Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakangunguhia e Eric Kimaiyo i roto i te punaha rere umanga a Japan, i whakatauhia e ia nga rekoata whaiaro i runga i te ara o te 9:16.21 meneti mo te 3000 mita, 15:54.70 meneti mo te 5000 mita me te 32:47.98 meneti mo te 10,000 m. I timata ia i te hawhe marathon i te 2008 All-Japan Corporate Half Marathon Championships, a ko ia te kaihauturu ki a Yukiko Akaba me te wa 69:06 meneti. I taua wa i eke ia ki te 14 o te ao i taua tau mo te tawhiti. I whakapai ake ano ia i ana rekoata pai i te waa tuuturu o Japan me te 15:38.83 meneti mo te 5000 m me te 31:58.50 meneti mo te 10,000 m. I hoki mai ia ki te Corporate Half Marathon i te tau 2009 a ko ia te toa i roto i te tino pai o te 68:44 meneti. Whai muri i tana whitu o nga waahi i te hawhe marathon o Sapporo, i whiriwhiria ia hei tohu mo Kenya i te
Ko te 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, i te wa e waru ana ia. I angitu hoki ia i runga i te 10,000 m i taua tau, i wikitoria i te Hyogo Relays me te tuatoru i te Japanese Corporate Track and Field Championships.