Ka cika wannan jumla: Ta yi sanyin gwiwa game da wasan da ta yi a duniya kuma ta yi shakkar ko za ta iya zama mai tsere na ƙwararru. Ta fara aiki a wata masana'antar tufafi da ake biyan kuɗi kaɗan amma har ila tana koyan aikin duk da yawan awoyi da kuma gajiyar da take yi. Wata 'yar Portugal mai tsere, Jessica Augusto, ta aririce ta ta bar aikinta kuma ta mai da hankali sosai ga tsere. Ta bi shawarar kuma ta sami nasara a fagen kasa a 2007, inda ta lashe taken mita 10,000 na Fotigal. Félix ta fara kafa kanta a fagen wasannin motsa jiki na kasa da kasa a shekara mai zuwa: ta gama ta 72 a 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, amma tana da kyakkyawar fita a
2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships inda ta gama 13th (na biyu mafi sauri Turai-haife mai gudu bayan Luminița Talpoș).