The men's field features former Chicago/Tokyo winner Dickson Chumba, defending champ Philemon Rono, past Tokyo winner Endeshaw Negasse and 2:04-man Tadese Tola. The women’s race has three 2:24-women in Fatuma Sado, Marta Megra, and Sutame Asefa.

The 2:05:25-man will face Debeb Tolossa and Aaron Braun. The women's race is led by 2:25:39 runner Fatuma Sado who faces Biruktait Degefa (2:26:22) and Serena Burla. The half will once again be the US Half-Marathon Championships and features Meb Keflezighi, Josphat Boit, Matt Llano, Janet Bawcom, Sara Hall, Kim Conley and Becky Wade.