Creating and Editing Exercises in the Graph Area

If you like to point, click and drag, try working in the Graph Area. The downside is that you can only edit pace in half-second jumps. On the other hand, if you edit in the Data Area, you can edit pace in tenth of a second jumps.

Click on the maximum screen button before starting.

Segments

Each segment in the graph is equivalent to a row in the Data Area.

A segment shows constant, increasing or decreasing pace.

A transition line connects two segments when the end pace of the preceding segment is different from the start pace of the next segment.

Cursors
	If a cross-hair cursor,, is placed between two grid points and the mouse is left-clicked, the red dot snaps to the nearer point.
	When the cross-hair cursor, , is placed on the endpoint of a segment, it changes to the dragging (up-down) cursor, , which then allows you to change the end pace by dragging the red dot up and down.
	End-point of a segment
	When the cross-hair cursor, , is placed on the middle of a constant pace segment, it changes to the dragging cursor, , which then allows you to drag the whole segment up and down.
	Constant pace segment
Clicking
	Clicking anywhere on the graph creates two segments. Clicking on a red dot erases it, unless the red dot is on the Pace or Rest axes.
General case
	The cursor is on a grid point which is not part of any segment.
Clicking on a constant pace segment
	The segment is divided into two constant pace segments. Note that the cursor has changed from cross-hair to dragging because constant pace segments can also be dragged up or down.
Clicking on a non-constant pace segment
	Note that the cursor remains cross-hair because only constant pace segments can be dragged.

Other clicking examples
	In all these examples, the number of segments does not change after clicking.
The red dot is at the beginning of the first segment (on the Pace axis)
	Changes the starting point of the first segment.
The red dot is at the end of the last segment (on the Rest axis)
	Changes the end point of the last segment.
Above or below an existing red dot
	Changes the starting point of the segment to the right. The segment to the left of the dot is unchanged.
Within a transition segment
	Changes the starting point of the next segment. The segment before the dot is unchanged.
Above or below a transition segment
	Changes the starting point of the next segment. The segment before the dot is unchanged.

Dragging dots and segments
	If you move the cross-hair cursor to either an end-of-segment dot or to a constant pace segment, it will change to the dragging cursor. To drag, hold down the left mouse button and move the mouse up or down to the desired point. Release the button. When dragging an end-of-segment dot, only the segment before it is affected.
End-of-segment dot
End-of-segment dot on a transition segment
Constant pace segment

Erasing dots
	Erasing a dot combines two segments into one. Place either the cross-hair or dragging cursor on the dot to be erased. Left click. Remember that the first dot (beginning of the first segment) and the last dot (end of the last segment) cannot be erased.

Creating exercises with different constant pace segments
	We shall make the following exercise:
			200 meters in 0:30 400 meters in 1:12 600 meters in 1:57 400 meters in 1:20 200 meters in 0:34
Type 1.8 in the Distance box. Press Tab (or Enter).
		The Run Time automatically changes from 5:00 to 9:00 so that the default pace (12 km/h) will stay the same. In the graph, the maximum value of the distance axis is changed from 1 km (default distance) to 1.8 km.
Click off the segment distances.
		Notice that the cross-hair cursor has changed to the dragging cursor. No problem, because you can also used the dragging cursor to divide constant-pace segments.
Drag the first segment up until the yellow window reads 0:30.
		Place the cursor on the first 200 meter segment. Hold down the mouse left button and roll the mouse forward until the yellow window shows the desired segment time. Release the mouse button.
Drag the remaining segments.

Creating exercises with accelerating and decelerating segments
	We shall make the following exercise:
		400 meters in 1:10 with a starting pace of 25 km/h 400 meters in 1:40 with a starting pace of 10 km/h
Type .8 (decimal point, 8) in the Distance box. Press Tab (or Enter).
		The Run Time automatically changes from 5:00 to 4:00. In the graph, the maximum value of the distance axis changes to 0.8 km.
Divide the graph into two 400-meter segments.
		Place the cursor on the graph line at 0.4 km and left click.
Click on 25 km/h on the pace axis.
		Establishes the starting pace of the first segment.
Drag the end dot of the first segment up until the window reads 1:10, the time for the first segment.
		While holding down the left mouse button, roll the mouse forward.
Click on the point 0.4 km, 10 km/h.
		Establishes the starting pace of the second segment.
Drag the end dot of the second segment up until the window reads 1:40, the time for the second segment.
		While holding down the left mouse button, roll the mouse forward.

Creating and editing rests
	Rests are represented by yellow bars whose heights indicate the length of the rest. Every time a segment is created, a corresponding green marker appears on the Distance axis. To create a rest, grab the green marker with the dragging cursor, , and drag it up. To change a rest, grab the top of a yellow rest bar with the dragging cursor, , and drag it up or down. The minimum rest is 10 seconds and the maximum is indicated on the Rest axis. Rest values snap-to in units of 5 seconds so that if you need 1-second gradations, you will have to use the Data table. You can add a rest to the end of each segment, except for the last.
	We shall add the following rests to the constant pace segment exercise we created above: 200 meters, 1:20; 400 meters, 2:40; 600 meters, 4:00; 400 meters, 3:10. There is no rest after the last segment, because that is the end of the exercise.
		200 meters in 0:30 400 meters in 1:12 600 meters in 1:57 400 meters in 1:20 200 meters in 0:34	1:20 rest 2:40 4:00 3:10
Drag the first green marker up until the window reads 1:20.
	Once the cross-hair cursor is placed on a green marker, it changes into the dragging cursor.
Drag the remaining green markers to the desired rest values.
Editing rests
	To change, say, the third rest from 4:00 to 4:30, grab the top of the rest bar with the dragging cursor and drag it up until the window reads 4:30.
Removing rests
	Grab the top of the rest bar with the dragging cursor and drag it down to the distance axis. The yellow rest bar will then change back to a green dot.