In 2019, when Hakavai was a year old, I signed up for the Mountain Run at the Kathmandu Coast to Coast. A 30 kilometre course forging through rivers, over boulders, and up a mountain range.…
Turia PittJanuary 14, 2021
I’m competitive. A simple board game with me can get heated. Vicious. Brutal. And when I play with my family, who are all exceptionally similar when it comes to ‘lighthearted games to pass the time’…
Turia PittDecember 23, 2020
So, I was on my first run back after having my baby. A big step! To be safe, I’d waited until I was physically ready and, once cleared by my physio, had planned to go…
Turia PittDecember 21, 2020
My girl is stretched out on a hospital bed before me. Machines are whirling and whistling all around her. Lights are flashing and blinking. It reminds me of a Christmas tree except it’s not Christmas…
Turia PittDecember 11, 2020
I love the ocean. Sometimes it reflects my moods. Some days I wake up and it’s moody and sombre. And other times the sky is red and the sun is rising and the ocean is…
Turia PittNovember 22, 2020
We were in the middle of a heatwave in the south of France. It was over 40 degrees celsius, and the stifling heat had brought every man and woman out of their boudoirs to congregate…
Turia PittNovember 20, 2020
I studied two degrees at University - Mining Engineering and Environmental Earth Science. One day, in an effort to really highlight my environmental efforts, and with absolutely no ulterior motive, I decided to enter a…
Turia PittNovember 17, 2020
In our house, for reasons I explain more fully inside Happy, Michael has “his” jobs, and I have my jobs. It works well, most of the time. He does stuff like chopping firewood and catching fish,…
Turia PittNovember 10, 2020
So, I’d just finished competing at the Ironman World Championships. I was the fittest I’d ever been in my life. I’m talking one of those lean and toned, honey-limbed, sunglass-wearing triathlon types. It was a…
Turia PittNovember 10, 2020
