Movement Forward on the Run
Creates Movement Forward in Your Life
About Stride Forward
Stride Forward brings personalized run coaching and mindset support together for women in midlife who want something meaningful to work toward.
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Whether you’re returning after a break, pursuing a bucket-list race, or building the strength and consistency to keep running for years, we start with your current fitness and what excites you next.
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I’m Jenn Pellegrini, an RRCA Level 1 Running Coach and an ICF Certified Master Coach. I help you train with intention and make room for your goals while continuing to show up for the people you love.
Meet your Coach, Jenn Pellegrini
Running first found me in fifth grade, when I won a field day race and discovered the feeling of moving fast, feeling strong, and surprising myself.
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I did not know then how much running would shape my life. Over the years, I have completed marathons, half marathons, an Ironman, Half Ironmans, and Olympic-distance triathlons. I have raced some of the most iconic events in the country, including New York City, Boston, Chicago, Richmond, Grandma’s Marathon, and Marine Corps Marathon.
I have qualified for Boston from every marathon I have raced since 2001. I ran Boston while six-and-a-half months pregnant. And I ran the 50th Marine Corps Marathon during my own 50th year.
Running also changed the course of my career. After crossing my first marathon finish line at Marine Corps Marathon, I eventually became the first civilian Public Relations professional hired by the Marine Corps Marathon organization. Working alongside the Marines and the running community showed me what happens when people come together around a meaningful goal. It reinforced something I still believe deeply:
Movement connects people.
Goals bring out the best in us.
And we are ALWAYS capable of more than we think.
But what I have come to understand is that running is never just about the race or chasing your PRs. Running is where I figure things out.
After being diagnosed with ADHD in my forties, I did not realize how therapeutic running would become in my life. It quiets the noise, gets me outside, and gives me space to process, dream, solve problems, and come back to myself. Some of my best conversations have happened on a run with friends. Some of my biggest life decisions have happened on the trails by myself.
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Over the past five years, I’ve also been running beside my daughter, Ellie, toward her big finish lines. Between her activities, family life, and work, my own race goals took a back seat. I still identified as a runner, but I missed training for something that challenged and excited me.
I loved sharing those miles with her. And eventually, I realized I could celebrate her finish lines wholeheartedly AND want one of my own.
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I also know what it feels like to save the Chicago Marathon post, feel the spark of wanting something big, and then immediately start listing all the reasons why now is not the right time.
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That is why I coach the way I do. Together, we build a path that supports your running, strength, recovery, mindset, and the life you're actually living.
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As an RRCA Level 1 Running Coach and an ICF Certified Master Coach, I help women train for meaningful races while also navigating the real-life hesitation, logistics, guilt, and identity shifts that can come with going after something big in your forties and beyond.
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Why I helped create Stride Forward
Stride Forward began through a friendship with fellow coach Jenny Crow while we were completing our coach training. We shared experiences of motherhood, ADHD diagnoses in our forties, and a love of movement, nature, and personal growth.
We also recognized something in the women around us and in ourselves. We knew how to work hard, follow through, and support other people’s goals. Yet our own dreams kept getting postponed.
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We wanted to help women make room for those goals again.
Today, I carry that foundation forward through personalized running and mindset coaching. We work on the training itself and what makes it possible: choosing a goal that matters, protecting time, navigating uncertainty, and adjusting when life changes.
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Your goals deserve the dedication you give everyone else.
How running creates movement in your life.
A meaningful running goal gives you something of your own to work toward.
Training becomes a place to practice following through, adapting, asking for support, and recognizing your progress. You build fitness while learning what helps you move forward.
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Those experiences can reach beyond race day into a decision you’ve been putting off, an adventure you want to take, or a next chapter you’re ready to explore.
We start with what you want and build practical steps toward it, on the run and in your life.
The Beliefs Behind Stride Forward
I believe movement connects people.
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I believe meaningful goals bring out the best in us.
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I believe women are capable of more than they think, especially when they have support, structure, and a reason that truly matters.
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I believe you do not have to wait until life slows down.
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I believe your race can become the catalyst for something much bigger than a finish line.
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And I believe you can keep showing up for the people you love while also showing up for the goals that are yours.
Ready to Find Your Stride?
Whether you have a race in mind or want help figuring out what's next, let's talk abut what excites you and how coaching can help you get there.
New chapter. Smarter training. More miles ahead.
