Hi,
Most likely the shapefile didn't load up in the correct place. There's a problem in the current release of TF where it doesn't know what UTM zone the data is in (the shapefile format doesn't store it, for some strange reason). The software assumes the data is in the zone you are in...
So, the temporary solution is to load up some GPX data or otherwise get TF centered in more or less the area you're in, then reload or load the file. See if that fixes the issue.
Sorry, shapefile is a very frustrating format, and we are still working on the loading part of it.