Not exactly what I was saying OR. My disclaimer was saying I was exceeding my paces and worried I was digging a hole or not getting quite the right adaptation, not that it shattered my confidence when I missed a pace. Gotta have a short term memory about these things, and over time I've learned to relax a little bit overall about "the plan". Like I said to RRR with regards to beverage training, consistency is goal 1. You seem to really beat yourself up a lot about minor things. Does that manifest itself in some way when you hit a rough patch in a race?
I also am 100% on board that workouts need to have a purpose, and there is a specific goal pace and duration associated with that purpose. My main point is that there may be a larger quantity of useful paces than the 3 or so Daniels calls out, if you want to make things more complicated...but maybe it's not worth it to get that complicated.