Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tīmata ia i te tawhiti marathon i te Nobeoka Marathon, i oti i a ia i roto i te wa o te 2:18:48. I waihangahia hoki e ia tana whakataetae toa o te ao i taua tau, i te whakataetae i te 2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships me te 53 o nga waahi katoa. Ko ia te tekau ma tahi i te
Ko te 2005 World Half Marathon Championships, he pai rawa hei awhina i a Japan ki te whakaoti tuatoru i te whakataetae roopu. I wikitoria ia i te Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon i te tau 2006, i pakaru i te wikitoria o nga kaimekemeke Kenyan. I whakapai ake ia i tana marathon pai rawa atu i te Lake Biwa Marathon i te marama i muri mai, ka eke ki te tuarua ki a José Ríos me te rere o te 2:10:20.