![]() When I’m at home it’s full-time dad life and I train as well as I can while fitting everything in, and then find that switch when I go to a race. The career offers a lot of opportunities, but I’m happy my family can be here with me and I can share this experience with them. I’ve always kept people around me that support and love me no matter the result but now more than ever when I come home from a race and my family is waiting, I know that I can put the week of suffering behind me and enjoy their company.ĬH: It definitely tugs at me every time I have to leave, but I enjoy that the job also offers this lifestyle where we get to live in another country and have all these other friends close by who also race bikes. But on top of that, there is so much more purpose to everything that I’m doing and there’s something that’s more important to me than racing. How big of a part does your family play in your wellbeing?īK: When you’re 23 and single it’s not a big deal to fly around the world and live out of a suitcase, but with a family that’s so much harder and a lot to figure out. I have great friends from other countries all over the world, but there’s definitely an added level of comfort riding for a team that’s largely North American. Now I’m on a team that has an incredible atmosphere with a bunch of Americans, so that’s just fun. It feels like with this team I’m able to have it all.īen King: Comparing it to other periods of my career, I wasn’t unhappy by any means, I had a lot of great years on other teams and each season was sweet in its own ways. As my career progressed, my aspirations shifted and I started looking for better ways to balance both sides of my life, my career and my family life. Along the way, I met a girl, got married, had a kid, and family life starts coming in and that was also another goal. ![]() What is it that you feel has made this point of your career a particularly happy one?Ĭhad Haga: I’ve achieved a lot that I wanted to, I got to do the biggest races in the world and help teammates win some of them, and just dive fully into bike racing and make it the all-consuming part of my life. ![]()
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