Tapering Is So Tricky: Cormac Mcgeough, Canel's Pro Cycling - a podcast by EVOQ.BIKE

Cormac Mcgeough is a professional road cyclist racing for the Canel’s Pro Cycling Continental team. Cormac has had some great results this season including 3rd Overall at the Green Mountain Stage race and stage wins in both the Tour de Beuce and the Vuelta Ciclista al Ecuador. Cormac provided some great insight into both training but also the social side of cycling and how young riders can use this social aspect to their advantage.

Keep up with Cormac with:
Instagram: @cormacmcgo
Strava: https://www.strava.com/pros/463766

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
2:35 Riding in New York
4:34 What kind of rider is Cormac
7:20 Playing it cool in the Ras Tailteann
9:14 Why Cormac is coached
10:40 Cormac’s favourite training session
12:00 How does Cormac fit racing and training
13:15 How does Cormac taper and tapering in general
14:35 What metrics does Cormac use
16:20 Is Cormac in the gym
17:10 What does Cormac do off the bike and Networking
19:00 Riding solo or in a group
22:20 Cormac’s next few months plan
25:22 One day races or stage races
28:00 How did Cormac get to where he is
30:45 What did Cormac do before road cycling
32:39 What has Cormac learned about cycling to get him to where he is today
33:30 Mentors in cycling
35:35 Looking back on things that slowed Cormac down
38:36 Something off the bike that has improved Cormac’s performance
40:22 What does Cormac want to improve on next year
42:00 How friends keep Cormac going
43:21 Hitting reset when things aren't going well
46:41 Cormac’s on bike nutrition
51:27 Traveling with a bike
53:10 Cormac’s cycling tech
54:45 What is underrated in cycling
57:33 What is overrated in cycling
1:00:01 What is one thing for cyclists to improve

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