Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakudzoka kwake kumakwikwi akakunda 1996 Frankfurt Half Marathon ipapo akamhanya 2:32:15 maawa nokuda kwechitatu paRome City Marathon. Ikoku kwakanga kwakakwana nokuda kwokusarudzwa kweOlympic, asi kukuvadzwa kwakamumanikidza kurega. Nguva yakanakisisa youpenyu hwose ye2:29:08 maawa yakauya paBerlin Marathon gore iroro, apo iye akanga ari wechitanhatu. Ikoku kwakamudzivirira nzvimbo yake nokuda kwe1997 World Championships muAthletics uye iye akanga ane nzvimbo yechitanhatu kupedza ikoko. Pashure pokuoneka pa
1997 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, akamhanya marathon maviri muna 1998: wechitatu muHannover, wechina muBerlin. Muna 1999 akakunda Würzburger Residenzlauf, akabva akundikana kupedzisa chinhambwe paHannover Marathon, asi akatora wechipiri paCologne Marathon muna Gumiguru.