Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muToluca, akakwikwidza mumakwikwi ake ekutanga epamusoro, epasi rose muna 2000. Akamhanya mumakwikwi akareba pa2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, akamiririra Mexico kuma2000 Summer Olympics pamusoro pe5000 metres, uye akakwikwidza kumakwikwi e2000 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
muVeracruz, uko akanga ari wechi 37 chose chose. Akaita kutanga kwake pamusoro pemarathon kure muna 2001 uye akanga ari mumhanyi wechipiri paLalá Marathon muTorreón. Rodríguez akakwikwidza pasi rose pamusoro pe5000 m gore iroro pa2001 World Championships muAthletics.