Reid Buchanan dominates OUC Orlando Half Marathon 2025
I CAN SEE HER COMPETITIVE SPIRIT. I GET WHERE SHE GETS IT. ALL RIGHT. WE NEED TO FOLLOW THIS. REID HAS MADE HIS TURN ONTO ROSALIND. AND IN THE HOME STRETCH HERE FOR HIM AT THE UC ORLANDO HALF MARATHON HERE IN 2025. WE JUST NEED HIM TO, YOU KNOW, HE’S GOT A FEW MORE STEPS, A FEW MORE FEET TO GO AND THEN CROSS THAT FINISH LINE TODAY, LOOKING VERY STRONG. CARISSA, FOR YOU, WHEN YOU’RE RUNNING A HALF AND YOU’RE AT THIS POINT IN THE RACE, ARE YOU TRYING TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE GAS? IT DEPENDS IF YOU’RE RUNNING FOR A TIME. BUT I THINK HE’S DEFINITELY TRYING TO FINISH STRONG. HE WANTS THAT TIME. WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HIS TIME FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. HE WANTS IT TO BE SOMETHING GOOD. BUT I’VE TALKED TO A LOT OF ELITE ATHLETES WHEN THEY’RE NEW PARENTS AND THEY SAY THEY DON’T THINK ABOUT THEIR KIDS DURING THE COURSE UNTIL THE END. SO I THINK RIGHT NOW HE’S THINKING ABOUT BABY LEE. HE’S THINKING, I GET TO GO HOME AND LOOK MY BABY BOY IN THE FACE AND SAY, DAD DID IT. YEAH, DAD WON. AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS. SO HE’S FINALLY IN THAT PLACE WHERE HE CAN CELEBRATE. HE’S VERY, VERY CLOSE. HE’S ABOUT A MINUTE AWAY FROM THAT TURN. SO YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SPECTATORS OUT THERE ALONG THE STREETS OF ORLANDO. WE GOT THAT ORANGE THEORY CHEER SQUAD RIGHT THERE. BUT BEHIND US, THIS CROWD IS GOING TO GO CRAZY FOR REID AND WHAT YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE AT THE END OF A LONG NEWSCAST. YOU CAN SEE THE FINISH. IT’S RIGHT THERE. HE’S NOT COMFORTABLE, HE’S UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT HE’S GOING TO GET IT DONE. NOTHING TO COMPETE WITH THIS MAN’S EFFORT THAT HE’S PUT IN TODAY. DON’T EVEN FOOL YOURSELF. I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE LITTLE HIS LITTLE BOY, HIS SON JUST BECOMING A NEW DAD AND REALLY JUST THE MOTIVATION THAT THAT DOES BRING YOU. AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE’S ABOUT TO MAKE THE TURN HERE ON THE FINAL STRETCH. SO HE’S GOING TO BE COMING. WHAT AN EXCITING MOMENT FOR HIM. I’M NOT SURE IS HIS SON HERE? IS THE BABY HERE? HE’S HERE. BUT YOU BEING A PARENT, YOU KNOW ONCE HE GETS HOME HE’S TAKING OVER DADDY DUTY AGAIN. BUT HE’S GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA BLING TO DO IT. CHRISTIAN AND DANIELLE, HE’S ASKING THE CROWD. YEAH, HE WANTS TO HYPE HIM UP. HERE HE COMES, GUYS, IT’S GETTING LOUD AT OUR BROADCAST BOOTH. REID IS RUNNING BEHIND US AS WE SPEAK. CONGRATULATIONS TO READ. AND WE’RE SEEING HIM CROSSING THE FINISH LINE. REID BUCHANAN IS YOUR OC ORLANDO HALF MARATHON CHAMP THIS MORNING. THE SOFTWARE ENGINEER FROM KANSAS CITY HAS DONE IT AGAIN. THE LAST TIME HE WON WAS IN 2023. CONGRATULATIONS TO READ BUCHANAN. WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT AND WHAT A RUN. YEAH, SO A NEW DAD. WE’VE GOT TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT AS HE CELEBRATES THIS FOR HIS LITTLE ONE. AND I GOTTA REPEAT SOMETHING JAY SAID A MOMENT AGO THAT REID HAS ENGINEERED A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE TODAY BECAUSE A CLEVER PLAY ON HIS CAREER AS AN ENGINEER, THAT’S WHAT HE DOES BY DAY, FOLKS, AS HE TRAINS TO BE. I MEAN, QUITE AN AMAZING
Reid Buchanan was the first athlete to cross the finish line Saturday morning at the OUC Orlando Half Marathon. Buchanan finished with a time of 1:05:15. Watch his finish in the video above. >> WATCH THE RACE LIVE HEREMore than 4,000 runners are in downtown Orlando for the 49th annual race.
ORLANDO, Fla. —
Reid Buchanan was the first athlete to cross the finish line Saturday morning at the OUC Orlando Half Marathon.
Buchanan finished with a time of 1:05:15. Watch his finish in the video above.
More than 4,000 runners are in downtown Orlando for the 49th annual race.