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Every workout has a story. Sometimes the recording tells it wrong — a false pause on a switchback, a wrong-turn loop, a rogue GPS point in a parking lot. PeakPulse's editor lets you correct the story without ever touching the original data.
Why a workout editor matters
Most workout apps treat your recording as final. If something went wrong — your phone glitched, auto-pause misfired, you forgot to start it again after the aid station — your only options are to live with the bad data or delete the whole workout. Neither feels right.
PeakPulse is built around the idea that what's saved on disk and what's "the workout" are different things. The disk has every GPS sample, every barometric reading, every heart rate beat — a faithful log. "The workout" is the meaningful interpretation of that log: which parts were effort, which were rest, which were noise.
The editor is the tool for adjusting that interpretation. Your log doesn't change. Your interpretation does.
Recording is a write-once, append-only log. Editing is a layer on top. You can always go back to the raw truth.
What you can fix
How it works
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Open any workout
Past or recent, doesn't matter. Tap Edit on the workout summary screen. The editor opens with your map, elevation profile, and a timeline of every pause and event.
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Edit by direct manipulation
Drag pause markers on the timeline. Tap GPS outliers on the map. Brush a section of the route to trim. The map and stats update in real time as you make changes — see your work.
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Save when you're happy
Save to commit your edits as a new layer on top of the original recording. Discard to throw away the layer entirely. Either way, the raw recording underneath never changes.
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Revert anytime
Don't like the edits a month later? Open the workout, tap "Revert to original." Your unedited track is right there. Re-edit it, or leave the original — your call.
Non-destructive, by design
PeakPulse stores your edits as instructions, not as a new track. Think of it like Photoshop layers, or a non-destructive raw photo editor.
Your raw GPS log lives at the bottom — every sample, untouched. On top of it is a thin layer that says things like "ignore the pause marker between 12:34 and 12:38," or "remove the GPS point at index 4,217." The displayed workout is the raw log plus the layer.
This means edits are reversible, additive, and safe. You'll never accidentally lose your real climb just because you made an edit and then regretted it. The truth is always there to fall back to.
Editing affects exports too
When you upload to Strava or export a GPX, the file reflects your edits. Your false pause is gone, your wrong turn is trimmed, your stats line up with what PeakPulse shows. The receiving service sees the cleaned-up workout — exactly the version you want to share — while your original recording stays safe in PeakPulse.
Common questions
Can I lose my original data through editing?
No. The editor doesn't write to your raw recording — it stores edits as a separate layer. You can always tap "Revert to original" to see your unedited track. Even if you delete edits and re-save, the underlying log is unchanged.
Will editing affect my segment PRs?
Yes — for the better. Trimming a wrong-turn or removing a false pause gives PeakPulse a cleaner track to match against your segment library. If your edits make a segment effort eligible (or faster), it'll update your PR. Re-editing or reverting will re-evaluate.
Can I edit on the watch?
The editor is iPhone- and iPad-only. The watch is a recorder; the editor is for the larger screens where direct map manipulation actually feels good. Edits you make on iPhone sync to iPad and vice versa.
Does this work without an internet connection?
Yes. The editor runs entirely on-device. Stats recompute locally; map tiles use whatever's cached (or your offline map cache if you've prepared one).
Can I edit a workout that's already been uploaded to Strava?
You can edit the PeakPulse copy at any time. To push the edited version to Strava, re-upload — Strava will treat it as a replacement of the existing activity if you've enabled overwrite, or as a new activity if you prefer.