"The scene was grim," she reflected. "My face was a mess and so were my hands. My helmet was cracked clear through in two different places. When I got to the emergency room the doctor said to me in the kind of casual tone you would expect from a guy who sees dozens of people like me over the course of the biking season, 'Your helmet looks like this so your head doesn’t have to.'"

Stephanie said that she had "nine stitches above my left eye and three in my left hand." Her thumb also required surgery "because I tore a ligament."

However, Stephanie was positive regarding her condition. "What’s most important is what didn’t happen to me," she wrote. "I didn’t break any bones. I didn’t lose any teeth. I didn’t get a concussion. That’s the big one. The helmet did its job."

Despite her injuries and the undoubtedly jarring experience, Stephanie seems optimistic to get back on the road with her bike, which she has since recovered from the Tenafly police station "in remarkably good shape."

"The chances of me not getting back on that bike are about as good as me perfecting sourdough," she joked.