Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - VaMasai vakaberekerwa mumusha weChepkoya, mudunhu reMount Elgon. Ndiye wechitatu mumhuri ine vana. Akakwikwidza mumazuva ake echikoro chesekondari achiri kuKibuk Secondary School. Akapedza kudzidza muna 1988. Akabatana neKenya Prisons Service muna 1990, anozivikanwa nekutsvaga vatambi vane tarenda. Zvisinei, Masai haana kubudirira kusvikira muna 1999, paakava shasha yenyika yokumhanya mhiri kwenyika, pazera remakore 32. Saka akatanga kunyatsodzidzira. Akakunda mujaho weLotto Cross Cup Brussels muna 2001 uye akaenderera mberi nekutora bronze munhangemutange pfupi paWorld Cross Country Championships gore iro. Akavandudza izvi gore rakatevera, achitora goridhe pa2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
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