Mum who face-planted during sports day parent race says she won't compete again

A mum who became a viral sensation after falling over at a school sports day last year has spoken about how life has changed for her since then.

Last year Katie Hannaford became an absolute viral sensation when she hit the deck early on in a race as she got left behind by a load of other mums.

"No, I haven’t," Katie said when asked if she'd since had an opportunity to compete, "And I’ve promised my girls I’ll never do another 'parents' race' ever again.

"There was a parents dance recently at my daughter dance competition. They announced it, the girls looked at me and said 'No, mum.'

"I agreed to give it a miss!"

On this year's racing she added, "Absolutely not, as much as it was good fun I think my running days are over!"

Explaining how she got dragged into the infamous race in the first place she explained: "My oldest daughter was watching sports day with myself and some other school mum friends.

"The staff mentioned a parents' race over the tannoy and Tegan, my oldest, said 'Go on mum, you always did it for me'."

She continued: "Once they asked for parents to join in my youngest Beau across the field was saying, 'Come on mum do it'.

"Another mum and I agreed to join in. I was dreading it but thought 'Oh, it’s a bit of fun, why not?'"

Hannaford really should try to compete this year and attempt to do something even more spectacular, after losing her crown as most famous parents' race competitor.