by nickmccashin | Feb 9, 2021 | Books, Brain Based Coaching, Habits, Insights & Learnings
I was a young naïve 18 year-old sitting in the Lord Burleigh pub. Eight pints down in a heavy drinking session debate raged on with friends on who believed they could become world champion at darts. My Nokia 3310 roared on the table interrupting a heated discussion. I...
by nickmccashin | Jan 19, 2021 | Brain Based Coaching, Insights & Learnings, Rugby, Transition From Sport
As I drove up to the testing station it all felt like I was in some kind of movie. There wasn’t as much panic as the movie “I am Legend” but still it felt as though I was playing my part in it. Lockdown had started in March yet the virus had only...
by nickmccashin | Oct 19, 2020 | Books, Habits, Running, Ultra Marathon
We were just cruising along as we hit the 11km mark on the morning of my first Ultra Marathon. Upon reaching the waterfront at Cramond in Edinburgh the sun started to peak over the city and the legs felt great. It was as if the 11km was the first kilometre and we had...
by nickmccashin | Apr 10, 2018 | Rugby, Transition From Sport
When is it time to retire from Rugby? I feel like I have been hit by a truck… Rephrase that, I feel like I have been run over by two trucks. Today I woke up for the fifth time with a broken cheek. (Zygoma or Zygomatic arch). Technically it has been fixed under general...
