Fifthel 5k

What is Fifthel 5k

Finished two days of deep-diving into transformer architectures, dissecting LLM fine-tuning pipelines, and debating the ethics and future of GenAI at The The Fifth Elephant 2025 Annual Conference?

Feeling like your mental GPU is overheating after navigating the complexities of model evaluation metrics, large-scale data engineering, and AI regulation frameworks?

It’s time to reset your parameters!

Fifthel 5K is your chance to switch contexts from fit(model, X_train, y_train) to fit(trainers, shoes, stride_length) across the trees and gradient descents of Indiranagar and Defence Colony. Join us on Sunday, 20th July 2025, from 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM for a refreshing 5-kilometer run (or walk, or a brisk pandas.DataFrame.explore() of the neighborhood!).

This isn’t about tuning your performance to hit a new PR (unless you want to!). It’s a casual, go-at-your-own-pace event designed for fun, networking, and stretching those legs after an intense couple of conference days. Think of it as a tool_call(refresh_and_relax) for your brain and a chance to cross-validate your experience with fellow attendees in a different kind of ensemble.

Whether you’re a seasoned marathoner or your idea of a long-distance run is similar to running a 2B param model on a GPUless Core i3 processor, everyone’s welcome. Let’s trade loss horror stories, dream up new model architectures, or just enjoy the Bangalore morning air. It’s the perfect post-processing step after the main event.

Prep for the Run aka train_test_split(yourself)

Reserve your spot (RSVP!):
This is a critical dependency — RSVP so we can optimize for hydration and logistics.

Your gear stack:

• Comfortable attire & footwear: Whether you’re running in cutting-edge performance gear or good ol’ cotton layers, just make sure you can generalize well across 5 kilometers.
• BYO-Bottle (Bring Your Own Water Bottle): Hydration is your most important hyperparameter.
• Conference Badge (Optional, but cool!): Flash your Fifthel credentials and spark some casual model talk.
• positivity.pkl: Load this essential module for maximum enjoyment and networking!

What to expect on d-day (deployment day!)

• Location: Indiranagar Double Road near Nerlu Cafe — loop around Defence Colony and return back.
• Pace: “forward pass on a GPU of your choice” Walk, jog, or run — this is about feeling refreshed, not hyperparamter optimizing your cardio.
• Networking: A perfect chance to connect with speakers, organizers, and fellow practitioners. Compare MLOps pipelines or share thoughts on multimodal models — all while on the move!

Pre-Run Optimization (optional but recommended):

• Get a solid 8-hour sleep — your biological model deserves it.
• Fuel up with a light breakfast (maybe a quick XGBoost(your_energy) call before heading out).

We can’t wait to see you there, ready to swap layers (of conversation) and enjoy a morning training run of a different kind!

How to register

Just RSVP on this page. Bring your friends too!

Location - where we will assemble

We will assemble near Nerlu Cafe on Indiranagar Double Road.

Liability waiver

You will be required to fill out and sign a physical Activity Waiver form before the run starts, so bring along a pen!