Australia: Turia Pitt Walked Out of Fire Season and Back Into Hard Training

The story

In 2011 Turia Pitt was caught in a remote ultramarathon fire. Burns covered most of her body.

Operations, pain, a changed mirror. Partners and clinicians had jobs. So did her temper.

What happened next

She returned to endurance work and to telling the ugly middle without asking to be placed on a shelf.

A lesson you can use this week

Do not skip the middle when you tell your own story. Someone is living there now.

Sources

ABC coverage of the 2011 Kimberley ultramarathon fire; Turia Pitt, “Everything to Live For.”