Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Eric Kimaiyo ya horar da shi a cikin tsarin gudanar da kamfanonin Japan, ya kafa mafi kyawun lokaci a kan hanya na minti 9:16.21 na mita 3000, minti 15:54.70 na mita 5000 da minti 32:47.98 na mita 10,000. Ta fara fitowa a wasan rabin marathon a gasar zakarun rabin marathon ta duk Japan ta 2008 kuma ta kasance ta biyu ga Yukiko Akaba da lokacin minti 69:06. Wannan lokacin ya sanya ta a matsayi na 14 a duniya a wannan shekarar don nesa. Ta sake inganta mafi kyawunta a cikin kakar wasannin Japan tare da mintuna 15:38.83 na mita 5000 da kuma mintuna 31:58.50 na mita 10,000. Ta dawo zuwa Corporate Half Marathon a shekara ta 2009 kuma ta zama mai nasara a cikin sabon mafi kyau na minti 68:44. Bayan kammala matsayi na bakwai a Sapporo Half Marathon an zaɓe ta don wakiltar Kenya a gasar IAAF ta Duniya ta Half Marathon ta 2009
, inda ta zo a matsayi na takwas. Ta kuma sami nasara sama da mita 10,000 a waccan shekarar, ta lashe a Hyogo Relays kuma ta zo ta uku a Gasar Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin