For those who aren't athletically inclined sports day at school could definitely be a little traumatic.
If you were coming last in the three-legged race, the wave of humiliation that would go through you because you’d been paired up with someone super sporty was real.
That’s why one mum took to Mumsnet to ask other parents if they thought it was reasonable to let her daughter stay off for sports day - because she really doesn’t want to do it.
