1st July Competative mum ready to do batttle


After a two year hiatus due to Covid, one that threw all possible training plans out of the window, ultra competative mum, Sam Thomas, is ready to leaving nothing out on the playing field as she prepares for this afternoons year 4 egg and spoon race.

36 year old Sam, who is a veteran of triathlons and the occasional ultra marathon, has been training for 4 months since the date of the annual school sports day was released, employing every possible option on her Garmin 45 smart watch in order to crush the other mums.

Employing a combination of balance activities, wrist strengthening classes, hand to eye coordination techniques used by Tom Cruise in Top Gun sequel, eccentric plyometrics used by Dina Aasher Smith to incleasee her explosivness and a daily droool over a Jo Wickes workout , Sam is leaving nothing to chance.

Winning the year 4 egg and spoon race will give Sam's sense of self worth a real boost, having failed to gain a spot on 'The Real Housewives of Hucknall, earlier this year. Speaking to Grace Under Pressure's very own obstacle race champion Sam, pausing for a moment from constantly chanting her mantra 'there is no spoon'  before explaining her plan.

"Oh I can be friends with Melissa, Gemma and Heidi when we go for a coffee and blueberry muffin after the school run, but once I get that spoon in my hand its all our war. And there will be none of that oh let's let Penelope Johnson win just because she's chair of the PTA this year. It's every b*%^h for herself out there."



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