One of my favourite days of the school year was always sports day. I wasn’t great academically and A’s were never a part of my report card but winning medals was my thing. I loved the buzz of competition and still very much do.

I’m a naturally competitive person. Three years ago my husband and I played a tennis match and I beat him – I still bring it up. He is a better tennis player than I am but he’s erratic on the court so constantly hits the ball out of play which is how I get most of my points. We compete a lot together but not in a serious way and he never tries to be better around the house because quite frankly he doesn’t want to be – that’s one competition I wish I didn’t win all the time.

We went to sports day at my children’s nursery last year and they had parent races organised. I’m not quite sure when I lost my ability to sprint but I wasn’t winning any medals that day. My husband, however, brought home the bacon. I have never witnessed such a serious fathers’........

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