GPS Kids | Jenna recovers from crash, still training hard "down under"

Garmin-sponsored triathlete Jenna Shoemaker shares her training and racing experiences with the new Edge 500 bike computer and Garmin Connect. Check out the Garmin Connect profile with temperature data — Edge 500 is the first fitness device to offer temperature.

The last week was an interesting one for me. I was reminded this week to appreciate being able to train hard on a fully functioning body! I had a bit of a crash in bike training last Thursday. I was taken down, by accident, during one of our routine cycling sessions and, despite my efforts to react and avoid the crash, I hit the ground pretty hard. Amazingly enough, as you can see from my ride data, my HR didn’t spike as I was going down! One of the first things I learned as a cyclist was to tuck and roll in the event of a crash, so nothing was seriously damaged or broken. I only earned some rather colorful contusions and road rash on my right side/hip and a cracked helmet (the second for the year!). No worries, my Edge 500 escaped the event undamaged and still securely fastened to my stem! 

I was meant to do a local duathlon on the weekend as a hard training session, but with the transpiring events, we decided that would be a pointless and rather impractical venture. Instead, my weekend was spent building back into things, including a rather easy and flat ride by myself, because my body was pretty swollen and sore. Although the workouts were not always pain-free or enjoyable, staying mobile and forcing myself to work through the stiffness has probably sped up the recovery process. Regular training has resumed despite the fact that I’m still not feeling completely 100%, but hopefully the last of the swelling in my hip will subside in the next few days and a few pink bits of skin will be all I have to remember the event by.

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