Totally agree. I've been very careful in slowly creeping up my miles each week, maintaining the "10% rule", the long run around 1/3 of my weekly mileage, and paring back every 3rd or 4th week to recover...
But I would prefer to spend one day a week with some sort of workout to give some variety to the otherwise steady runs of the remainder of the week. I think you're right about these workouts being more 'fun' if not a yet a quality speed work tool at this point.
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