Is there still a useful value to long rides in build/speciality phase?

[DaveWh]

There have been a few posts about this😁. The answer is yes. Like you say, all rides can not be hard.

Polarized Training Discussion (Fast Talk podcast & Flo Cycling podcast)

For those interested in polarized training, the latest podcast from the Flo Cycling guys has a detailed discussion on the topic. I usually stream the podcast, but decided to download it so I can listen again later (sometimes it takes me a couple of times to understand all of a topic). Pretty interesting. Cheers.