Elle St. P is pregnant with her 2nd child, baby is due in May 2025

And yet the post was removed? All of this after the fact explanation sure seems like CYA and was missing from the first post.

Well, this thread went exactly as expected & derailed itself pretty quickly with sub-par moderating. Who is shocked? There shouldn't be any comments about her husband or about her decision to have children during the course of her career instead of after. The only response is congrats & then just move onto another thread. It's increasingly difficult to have children later in life & more complications come into play. The comments trying to balance her children with her career saying she'll be most proud of being a mom are well intentioned but she's not resigned to one or the other. She's had a solid career &, I'm sure, is a good mom. That should be enough for some of ya'll.

She’s giving up the prime of her career

Seems like she has great life perspective. There will always be another medal or record or championship to chase. And sure, she missed out on a season after giving birth the first time, but showed she can bounce back better than ever. She knows she wants a family and isn't letting her career prevent that -- nor is she making any assumption that having kids has to mean giving up her career. Good for her.

Is Julie-Anne Staehli on the team? Based on her PRs, she seems to be the perfect training partner for Valby. At least on the track, St. Pierre is a little too fast for Valby.

The women that put off having children to focus on their careers, have a bad life perspective? Millions of people have made the same decision as St. Pierre, with bigger sacrifices, so need to fawn over her,

lol . where do you live ????

too much milk

Hasn’t she run in the Olympics and World Champs? Seems like she’s doing both running and family exactly the way she wants.

ITT: a lot of men

as other posters pointed out, she’s shown she can come back pretty quickly from pregnancy (although every pregnancy is different) and she’s probably prioritizing LA 2028 so this makes sense from a family/career perspective. As a working woman and hobby jogger, it’s pretty sweet to see her juggling both and being a general badass

Dude, it’s definitely not just 18 months out. She got lucky last time. Will she again?

Yeah, they’ll be so sad that their athlete who they can already market as a world champion and Olympic finalist feels comfortable having a family and balancing that with a demanding job. It’s not like they’d be standing in stark contrast to a major competitor who recently had a huge scandal involving contracts that drilled the pay of pregnant women. I guess none of this really matters anyway; it’s not like affluent middle to upper middle class women balancing work and family are a big sector of the market.

I'm not so sure Staehli can push Valby in workouts at this point in her career. Staehli's 8:43 3,000 PB is from 2022, and she ran her 14:57 5,000 PB in 2021. The fastest she's run since the beginning of last year is 8:51 and 15:07. Valby ran 8:41 and 14:51 this year. If you watch the recent New Balance team workout video, Valby had to go out for her last rep alone, saying to the other women, "I'm just gonna pretend you're all with me" as she started.

Allyson Felix’s NIKE contract offer was dramatically reduced when Allyson Felix became pregnant. Felix who was nearing the end of her career was so offended she left NIKE. I wonder what New Balance’s pregnancy clauses are for women. ESP likely can still compete at a high level until LA 2028, however she will lose money this next year from not competing. Just wonder how much NB compensation pays for maternity leave?

Wait....Felix is a mom?

I can't wait to see the LRC boards if Valby follows suit and marries a big farmer guy and starts having babies. ...Entire pages of deleted posts!

If only haystacks could talk.

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Exactly right. It's her life. I hope the baby is healthy and that she & her family are happy.