GPS Kids | Garmin Connect helps Jenna’s coaches monitor her training remotely.

Garmin-sponsored triathlete Jenna Shoemaker shares her training and racing experiences with the new Forerunner 110 sport watch, Edge 500 bike computer and Garmin Connect.

I have finally found a bit of a rhythm here in Santa Monica. I am still in the process of finalizing my new coaching and training plan, but things are definitely looking up and forward. I am currently preparing to head to Madrid for the World Champs Series event there on June 5. I will then travel back to the US for the HyVee (Iowa) Elite Cup with a million dollar prize purse. It will be great fun to race on home soil and to race in such a great event. Now that I have changed coaches, some of my training has also changed. I am now on the track more and am finding my brand new Forerunner 110 to be amazingly helpful in tracking my pace when I’m on the roads. Here’s my Garmin Connect data for a recent long run. It is so easy to use and such a great size — it is barely bigger than a traditional dress watch!  It’s amazing how far the technology has come in only a few years.

I upload my run data via my Garmin Connect account so that my coaches and doctor, who are not here in Santa Monica with me, can monitor my interval paces as well how my heart rate coordinates with it across all of my sessions, easy and hard. The numbers are critical for them to have so that they can create and modify my workouts. It also lets me see how I am progressing.

I have also been logging plenty of time on my bike, using my Garmin Edge 500. Here’s a 73-mi bike ride I did along the Pacific Coast Highway. Check it out with the map player function in Garmin Connect and relive every mile of the ride. I upload and send my bike sessions to my coaches as well. Now that I am training remotely, and not under the constant watch of a coach, having my Forerunner 110 and Edge 500 is critical for me. By using both of my Garmin devices, I have very hard data on where my fitness levels are and where I may have weaknesses and things to work on. It also helps me to monitor my fatigue levels so that I know when to back off and let my body recover.

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