Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mwaka wa2007 wakaunza Zersenay menduru yake huru kwazvo, sezvo akabudirira pahuswa, nhandare nemugwagwa. Kwenguva yokutanga mubasa rake akakunda vose vaimupikisa, kusanganisira mukwikwidzi wenguva shanu Kenenisa Bekele, kuti ave mukwikwidzi weWorld Cross Country muna 2007
. Mamiriro okunze anopisa muMombasa akamanikidza vamhanyi vanoverengeka kubuda munhangemutange, asi Zersenay akachengeta mwero wake wokupedza anopfuura masekondi makumi maviri pamberi pomumhanyi anotevera. Pahafu yeMarathon yeCaceres, akataura chinangwa chake chekuedza rekodhi yenyika uye, kunyangwe akahwina mujaho, kufamba kwakashata kwakamusiya ari kure nenguva yekurekodha. Akadzokera kuGreat Manchester Run uye zvakare akavandudza zvakanakisisa zvake, achinyora 27:24, asi izvi zvakanga zvisina kukwana kukunda Micah Kogo uyo akakunda munguva yeUnited Kingdom yose-vanouya. Akakwikwidza kuPrefontaine Classic kokutanga, uye akaisa mamaira maviri akanakisa e8: 19.34, kunyangwe aive kure kure kumashure kwemukundi Craig Mottram.