Alex Carmona, Empirical Cycling coach with wealth of coaching and racing experience, discusses transitioning from aerobic builds to harder efforts, honing non-fitness skills, race and workout intensity balance, race specific preparation, tapering into one day and stage races, group rides as effective workouts, race-specific intensity and timing, road race preparation, tapering strategies, eating keto before a hill climb, ideal warm-up for race day, managing training intensity and volume, concept of fatigue, and factors for race success.
