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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