Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Muna Kurume, Kenenisa akamira kuti adzivirire mazita ake akareba uye mapfupi pa2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
. Akakunda pamutambo mupfupi kunyangwe nekumhanya kwakamiswa neQatari Saif Saaeed Shaheen, uye akatevera kukunda uku nekukunda kwenguva refu zuva raitevera pamusoro peEritrea Zersenay Tadese neKenya muvengi Eliud Kipchoge.