Ka cika wannan magana: Russell ta yanke shawarar yin tseren marathon na farko a kan wani abin da ya faru kuma ta yi nasara a tseren Twin Cities Marathon a shekara ta 2003. Lokaci na 2:30:41 shine na uku mafi sauri na farko da wani Ba'amurke a lokacin kuma ya cancanci ta zuwa gasar Olympics ta 2004 a St. Louis, MO. Bayan ta jagoranci mafi yawan tseren, ta fadi zuwa matsayi na 4, kawai ta rasa wani wuri a cikin 'Yan wasan Olympics. Da yake yanke shawarar mai da hankali kan gudu na cikakken lokaci, Russell da mijinta sun bi Kocin ta Robert Sevene zuwa Marina, CA. A cikin 'yan shekaru masu zuwa Russell ta kafa yawancin abubuwan da ta fi dacewa a cikin abubuwan da suka faru daga mita 1500 zuwa marathon. Ta halarci Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2005 a Wasannin motsa jiki, tana gudu a cikin mita 10,000 kuma ta gama a matsayi na 22. Ta kasance a kan lambar tagulla 4k 2005 IAAF Cross Country Team a St. Etienne, Faransa. Ta kasance ta 7 a Gasar Marathon ta Chicago a shekara ta 2005, ta kafa tarihinta na sirri na 2: 29:10. Ta lashe 8k National Cross Country Title a shekara ta 2006. Ta ci gaba da kasancewa mafi kyawun Amurka a ƙarshen
Gasar tseren tseren ƙasa ta IAAF a Fukuoka, Japan tana matsayi na 11 a cikin 8k da 18th a cikin 4k. Ta kuma kasance Gwarzon Kasa na 15k da 20k.