Kammala wannan jumla: Ya gudu sau da yawa a shekara ta 2009 kuma ya fara a Amurka. Ya lashe Monument Avenue 10K, Cooper River Bridge Run, da kuma tseren Bolder Boulder, tare da zama na biyu a Bay To Breakers. Ya kasance mai rinjaye a Falmouth Road Race 7-mile a watan Agusta, ya lashe a cikin lokaci na 31:41 minti. A zabinsa na farko na kasa da kasa ya gudu a
2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships: kodayake ya kasance na goma sha ɗaya ne kawai, ya jagoranci mazajen Habasha zuwa lambar tagulla a gasar ƙungiya. Ya dawo Delhi Half Marathon a watan Nuwamba kuma ya sake zama na huɗu. Ya dauki nasararsa ta farko a Great Ethiopian Run a wannan watan, inda ya doke Abera Kuma a ƙarshen.