ORLANDO. EXCITEMENT IS BUILDING FOR THE HALF MARATHON. WE’VE GOT LESS THAN 30 DAYS TO GO. WESH TWO BROADCASTING THE OUC ORLANDO HALF MARATHON FOR A THIRD YEAR, AND THIS YEAR, A PRO IS JOINING US TO CALL THE ACTION. LINDSAY SALON SPOKE WITH OUR NEWEST RACE ANALYST, CHARISSA GALLOWAY. LET’S GO. ORLANDO FEET TWO ONE GO. HYPING MASSIVE CORRALS OF RUNNERS AT THE STARTING LINE. HALF MARATHON CHAMPION TO THE CONGRATULATIONS. CLAP AT THE FINISH LINE. I AM YOUR BIGGEST CHEERLEADER OUT THERE. CHARISSA GALLOWAY IS THERE ANNOUNCING FOR DOZENS OF RUNS IN TRIATHLONS EACH YEAR. I’VE BEEN ANNOUNCING RACES FOR 20 YEARS, BUT I DID START AS A TEENAGER, AND I THINK THAT I’VE PROBABLY DONE CLOSE TO 1000 RACES. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN HER AT ONE OF THE DISNEY RACES, WHICH IS WHERE SHE GOT HER START IN COLLEGE. HER FIRST ONE, THE WALT DISNEY WORLD MARATHON. I WAS BROUGHT ON BECAUSE I WAS THE ONLY WOMAN THAT WAS STAFFED THERE AT THE TIME, AND I DIDN’T KNOW HOW LONG A MARATHON WAS. I REMEMBER GOOGLING IT ON MY DIAL UP INTERNET. GALLOWAY HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN. NOT ONLY DOES SHE KNOW HOW LONG A MARATHON IS WHERE YOU GOT THIS CHARISSA GALLOWAY, SHE DOES THEM. WRAPPING UP THE NYC MARATHON AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER. I AM THE SLOWEST GALLOWAY EVER AND I PROUDLY WEAR THAT FOR MY RUNNERS OUT THERE. IF YOU KEYED IN ON HER LAST NAME, MR. JEFF GALLOWAY, THANK YOU. YES, SHE’S RELATED TO JEFF GALLOWAY, THE OLYMPIAN AND MASTERMIND BEHIND THE RUN WALK, RUN TRAINING PLAN. BUT ANYBODY THAT’S MET JEFF GALLOWAY OR DUNNELLON GALLOWAY TRAINING PROGRAM KNOWS THAT THEIR GOAL IS MY GOAL. BRING PEOPLE INTO RUNNING AND HAVE THEM FALL IN LOVE NOT WITH THE SPORT, BUT HOW THE SPORT MAKES YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF. BUT GALLOWAY IS THE FIRST TO ADMIT IT’S NOT EASY TO MAKE THE TIME RACE, ANNOUNCING JUST ONE PART OF HER DAY. LIKE MOST OF US, SHE IS JUGGLING. I WANT YOU TO BE GETTING A GREAT SOURCE OF PROTEIN. SHE’S ALSO A REGISTERED DIETITIAN, WRITING HER OWN BOOK, AND A MOTHER TO TWO CUTE AND BUSY KIDS. HOW DO YOU MANAGE IT ALL? DO ANY OF US MANAGE IT ALL? ANY OF US MOMS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW WE DO IT DAY BY DAY. BUT I THINK THE RUNNING FOR A LOT OF WOMEN, I ENCOURAGE THEM IS LIKE, THAT’S NOT SELFISH. THAT’S SELF-CARE AND SELF-LOVE. THAT TIME YOU SET ASIDE TO RUN AND YOUR KIDS DO THAT, NO SURPRISE, HER KIDS ARE ALREADY RUNNERS. HERE’S HER FIVE YEAR OLD TRAINING FOR THE RUN FIVE-K LAST JUNE, CHEERING HIM ON JUST LIKE SHE DOES FOR OTHER RACERS. YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU, TO THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU. SO REALLY TAKING THIS JOURNEY AND THE CHANCE THAT WE. AND IF YOU’RE WONDERING WHERE SHE GETS THE ENERGY TO KEEP MOVING. COFFEE? I LIKE TO HAVE COFFEE RIGHT AWAY. A LITTLE COFFEE. IT’S A HALLOWEEN PARTY. AND A LOT OF JUGGLING FOR ALL OF US AS WE GET READY FOR RACE DAY. LINDSAY SPILLANE, WESH TWO NEWS. WE NEED HER HERE IN THE STUDIO ANNOUNCING US. ALL RIGHT. CHRIS IS ALSO CALLING THE LAKE EOLA FIVE K THE DAY AFTER THE HALF. YOU CAN ALSO WATCH THE FIVE K ON WESH TWO THAT SUNDAY MORNING, AND YOU CAN STILL SIGN UP FOR THE RACES WHEN YOU REGISTER. YOU CAN ALSO DONATE TO WESH TWO. SHARE YOUR CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGN BENEFITING SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK. SHARE YOUR CHRISTMAS IS THIS YEAR’S FIVE K BENEFICIARY. YOU CAN
Race analyst Carissa Galloway joins WESH 2 at the OUC Orlando half-marathon
Updated: 5:04 PM EST Nov 12, 2025
Excitement is building in Orlando as the OUC Orlando half-marathon approaches, with less than 30 days to go, and WESH 2 is broadcasting the event for the third year with a professional race analyst joining the team to call the action.Carissa Galloway, known for her energetic race announcements, will be hyping up massive corrals of runners at the starting line and congratulating them at the finish line. “I am your biggest cheerleader out there,” Galloway said. She has been announcing races for 20 years, starting as a teenager, and has announced close to 1,000 races.Galloway began her career at Disney races during college, with her first event being