{"id":303408,"date":"2026-06-11T02:27:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T02:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/303408\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T02:27:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T02:27:40","slug":"ouc-orlando-half-marathon-des-linden-to-join-2026-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/303408\/","title":{"rendered":"OUC Orlando Half Marathon: Des Linden to join 2026 race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe 2026 OUC Orlando Half Marathon is just six months away \u2013 and this year is the 50th running of the race!Des Linden, the last American woman to win the Boston Marathon, will be taking part in the expo as well as running the half.&#8221;Known for her grit, humor and connection to runners everywhere, Linden will be part of the milestone weekend that has become one of Central Florida\u2019s most beloved running traditions,&#8221; Track Shack said in a news release. Her return to Orlando comes two years after competing in the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials \u2013 Marathon, where thousands of local runners and fans had the opportunity to cheer her on. &#8220;Orlando is a great running town. The OUC Orlando Half Marathon is legendary, and I&#8217;m looking forward to celebrating the 50th running with everyone in December,\u201d Linden said.OUC Orlando Half MarathonWhen: Saturday, Dec. 5, 2026Where: Lake Eola Park, Orlando Distances: 5K, half marathon, DTO 16.2 ChallengeDetails: trackshack.com &gt;&gt;  The OUC Orlando Half Marathon will be broadcast live on WESH 2, wesh.com and the WESH 2 Facebook page. 2025 race\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 OUC Orlando Half Marathon is just six months away \u2013 and this year is the 50th running of the race!<\/p>\n<p>Des Linden, the last American woman to win the Boston Marathon, will be taking part in the expo as well as running the half.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Known for her grit, humor and connection to runners everywhere, Linden will be part of the milestone weekend that has become one of Central Florida\u2019s most beloved running traditions,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/trackshack.com\/news-articles\/olympian-and-boston-marathon-champion-des-linden-to-join-50th-running-of-ouc-orlando-half-marathon-weekend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Track Shack<\/a> said in a news release. <\/p>\n<p>Her return to Orlando comes two years after competing in the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials \u2013 Marathon, where thousands of local runners and fans had the opportunity to cheer her on. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Orlando is a great running town. The OUC Orlando Half Marathon is legendary, and I&#8217;m looking forward to celebrating the 50th running with everyone in December,\u201d Linden said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from YouTube.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p>OUC Orlando Half MarathonWhen: Saturday, Dec. 5, 2026Where: Lake Eola Park, Orlando Distances: 5K, half marathon, DTO 16.2 ChallengeDetails: <a href=\"https:\/\/trackshack.com\/events\/ouc-orlando-half-marathon-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">trackshack.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt;  The OUC Orlando Half Marathon will be broadcast live on WESH 2, wesh.com and the WESH 2 Facebook page. <\/p>\n<p>2025 race  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 OUC Orlando Half Marathon is just six months away \u2013 and this year is the 50th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[69725,11452,127167,127165,19188,127289,124433,139,141,140,29490,3574,12667,30955,6344,988,918,164],"class_list":["post-303408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-boston-marathon","tag-connection","tag-des-linden","tag-dto","tag-fan","tag-grit","tag-humor","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-ouc-orlando-half-marathon","tag-part","tag-race","tag-return","tag-runner","tag-thousand","tag-wesh","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}