Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Limo a 1980 a ƙauyen Cheptigit, Gundumar Uasin Gishu. Bayan makarantar firamare ya tafi polytechnic kuma ya sami digiri a cikin wayoyin lantarki a 1996. Bai fara gudu ba, har zuwa 1997 lokacin da ya shiga sansanin horo da ke kusa da gidansa. A shekara mai zuwa ya lashe lambar azurfa a tseren matasa na gasar tsere ta duniya
Ka yi haƙuri. A wannan shekarar ya karya rikodin duniya na matasa a mita 3000, ta hanyar gudu a cikin minti 7:36.76, amma ya rasa Gasar Zakarun Duniya. Ya lashe Cross Zornotza a 1999 da kuma Trofeo Alasport a tseren tsere a 2002. A shekara ta 2001 ya zama zakaran duniya kuma ya kasance mafi kyawun wasan kwaikwayon duniya na shekara a mita 5000 tare da lokacinsa na 12:56.72, wanda ya kasance rikodin sa na sirri.