the elite field of 39 men and 24 women has been released go to alberto stretti's log of his dubai marathon preview with renato canova, at the bottom of the article there is a link to the dubai marathon media guide which list's the elite fields with bio's of the runners.
this is an amazingly good field, the only bad thing is this year there will not be any americans, because the american runners are still recovering from the trials.
the field includes
12 with personal best's under 2:07
18 under 2:08
3 under an hour for the half marathon making their debut.
10 women under 2:24