When Turia Pitt was in hospital recuperating from burns to 65 per cent of her body she told her family she wanted to do an ironman one day, despite being told she would never run again. On Sunday, the 28-year-old took another step in her remarkable recovery by competing in her first ironman triathlon. Under drizzling rain Pitt lined up with 1400 other athletes for a punishing 3.8km swim, 180km bike ride and 42.2km run in Port Macquarie, on the NSW Mid North Coast....
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