Career
His personal best time of 2:06:50 hours was set at the 2008 Paris Marathon, where he came second. He set a personal best of 2:10:30 hours at the Frankfurt Marathon, coming second behind fellow Kenyan Wilfred Kigen. He significantly improved his best at the Paris Marathon in April 2008 as he duelled against Tsegaye Kebede up to the 40 km and although he ended up as the runner-up to the Ethiopian he recorded a time of 2:06:50 hours.
He set a half marathon best of 1:01:31 at the Rotterdam Half Marathon later that year and went on to run at the Chicago Marathon, where he came in thirteenth place.
He ran two marathons in South of Korea in 2009. In March he claimed his first victory since 2006 at the Seoul International Marathon, defeating high calibre opposition with a run of 2:07:54 hours.
He managed only fourth, however, at the less-established Gyeongju International Marathon in October. He missed the 2010 season but returned with good form to take the title at the Madrid Marathon in April 2011.
