Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Cherono akapedza ari wechinomwe mumakwikwi evakuru pazvose zviri zviviri 2007 uye 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, vachigovana menduru yesirivha nechikwata cheKenya pazviitiko zviviri izvi. Akakunda Itálica naJuan Muguerza cross country vanosangana muna 2008. Akamirira Kenya kumaOlympics eZhizha ra2008, achiuya chegumi nerimwe mumakwikwi ekupedzisira emamita zviuru zvishanu. Mwaka wake wakapera nekupedza nzvimbo yechishanu pamusoro pe5000 m pa2008 IAAF World Athletics Final. Akarasikirwa neanenge ese 2009 na2010 sezvo akatora nguva kure nemutambo kuti ave nemwana wake wekutanga.