Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akawana kusarudzwa kwake kwokutanga kwenyika dzakawanda gore rakatevera, achimhanya pa
2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships uye 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Akaita kuvandudzwa kwakakosha kune nguva dzake mumwaka wa2009, kusanganisira 5000 m yepamunhu yakanakisa ye13: 44.22 min pamusangano weYellow Pages Durban uye 10,000 m track yakanakisa ye28: 48.73 min. Akakunda mukombe wenyika mumakwikwi emamita zviuru gumi munaKurume uye akazopedza ari pachinzvimbo chechi32 pa2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Akavandudzawo mumigwagwa, achitora mazita emunyika e10K nehafu yemarathon aine zvakanakisisa zve 28:21 min uye 61:26 min. Sezvo akanga atova kuhwina Two Oceans Half Marathon pakutanga gore iroro, akazvisimbisa semukwikwidzi wepamusoro-soro pa2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships nekuuya munzvimbo yechisere. Pamakiromita gumi eGreat South Run muEngland, kwakaguma nokumhanya kwokukurumidza pakati paMo Farah naiye amene. Kunyange zvazvo akarasikirwa nechikamu chechipiri, akaisa rekodhi yeSouth Africa yemaminitsi 46:26 munhambwe yacho.