Kaly Gillette Shippen

I am excited about the chance to meet all of you!  I have three kids--7, 4, and 3, with the two girls only 13 months apart. (What were we thinking!)  My husband is a h.s. counselor and coach.  Currently I am working part-time as the marketing manager for a commercial real estate company so I spend a good share of my time on the computer doing graphic design, web site management, and social networking.  I finished my Master's in Instructional Psychology and Technology from BYU in 2006 and taught 8th grade social studies in Anchorage Alaska from 01-03.  I love basketball, golf, triathlons, waterskiing, and as of this summer, tennis.  This weekend I'm headed to Colorado to visit a teammate from my basketball days at San Diego State, compete in the USMS 6K open water swimming championship, and go to a Rockies game.  (A trip I've been looking forward to for a long time.) Oh, and one more thing...GO CELTICS!

(This was my intro. to my fellow BYU-Idaho online learning orientation classmates. I will be teaching an online class this fall, wahoo!)

Summer 2009 Family Video

A few of the fun memories from the past month!

Here It Is...

I had a GREAT time this past weekend at the Beach Boys concert in Wendover with Kelsy and mom and then at our Gillette family fish fry at the cabin...UNTIL THIS!



And from another angle...(At 1:00 into the clip)

Tug of War

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Prison Break Half Marathon

This looks like a RIOT!

Alice Schenk is doing this "Prison Break" half marathon in Boise and I would LOVE to join her. I think it would be a fun thing to do on my birthday weekend. Check out the You Tube video of last year's race:

97 Days Until the Teton Dam Marathon

It's been on my list of things to do for a long time: run a marathon.

I can check it off my list on June 14th.

I signed up for the Teton Dam Marathon. Here is the link to the site: http://www.dammarathon.com/

I have 97 more days to train. I am going to run 3 times a week with speed work on Mondays or Tuesdays, a tempo run on Wednesdays or Thursdays, and my long runs on Saturdays. I

will spin, swim, or play basketball on the other days with at least one session of weight training/week.

Doing a cross-training program will help me get ready for the Spudman at the end of July.

Here is my 14 week training plan that will start immediately: