Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ƙungiyar 'yan wasan Kenya, Athletics Kenya, ba ta goyi bayanta ba da farko, tana tunanin Loroupe ya yi ƙanƙanta da ƙanƙanta. Amma, bayan da ta lashe tseren ƙafar ƙafa a shekara ta 1988, hakan ya canja. Ta fara horarwa don yin gasa a duniya a shekara mai zuwa, ta sami takalmanta na farko a shekara ta 1989, wanda ta sa kawai don tseren tsere. An zabi ta ne don tseren matasa na 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships wanda ya kammala na 28. Ta sake yin gasa a
1990 IAAF Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta Duniya, ta gama 16 a tseren matasa.