great read, too, so be sure to check it out.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cHow lucky am I to have spent so many years chasing something I loved with my whole heart?\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n
\u2018A different kind of February\u2019<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s what ultimately led her to tell David that she was ready to have kids. She says he had never pressured her about the decision, and his reaction made it clear that he had been waiting for her to reach that point herself.<\/p>\n
Now, the couple is expecting their first child.<\/p>\n
She is three months pregnant and says they will welcome a baby boy at the end of February.<\/p>\n
The timing means February will look very different from the years she spent preparing for cyclocross worlds.
\u201cFor many years I\u2019ve been preparing for the \u2018cross worlds in February,\u201d she wrote, \u201cbut this year, February will bring a whole different challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Changing perspectives<\/p>\n
Rochette of course admits she already misses parts of competitive cycling. Those routines of being an elite athlete. The structure of training, all that.<\/p>\n
But at the same time, stepping away from full-time training has given her a welcome change of perspective.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis break has been incredibly refreshing, both physically and mentally,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n
And in classic Rochette style, she\u2019s going to share this new chapter of her life and how it affects her as an athlete. She plans to write about what it means to navigate pregnancy as a professional athlete, including training, racing while pregnant, sponsorships and the changes to her identity that come with stepping away from competition. It will certainly be an interesting story to follow.<\/p>\n
For now, she won\u2019t be lining up behind the tape.<\/p>\n
But she isn\u2019t leaving cyclocross behind entirely.<\/p>\n
She plans to cheer on her friends during the new season, and perhaps even show up at some races or pre-rides with her growing belly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m excited for it,\u201d she wrote of the challenge ahead.<\/p>\n
From everyone at Canadian Cycling Magazine, congrats Maghalie and David. And we can\u2019t wait to drive our flying cars to see the little guy at the \u2018cross nationals in 2046.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For years, having children was something she and her husband, David, had talked about without quite knowing when,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,129567,82],"class_list":["post-873662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-maghalie-rochette","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}