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.

MazH Oct 2018 5:30pm, 19 Oct 2018 9,901 posts	0 MazH Oh yeah!
Joopsy Oct 2018 6:56pm, 19 Oct 2018 8,752 posts	0 Joopsy Yes Snayak, but we need to see it in situ.
snayak Oct 2018 7:06pm, 19 Oct 2018 254 posts	0 snayak Oh alright...the Fetch trophy pride of place, the others are rubbish compared to that.
MazH Oct 2018 7:13pm, 19 Oct 2018 9,905 posts	0 MazH Imagine even having running trophies!!
Wriggling Snake Oct 2018 7:19pm, 19 Oct 2018 19,759 posts	0 Wriggling Snake I have a Runners-Up Division 3 Swindon evening cricket League shield from 2008 and 2 medals for cricket back in 1974, Brent under 12 League Champions, but Cup runners-up of the same year, we could have done the double but failed at the last hurdle. Nice cabinet.
snayak Oct 2018 7:21pm, 19 Oct 2018 255 posts	0 snayak Haha Maz, they're mementos for participation, not winning!
MazH Oct 2018 7:24pm, 19 Oct 2018 9,906 posts	0 MazH I have them, but mine are called medals! Lol!
Joopsy Oct 2018 7:48pm, 19 Oct 2018 8,753 posts	0 Joopsy Excellent stuff!
northernslowcoach Sep 2019 9:44pm, 21 Sep 2019 15,741 posts	0 northernslowcoach boing Fetch muster for this weekend
snayak Sep 2019 7:02am, 22 Sep 2019 358 posts	0 snayak Good luck all. Won't be able to defend my title this time but will be thinking of Dr K and SE.

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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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