Sessions

Important

  • NEW in 2.6 new icons for sports, power bests, segment pr’s, and empty tank

Each file you load into Chapeau becomes a session. Chapeau analyzes the session for speed / pace, power, heart rate, elevation, segments, ftp estimates, training load, and much more.

Single Click on a session in the tree to view Session Summary, to access the charts, double click on any session in the Session Tree then on the left click on the chart you want (see Charts/Session section for full details on each chart). Alternatively use the right click context menu to View Summary or View Charts.

Session context menu for view summary and view charts

Editing in Session Summary

Important

  • NEW in 2.1 added ability to edit / manage laps

  • NEW in 2.3 hide laps and segment buttons for extremely short sessions.

On the summary page you see summary metrics for your session including details about how long the session was, how much time was spent moving, how far you went and details about power output. The title, description, and validity of the session can all be edited on this page.

Editing on the Session Summary

Note

Validity (Include / Exclude Data)

Important

  • NEW in 2.0 ability to choose Speed, Power, and/or Heart Rate

  • NEW in 2.6 validity for Running session, choice of Pace, Power, and/or Heart Rate

Clicking checkmark next to the date of the session opens a window to choose if the session should be included in Speed, Power, and/or Heart Rate related bests, summaries and calculations.

Session Validity, Include and Exclude Data for Cycling Session

Session Validity, Include and Exclude Data for Running session

For example, if max power is showing up as 3000 watts, it is likely that there is something wrong with the power meter readings and you do not want the FTP calculations to consider this session.

Note

  • Sessions that have excluded a data type will show in the session tree as a pin with a dot

  • Bests on the session are only shown for data types that are set to Include

Manage Laps

Important

  • NEW in 2.1

  • NEW in 2.3.1 honor unit settings for default distance unit

Chapeau provides tools to manage laps in a session and a choice of using Original or Manual (created) Laps. Laps can be auto created based on Distance, Duration, or Stops.

Distance and Duration options allow for the lap interval to be specified, the units for the lap interval, and an offset (start point for laps) to be specified, also with units. Stops is based on the stopping points in the session itself.

Manage Laps for a Session

Click the Create button to generate the laps, if there are existing Manual laps you will be prompted to overwrite. Remember to click Save to apply the created laps to your current session. Changes to laps will cause some charts to update.

For the situation where you need to tweak laps that were created on your head unit use the … button next to Use Original Laps from Session, this will allow you to create a new set of manual laps based on the original session laps. Similarly, if you wish to create a set of laps from scratch or modify a created set of manual laps, click the … button next to Use Manual Laps. A window will open showing relevant data for the session with a lap timeline across the top. From this window you can Add, Delete, and Move laps.

Manually edit laps for a cycling session

Manually edit laps for a running session

Equipment, Ride / Run Type, Workout Type, and RPE

Important

  • NEW in 2.6 Added session properties for running sessions

Clicking on the gear icon gives you access to a window that allows you to change the equipment, ride type, workout type and rate of perceived effort (RPE) for the session. If you have set a default equipment in the settings, you will see that here for any new session you load into chapeau.

Cycling Session Properties

Running Session Properties

For workout type, Chapeau looks at each session as it is loaded and makes an educated guess at the type of workout it might be. These assigned values can be easily viewed by hovering over the gear icon. If you disagree, feel free to edit the values via quick click on the gear. Each of these values can be used with the filter to help you find certain sessions.

Deleting

Note

  • NEW in 2.0 added ability to export TCX and CSV files for a month.

  • NEW in 2.0 updated context menu item names for consistency.

  • NEW in 2.2 if a filter is defined, Export To TCX, Export To CSV, and Delete Sessions apply only to filtered sessions.

Right click on any session in the Session Tree and click Delete in the context menu to remove a single session.

Delete Single Session

Right click on a month or a year to delete all the sessions within that folder.

Delete Month or Year Folder Sessions

Search and Filter

Filter Sessions

Important

  • NEW in 1.6 added search by geographic Area, select by box or boxes drawn on a map.

  • NEW in 1.7 added the ability to include invalid sessions in the filter results.

  • NEW in 2.0 added filters for Critical Power, Anaerobic Work Capacity, and Balance metrics.

  • NEW in 2.1.1 renamed Stress to Load.

  • NEW in 2.1.1 added filtering for average and maximum VAM.

  • NEW in 2.2 added filtering by % FTP for intervals (i.e. at specific times).

  • NEW in 2.3 added filtering by temperature, core temperature, and aerobic efficiency.

  • NEW in 2.4 added filtering to find session with bests for speed, cadence, and heart rate.

  • NEW in 2.4 added filtering to find empty tank efforts.

  • NEW in 2.6 redesigned filtering to apply to All Sports, Cycling, or Running.

  • NEW in 2.6 add season to Data filtering, allows for season based Top / Bottom filtering vs all time (default).

  • NEW in 2.6.1 add filters for Running Effectiveness, Flight Time, and Flight Time Ratio

The filtering capabilities of Chapeau make it really easy to find sessions based on specific criteria. For examples, find sessions where you sustained 300 watts for 10 minutes using a power meter that measured smoothness or sessions with a power best where average speed was 35 kph, etc.

Click the funnel icon on the mini-tool bar under the tree view to bring up the Filter Session window.

Basic Filter Sessions Window

In the window that appears filters can be added, removed, or changed. Remember to Apply your filters. Once applied, only the sessions that meet all the criteria of the selected filters will remain in the tree.

Filter window and session tree updated with matching sessions

Note

To reset the tree back to normal, simply clear the filters.

Simple Session Filter

Note

  • NEW in 2.3

  • NEW in 2.6 use simple filter to filter by sport by typing running or cycling

The simple session filtering sits directly in the mini toolbar and allows you to quickly search titles, descriptions, and session dates. Type text into the Filter Sessions box to live filter the session tree.

Simple Session Filter

Note

Each word or partial word in the filter will be searched, acts like an OR filter

Calendar

Note

  • NEW in 2.1.1 renamed Stress to Load.

  • NEW in 2.2 tooltip shows key metrics from Athlete Journal.

  • NEW in 2.6 added support for running sessions.

Chapeau supports viewing your sessions in a Calendar format including badges and weekly summaries. Click on the calendar icon in the upper right to open the calendar view.

Calendar View