Where's Your T-line?

The little things that keep you on track and on time.

In my late teens, I was a useful middle-distance runner. My 1,500-metre times were in the low 3 minutes 50 seconds, and my 800-metre record was 1 minute 53 seconds. (Although I never managed to run the mile in under four minutes, one of my biggest regrets.)

At that time, I enjoyed playing squash, and one day, a colleague of my mother’s “challenged” me to…