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Peloton’s Selena Samuela on Motherhood, Mental Health, and Finding Her Way Back to Running
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May 28, 202656:36
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and throughout the month we’ve been sharing stories about running and mental well-being. We also celebrated Mother’s Day, and for many members of our community, running, mental health, and motherhood are deeply intertwined. In this week’s episode, Rob and Becs speak with Peloton instructor Selena Samuela, who opens up about raising identical twin girls, Stella and Frankie, and the mental and physical challenges of returning to movement postpartum. Selena reflects on body image, motherhood, rebuilding fitness slowly, and her powerful mantra: acceptance is not the same as complacency. Now, 24 weeks after giving birth, she’s back teaching live at Peloton and rebuilding her running day by day.
NOTE: This episode explores one runner’s journey with fertility, pregnancy, and childbirth
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"Peloton’s Selena Samuela on Motherhood, Mental Health, and Finding Her Way Back to Running" is an episode of Set the Pace. Runtime 56 min. Published May 28, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.
