Movement Forward on the Run
Creates Movement Forward in Your Life
About Stride Forward
Why We Do What We Do: Purpose, Presence and Momentum
​Stride Forward was created for women in midlife who are thoughtful, capable, and deeply committed to the people they love.
These amazing women are:
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The quiet go-getters.
The steady ones.
The women everyone counts on.
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The women who can organize the fundraiser, manage the project, get everyone where they need to be, and still squeeze in their run before the day starts.
And because they are so good at showing up, their own goals often become the easiest ones to shrink.
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The bucket-list races become the same old races.
The bold dreams become “maybe someday.”
The next chapter gets postponed until life slows down.
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Stride Forward exists because your goals still matter.
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Not after everyone else is settled. Not when life magically gets less full. Now.
The Stride Forward Philosophy
At Stride Forward, we believe movement in your body and movement in your life go hand in hand.
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When you move forward on the run, something often begins to move forward everywhere else. Running becomes the place where you clear your head, process what you are carrying, make decisions, and reconnect with yourself. It is where you remember what you are capable of — not just as a runner, but as a woman with goals, dreams, and a next chapter still calling.
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That is why our coaching is about more than getting miles on a calendar. We combine intentional run training with real-life mindset coaching to help you train for meaningful races while creating movement toward the life you want next.
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Because sometimes signing up for the race is not just about the finish line. Sometimes it is about giving yourself permission to begin again.
Why Stride Forward Was Created
Stride Forward was born during a season when I was asking many of the same questions I now hear from the women I coach.
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While earning my Certified Master Coach certification through the International Coaching Federation, I formed a deep friendship with Jenny Crow, another coach who shared many of my experiences with motherhood, an ADHD diagnosis in our forties, a love of movement, nature, and personal growth.
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Together, we saw the same thing happening around us. Capable women were spending so much time taking care of everyone else that they were losing sight of themselves.
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Not because they lacked ambition. Not because they lacked ability. But because they had gotten out of the habit of making space for their own dreams.
That realization became the foundation of Stride Forward. And I know what that feels like. I have chased big goals, crossed big finish lines, and experienced the thrill of doing something that once felt impossible.
I have also lived through seasons when work, family, motherhood, schedules, and real life meant my own bucket-list goals got pushed to the edges. Although I never stopped running, I did stop reaching for some of the races and adventures that once lit me up.
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Which is exactly why Stride Forward exists: to help women stop postponing the meaningful races, bold goals, and next chapters that keep calling — and to give them the structure, support, and coaching to go after them in a way that fits real life.
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Today, I carry that foundation forward by combining my experience as an RRCA Level 1 Running Coach and Certified Master Coach to help women move toward meaningful goals on the race course and in life.
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Because I’ve learned that the two are deeply connected.
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.
Having ADHD (like most women, a late life diagnosis), 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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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.
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As an RRCA Level 1 Running Coach and 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 midlife.
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I do not just hand you a plan.
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I help you create a path forward — one that supports your running, your strength, your recovery, your mindset, and the life you are actually living.
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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?
If there is a race, dream, adventure, or next chapter that has been calling you, I would love to help you move toward it.
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Let’s stop waiting for the perfect time and start building a path that fits your real life.
Movement forward on the run creates movement forward in your life.
