VeloNews.com:

American gravity racing’s reigning matron Marla Streb (Luna) is ready to make that more than just a title. She’s pregnant with her first child. Streb, 40 and husband Mark Fitzgerald are expecting their new arrival sometime in April of 2006.

“We didn’t really expect it,” Streb said in a phone interview. “We’ve been playing the lottery for a long time and didn’t expect to hit the jackpot. [We're] both really happy.”

Streb, who has nine NORBA downhill victories, two single-speed cross-country world titles and a World Cup downhill win under her belt, says she ducked out of racing the 2005 national women’s downhill championships in September because of the pregnancy.

Congrats Marla! I’m just a bit ahead of you with my baby boy due in January.