Ka cika wannan magana: A farkon aikinta, ta ƙware a tseren tsere da tseren ƙasa. Farkon fitowarta na kasa da kasa ya zo ne a 2000, lokacin da ta kasance ta bakwai a tseren matasa a gasar tsere ta kasa ta 2000 ta IAAF kuma ta sami matsayi iri daya a kan mita 5000 a gasar zakarun duniya ta matasa ta 2000 a wasannin motsa jiki. Ta fara wasan farko a shekara mai zuwa a
2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, ya zo na 23 a tseren tseren kuma ya taimaka wa Habasha zuwa lambar azurfa ta tawagar. Kuma ta fara tasiri a shekara mai zuwa, yayin da ta zama ta biyar a tseren tsere a gasar tsere ta duniya ta 2002 IAAF ta jagoranci kasar ta zuwa taken kungiyar kuma ta yi ikirarin lambar tagulla sama da mita 10,000 a gasar zakarun Afirka ta 2002 a Wasannin motsa jiki (a bayan ma'auratan Kenya Susan Chepkemei da Leah Malot).