They certainly didn’t appear to dampen the quality of the short speed work. Perhaps the relatively soft work on day 2 followed by day 3 off had something to do with that.
Since I was shooting for day 5 all along, I was quite pleased with that result!
I might add that the following week the weight work experienced personal bests across all lifts and with seemingly less stress (for lack of a better description).
I haven’t been able to replicate that week however. But I believe there is more with these athletes.