maintained by Joopsy
2023 Instructions

Add the following race to your portfolio:

fetcheveryone.com/races/the-doctor-k-cup-8754563

Enter your predicted time by October 6th (the day before the run).

On the 7th 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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