School sports day - Parent's race

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It's DDs first sports day in a few weeks, she's in year 2 but never had one before due to covid.

There's a parents race I'm going to enter with her, just for fun.

I have no idea what to wear! What do people normally wear for parents race? Full gym gear? Just your usual jeans and a t-shirt? Something in between?

I'm a woman by the way, just to clarify 😆

At our school, normal clothes. Parents race is often something silly like egg and spoon after one dad got too competitive running and ended up tearing his Achilles’ tendon.

Whatever they happen to be wearing, we’ve had sports gear to floral dress and barefeet

At my sons - pre covid they all wore leggings and T-shirt or shirts/jeans and T-shirt - no one wore spikes (!) - all had trainers - they did straight running race

Shorts even !

Usually there is one parent in sports gear but everyone else is in casual clothes eg linen trousers, jeans, etc.

I saw a video the other day of a 'mums race' on Facebook. The lady was wearing a dress, fell & the dress came over her head and she landed with her bare bum in the air (thong)

So I'd go for leggings and trainers!

Anything, but I'd wear a supportive bra as I need one to run comfortably. Maybe cycling shorts underneath if wearing a dress that flaps up.

Running spikes and unitard.

We all used to wear normal Mum clothes and kicked our sandals off to run. I fell over one year, luckily I had shorts on and not a skirt.

When I went to Dts yr sports day there were 3 y6 mums with spikes and full on lulu lemon. None of them won which was quite nice. Nothing so ludicrous since.

Full mix here: everything from full SB gym gear, through to barefoot with a strapless dress (brave!) Leggings, denim shorts and cargo pants all featured!

Like pp one of the dads did themselves an injury but the mums race was more relaxed!

Running spikes ! Blimey!

At ours you have everything from gym kit to maxi dresses and barefeet.

Parents' race isn't normally run with the kids. At some schools it can be very competitive. Definitely wear a sports bra if you're large of chest.

Whatever you do DO NOT wear a pencil skirt that rides up with a thong underneath. Some are still struggling to get over seeing x's mum's bum in the parent race a few years ago.

A bra.
2019, will never forget the woman running without one and neither will most of the other parents 🙈

Whatever you're wearing. In my case I would have been at work and just took part of the afternoon off, so a tailored suit.

Anything that allows a reasonable amount of movement would do at my DCs' school. Since they swapped the straight 100m races to silly ones like bean bag on the head after a few years of some pretty terrifying Dad races (think a dozen untrained, over weight, over confident and super competitive men thundering along elbow to elbow and right alongside the spectators. Then one of them trips...), it is a much more sedate affair. It doesn't stop the mums dressing for the occasion though: so much gym/running gear with loud comments about how they are only dressed that way because they're off to the gym/for a run straight afterwards. Uh huh 🤨 The dads tend to play it a bit cooler in normal civvies to try and play down their skillz to the competition 😬

If you fancy a bit of Royal inspiration Princess Diana won the Mum's race and made front page news in a white drop waisted midi dress and bare feet.

Just whatever you're wearing that day - shorts and a t shirt, I guess. The races only tend to be short - like a length of the playing field - so kicking your shoes off and running in bare feet is the norm. No running shoes required!

Tbf isn't athletic leisure wear sort of standard mum attire anyway? Can't see that it would stand out at all

The Head put a stop to the parents' race after some Dad who looked as if he would have trouble running for a bus tripped over, hurt his wrist and tried to sue the school.

Don't go and win unless you want to end up on tv with Peter Crouch!!!

Tenalady?

There's always one ultra competitive mum/dad who turns up with gym gear and sweat bands 😂

Normal clothes is fine!

Personally I don't have kids but if there was a godmums race I'd definitely have my sports bra on under my top & leggings.

On a standard school run in our village, the odd one or two may be in gym gear. On sports day, more that half just happen to be heading to the gym straight after (the ones with non-ath leisure wear are the mums with no intention of running).