Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I hoki mai ia ki te 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, engari he tawhiti atu i tana ahua pai ka mutu i te 41 o nga waahi. Ko tana mahi i te 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
He hokinga nui ki te oranga tinana i a ia e noho ana i te whitu o nga waahi. I wikitoria ia i te Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race i te tau 2008 ana ko tana mahinga rekoata kua pakaru i a ia US $ 50,000 (te utu nui rawa atu mo te whakataetae maunga). I wikitoria a Dinkesa i nga hoa whakataetae nui i te Great Edinburgh Cross Country i te Hanuere o te tau e whai ake nei, ka whiua a Zersenay Tadese me Eliud Kipchoge ki te mutunga. I ngaro ia i te tohu mo nga Whakataetae Cross Country o tera tau engari i tohua ia mo te 2009 World Championships in Athletics. I whakataetae ia i te 10,000 m, engari kaore ia i oti i te whakataetae. I whakaoti ia i te tuatoru i te Obudu Race i te marama o Tihema, koinei hoki te tuatahi o nga Toa Running Mountain Mountain. I wikitoria ia i te taitara o Awherika i te tau 2010, i te wero mai i a Habtamu Fikadu.