Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te timatanga o te tau 2011, i hinga a Deba i mua i te whakataetae Mare Dibaba ki te wikitoria i te Los Angeles Marathon. I riro i a ia te wikitoria tuarua i te Newport 10000 kātahi ka whakahoutia taua mahi i te Healthy Kidney 10K i New York. I tiimata ia i te San Diego Marathon me te tere tere ka tae ki te haurua o te tohu i roto i te 1:09:53 haora. Kāore i tere tana haurua tuarua engari i wikitōria tonu ia i te whakataetae i roto i tētahi wā whaiaro hou o ngā haora 2:23:31 <unk> he wā i whiua ai hoki te rekoata a Joan Benoit mō te marathon tere rawa i California, i whakaturia i te
Ko te marathon Olympic o te tau 1984 neke atu i te 26 tau i mua. I eke a Deba ki te wā tino pai i whakaritea e tana tāne, nāna i kī: "Ka whakapau kaha ahau ki te whakahoki mai i te rekoata. E kore ahau e moe ano". E rua marama i muri mai, ko ia te tuatoru i te Beach ki Beacon 10K. I noho ia ki te tuarua i te 2011 New York City Marathon me tana rekoata hou, 2: 23:19 haora.