Ronaldo and Serena defy the race against time for elite athletes | Paul MacInnes

Athletes confront middle age sooner than mere mortals and beating the clock is tougher each year Being an athlete must give you a messed-up perspective on mortality. On the one hand you are the very model of physical perfection, able to run faster, jump higher and look buffer than your fellow human beings. On the other, the very thing that sets you apart, that defines you, has a short shelf life. Measuring your shelf life against, say, a psychiatrist, would be like comparing best-before dates be...