Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei waahanga - I tana hokinga mai ki te whakataetae i wini ia i te 1996 Frankfurt Half Marathon ka rere ia i te 2:32:15 haora mo te tuatoru i te Rome City Marathon. He nui tenei mo te kowhiringa Orimipia, engari na te whara i peia ia ki te wehe. Ko te roa o te ora 2: 29:08 haora i tae mai i te Marathon o Berlin i taua tau, i te wa e ono ana ia. I whakamanahia e ia tana waahi mo te 1997 World Championships i roto i te Athletics, a, ko ia te tuaono o nga waahi i reira. Whai muri i tana putanga i te 1997 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
, i oma ia i nga marathon e rua i te tau 1998: tuatoru i Hannover, tuawha i Berlin. I te tau 1999 i wikitoria ia i te Würzburger Residenzlauf, katahi ka kore ia e oti i te tawhiti i te Hanover Marathon, engari i tuarua i te Cologne Marathon i te Oketopa.