Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akadzidziswa naEric Kimaiyo muJapan yemakambani anomhanya, akaisa zvakanakisisa zvake pamugwagwa wemaminitsi 9:16.21 kwemamita 3000, maminitsi 15:54.70 kwemamita 5000 uye maminitsi 32:47.98 kwemamita 10,000. Akaita kutanga kwake pamusoro pehafu yemarathon mu2008 All-Japan Corporate Half Marathon Championships uye aive mumhanyi-kumashure kuna Yukiko Akaba nenguva ye69:06 maminetsi. Nguva iyoyo yakaita kuti ave wechi14 munyika mugore iroro nokuda kwedaro racho. Akavandudza zvakare zvakanakisisa zvake mumwaka weJapan track ne15: 38.83 maminitsi e5000 m uye 31: 58.50 maminitsi e10,000 m. Akadzokera kuCorporate Half Marathon muna 2009 uye ndiye akahwina mumutambo mutsva wemaminitsi 68:44. Mushure mekupedza nzvimbo yechinomwe paSapporo Half Marathon akasarudzwa kuti amiririre Kenya pa
2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, kwaakauya ari pachinhanho chechisere. Akabudirirawo mumakwikwi emamita zviuru gumi gore iroro, achikunda muHyogo Relays uye achiva wechitatu muJapan Corporate Track and Field Championships.