Ocean Rower GB Triathlete Yacht Skipper Ultrarunner Cancer Survivor Mother
Liz Mayon-White speaks about her extraordinary story of;
Setting challenges
Overcoming setbacks
Reframing and Resilience
Speaking Engagements
Who am I?
Setbacks and Resilience
Life's Challenges
I AM NOTHING SPECIAL!
I was NOT 'straight A' student at school!
I was NOT an outstanding 'sportsperson'!
I did NOT hold great positions of leadership in the school debating society!
And I most certainly could NOT 'hold a note'!
BUT ... I have always had a thirst for life and for adventure.
I believe that we have been given this 'ONE PRECIOUS LIFE' and we have an obligation to ourselves, to go and experience as much of it as we possibly can to become the best versions of ourselves!
Life's Challenges
Setbacks and Resilience
Life's Challenges
You don't HAVE to have a dream, or know what you want to be in life!
I most certainly did NOT!
BUT I do know that life is all about experiencing EVERYTHING (both good and bad).
We are a series of building blocks that make us the people that we become.
Without challenging ourselves, we stagnate and never fully develop our identity.
We never stop learning and developing, we are never 'fully formed' ... so we should never stop challenging ourselves!
Setbacks and Resilience
Setbacks and Resilience
Setbacks and Resilience
“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” - Epictetus
I have chosen my own unique ways to challenge myself.
But, at times, my greatest accomplishments are overcoming those challenges that have 'chosen me'!
I am, a great believer that 'everything happens for a reason' and whilst I have suffered; setbacks, traumas, loss, injuries, breakages and severe illnesses on my journey through life, I believe that these have all been essential building blocks, to make me the person that i am today.
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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