Ocean Rower GB Triathlete Yacht Skipper Ultrarunner Cancer Survivor Mother
Liz Mayon-White speaks about her extraordinary story.
And ultimately asks the question;
"What Does Success Look Like?”
Speaking Engagements
My Ethos
My Journey
My Journey
I think it is fair to say that I have packed a fair amount into life (so far).
It has not always been plain sailing. But through it all, I have always worked to be the best version of 'me' that I can.
I have grabbed opportunities as they have come along, always looking for the next 'thing'.
I have learnt (often the hard way) to motivate myself and to always see the positives in life.
Because whether 'good or bad', life is all about experiences!
My Journey
My Journey
My Journey
“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” - Epictetus
We cannot control what happens to us in life. All we can control is how we react. This is something I have had re-enforced over again:
* Mid-Atlantic Row - Along Comes a Hurricane
* Nearing Atlantic Row Finish - Broken Rudder, Injured Leg, Broken Boat!
* Marathon Training - Fractured Pelvis
* Qualified GB Team Triathlon - Global Pandemic
* Ultrarunning Training - Cancer!
My Message
My Journey
My Message
So how DO we remain positive?
How do we not disintegrate when 'things' don't pan out, and all we want to do is wallow in our own misfortune?
I speak about the ups and downs that I have experienced in life, and dive into my own coping strategies through:
"Reframing"
"Controlling the Controllables"
... and ultimately ...
"What Does Success Look Like"?
About Liz
“A Life Less Ordinary”
Liz’s positive drive to live life to the full has led her to meet her challenges head on.
Qualifying as a Yachtmaster Instructor aged just 21, she went on to lead sailing expeditions around the UK before sailing solo to Greece.
In 2005-06 she took on the might of the Atlantic Rowing Race, along with her fiancée. Encountering hurricanes, tropical storms, whales, serious injuries, capsizes and equipment failure, before reaching the Caribbean and becoming the 13th woman ever to row an ocean and the first woman in history row into Antigua.
Not being one to rest on her laurels, and whilst holding down a full time job and tackling (possibly the hardest challenge of them all) ‘motherhood’, she then returned to her passion of triathlon and Ironman events.
In 2018 she qualified to represent GB in her age group at both Olympic and Ironman distances and raced in the GB colours from 2018-2022.
It was at the World Championships in Abu Dhabi in November 2022 that Liz first noticed a rapidly growing lump on her tonsil which coincided with a neck lump on the same side, and following a series of investigations, she was diagnosed with throat cancer 4 weeks later.
Liz underwent a brand new 7-week, million-pound, trial treatment of proton beam therapy at The Christie Hospital in Manchester in 2023, which left her with radiotherapy burns both inside and outside her throat.
Whilst now in remission, she remains under the care of the hospital and will live with the life-changing side effects of this treatment forever. But wasting no time, Liz is now back taking on ultra marathon running and is planning her next 100km event later this year, with sights on 100 milers in the future.
Liz talks with honesty and humility about the challenges she has faced in life. Both those that she has chosen and those that life has chosen to throw at her. She describes finding joy in all the small things, her coping mechanisms, never settling for ‘okay’ and the drive to always keep moving forward, that can be applied across all walks of life.
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