Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Akadzidziswa naEric Kimaiyo muJapan yemakambani anomhanya, akaisa zvinyorwa zvake pachake panzira ye9:16.21 maminitsi emamita 3000, 15:54.70 maminitsi emamita 5000 uye 32:47.98 maminitsi emamita 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 pa2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
, kwaakauya ari panzvimbo yechisere. Akabudirirawo mumakwikwi emamita zviuru gumi gore iroro, achikunda muHyogo Relays uye achiva wechitatu muJapan Corporate Track and Field Championships.