Very good field and nice conditions expected with 2:06 guy Festus Talam also in the field.

Chebet won from 2011 to 2013 and this year faces fellow 2:05 men Mule Wasihun and Stephen Chebogut plus Zane Robertson and Tesfaye Abera (2:04:23 to win Dubai last year)

A Kenyan may have won and a Japanese guy was 3rd, but Galen Rupp led the American invasion.

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We break down the elite men's field that will challenge US Olympians Galen Rupp, Jared Ward and Meb Keflezighi in Boston on Monday.

Laura Thweatt is the top American while the men's field is lead by NYC Half runner-up Wilson Chebet, NZ's Zane Robertson with Scott Bauhs leading the US charge.

You better read this article about what the top pros have to say about the race as we know that sadly no other news organization is going to interview most of the pros from Africa. Plus Joyce Chepkirui reveals in an exclusive that she feels she would have won the 2016 United Airlines NYC Half Marathon had Molly Huddle not made contact with her.

With six guys who have run under 2:05 (more than London), this field is impressively deep. Desisa is a slight favorite but '15 runner-up/Worlds silver medallist Yemane Tsegay, '15 3rd placer Wilson Chebet and Chicago runner-up Sammy Kitwara (2:04:28 pb) are among the many guys looking to take him down. What role, if any, will the meldonium ban play?

Other top names include Wilson Chebet (59:15), Zane Robertson (59:47), Sam Chelanga and Diego Estrada for the men. Caroline Rotich (68:52), Buzunesh Deba (68:59) and Neely Spence Gracey for the women.

Also Tsegaye Mekonnen (2:04:32), Jonathan Maiyo (2:04:56), Markos Geneti (2:04:54), Dadi Yami (2:05:41), Feyisa Bekele (2:06:26) and Eliud Tarus (debut - 60:04 half).

Desisa, who won just before the bombings two years ago, will finally get to properly celebrate a Boston victory after he kicked away from Yemane Tsegay after Dathan Ritzenhein led for much of the race and Meb Keflezighi looked tremendous before vomiting.

If you want to dominate your Boston office pool read this as we give you insight on just about everyone. Ritz is getting help from Greg Meyer and Hartmann, Tadese hopes to have figured out the marathon, Makau is ready, Tadese still looks great, not to mention Teg, Cabada and oh yeah a guy named Meb. Interviews and more.

2013 champ Lelisa Desisa and former world record holder Patrick Makau (2:03:38 PR) are the headliners, but there's depth behind them with five sub-2:05 men overall and five more sub-2:07 + HM world record holder Zersenay Tadese (58:23).

Chebet and his management team have written LetsRun.com to say that the quotes which were featured as QOD yesterday were 100% fabricated by the Kenyan press. No interview took place.

Chebet: "2014 was about tactical decisions and chasing Meb and I paid too much attention to the rest of the pack and I made a mistake, with Meb finishing 11 seconds ahead of me and helping me not to become the least liked athlete in Boston on that day."

The pro fields for the 2015 Boston Marathon were announced today and previously announced Americans Meb Keflezighi and Shalane Flanagan will have their hands fulls.