Caitlin McIlwain

Age: 25
Events: 5k, 10k, Half Marathon, Marathon
Hometown: Sammamish, WA
College competed for: London School of Economics
Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers
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Personal Bests

Mile - 5:17
5k - 18:01
8k - 30:22
10k - 38:49
Marathon - 2:54

Career Highlights

2018 Club Nats XC 6k, 23:31, 198th

2017 Club Nats XC 6k, 23:16, 180th

2017 Regionals XC 6k, 23:03, 17th

2017 PNTF XC 6k, 24:03, 16th

2017 Emerald City Open XC 6k, 23:52, 13th

Travelling to Sacramento with my CNW teammates and competing in a rad marathon.

The 2018 Boston Marathon is also a career highlight just because it was so intense running through that weather.

About

I kind of have this love affair with running. I started running when I was 12 and was always drawn towards longer distances. My favorite track race in high school was the 3200M and even that was too short. I competed in my first marathon when I was 18, and until 2020, I ran one per year. But I'm not married to the marathon; I like to dip my toes in all kinds of races and would really love a PR in the 1600M and 5K. Racing and competing is only a small fraction of the reason I love running. This sport has introduced me to lifelong friends, has given me crazy opportunities (like sitting in a small van with 5 other sweaty runners for 24 hours), and has kept me sane through all of the craziness of life (school stress that became career stress, raising two cats, keeping the CNW membership happy, etc.).