the Walt Disney World Marathon.”I was brought on because I was the only woman that was staffed there at the time, and I didn’t know how long a marathon was. I remember googling it on my dial-up internet,” Galloway said.Since then, Galloway has not only learned the distance of a marathon but has completed them herself, including the NYC Marathon earlier this month.”I am the slowest Galloway ever, and I proudly wear that,” she said.For those familiar with her last name, Galloway is related to Jeff Galloway, the Olympian and creator of the Run, Walk, Run training plan.”Anybody that’s met Jeff Galloway or done a Galloway training program knows that their goal is my goal, bring people into running and have them fall in love, not with the sport, but how the sport makes you feel about yourself,” Galloway said.Despite her busy schedule, Galloway juggles race announcing with her roles as a registered dietitian, author, and mother to two children.”How do you manage it all? Do any of us manage it? All moms out there? You know, we do it day by day,” Galloway said.She encourages women to view running as self-care and self-love, noting that her children already participate in running events.Her five-year-old recently trained for the Run Disney 5K last June, with Galloway cheering him on as she does for countless runners. “You don’t know what this means to you or the person next to you,” Galloway said.As race day approaches, Galloway shared her secret to keeping energized: “Coffee, I like to have coffee right away.” With a little coffee and a lot of juggling, Galloway is ready to keep the runners moving.In addition to the half-marathon, Galloway will also be calling the Lake Eola 5K the day after the half-marathon, which can be watched on WESH 2 that Sunday morning.
ORLANDO, Fla. —
Excitement is building in Orlando as the OUC Orlando half-marathon approaches, with less than 30 days to go, and WESH 2 is broadcasting the event for the third year with a professional race analyst joining the team to call the action.
Carissa Galloway, known for her energetic race announcements, will be hyping up massive corrals of runners at the starting line and congratulating them at the finish line. “I am your biggest cheerleader out there,” Galloway said. She has been announcing races for 20 years, starting as a teenager, and has announced close to 1,000 races.
Galloway began her career at Disney races during college, with her first event being the Walt Disney World Marathon.
“I was brought on because I was the only woman that was staffed there at the time, and I didn’t know how long a marathon was. I remember googling it on my dial-up internet,” Galloway said.
Since then, Galloway has not only learned the distance of a marathon but has completed them herself, including the NYC Marathon earlier this month.
“I am the slowest Galloway ever, and I proudly wear that,” she said.
For those familiar with her last name, Galloway is related to Jeff Galloway, the Olympian and creator of the Run, Walk, Run training plan.
“Anybody that’s met Jeff Galloway or done a Galloway training program knows that their goal is my goal, bring people into running and have them fall in love, not with the sport, but how the sport makes you feel about yourself,” Galloway said.
Despite her busy schedule, Galloway juggles race announcing with her roles as a registered dietitian, author, and mother to two children.
“How do you manage it all? Do any of us manage it? All moms out there? You know, we do it day by day,” Galloway said.
She encourages women to view running as self-care and self-love, noting that her children already participate in running events.
Her five-year-old recently trained for the Run Disney 5K last June, with Galloway cheering him on as she does for countless runners. “You don’t know what this means to you or the person next to you,” Galloway said.
As race day approaches, Galloway shared her secret to keeping energized: “Coffee, I like to have coffee right away.” With a little coffee and a lot of juggling, Galloway is ready to keep the runners moving.
In addition to the half-marathon, Galloway will also be calling the Lake Eola 5K the day after the half-marathon, which can be watched on WESH 2 that Sunday morning.