Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Iye akaramba mumakwikwi epachipfuva pashure pacho. Kuoneka kwake kwenyika yose kwakatevera kwakauya pa1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
. Ikoko aive chikamu chechikwata cheKenya chinotungamirwa naJohn Ngugi icho chakatora nzvimbo pfumbamwe dzepamusoro (kunze kweAbebe Mekonnen weEthiopia ari wechishanu). Rono akagoverana menduru dzendarama dzechikwata nokuda kwokupedza kwake panzvimbo yechisere.