2,250km in 42 days (52 marathons) for Charity - Cure Kids and Canteen. 222km Himalayas “The High” The world’s highest ultramarathon Lisa Tamati – Pushing the Limits
Lisa Tamati's Story – Always Pushing the Limits
Lisa Tamati's story starts in the most inhospitable of conditions, competing in the world’s toughest running endurance events for over 25 years, clocking up over 70,000km, racing everywhere from the Indian and Nepalese Himalayas, the outback of Australia, the Sahara, all over Europe, to the Gobi Desert. She has raced in the hottest place on earth: Death Valley, and has even done an illegal crossing in the Libyan Desert. An extreme expedition that took her years to recover from.
She has pushed her mind and body to the limits, staring down fears and dangers most of us would find insurmountable. She has had her fair share of successes and failures, but has uses every one as an opportunity to learn something new and valuable. She is the master of resilience and tenacity, and has learnt many lessons along the way that she openly shares and uses to inspire and motivate.
Lisa Tamati was awarded with the prestigious title of New Zealand Maori Sportswoman of the Year, and was also a finalist in the Next Magazine ‘Woman of the Year’ awards. She was a national champion, and New Zealand representative in 24 hour racing events, and has a number of podium places in renowned international races.
Lisa knows what it takes to overcome obstacles, to chase massive goals and to face your fears. She now lives to teach, coach and inspire people to reach their true potential through her speaking, programs, books, seminars and courses.
Author of five books including two international best-sellings and host of the globally top 200 ranked podcast in health, fitness & medicine, Pushing the Limits, Lisa Tamati's story is only beginning as she embarks on a mission to optimise the health and wellbeing of her clients and listeners.
Motivational Speaking
Lisa has been a motivational speaker for over 15 years, with over 1000 speaking events, across hundreds of industries from corporates to military and government, agencies, charities and schools using her own personal brand of humour and resilience.
Lisa uses real world examples from her career as an ultra-endurance athlete, serial entrepreneur, coach and health activist. A career that has been punctuated by both extreme highs and extreme lows, and overlays this into relatable challenges and narratives to inspire and motivate her audience.
“Lisa's approach is raw and genuine. She is heartfelt and transformative in her approach. Lisa ensures that all of her presentations are tailor-fit to the audience, as well as dynamic, engaging and always highly-entertaining. The audience will walk away inspired and changed. Ready to take on the challenges ahead.”
Health Consulting and Clinic
Lisa is a health optimisation/longevity consultant, providing personal, executive and corporate consulting to over 1,000 clients around the world. With a focus of improving healthspan and lifespan, Lisa is specialised in longevity and anti-ageing and runs a Hyperbaric Oxygen and Red Light Therapy Clinic in Taranaki, New Zealand.
Having completed years of research into brain rehabilitation, neurodegenerative diseases, hormonal health, thyroid issues, cancer, gut health, peptides, weight loss and biohacking, Lisa has extensive knowledge and an international network of world leading doctors, scientists and researchers who can help you on your health journey.
Lisa is well-versed in such therapies as Genetic Testing, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Red Light Therapy and more.
Podcast
Host of the globally top 200 ranked podcast in health, functional medicine and longevity, "Pushing the Limits", Lisa is on a mission to optimise the health and wellbeing of her clients and listeners.
On Pushing the Limits, Lisa interviews world leading experts across many genres from cutting edge scientists and leading doctors to biohackers, elite athletes and high performance consultants to anti-ageing and longevity experts.
Lisa Tamati, Author
Lisa is the author of five books, including two international best-sellings:
Running Hot: Lisa’s incredible story of ultra-running endurance, heartbreak, and resilience as she attempts to complete Badwater—the world's toughest desert foot race.
Running to Extremes: Lisa takes on some of the world's most extreme ultraraces in an inspiring look at the reality of a long-distance runner.
Relentless – How a mother and daughter defied the odds: the story of her journey in supporting her mum after a brain damaging aneurysm, have given her the fight to go up against all odds and challenge the world. When the medical professionals told her there was no hope for her beloved mother, she fought.
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