From Nyahururu in Kenya's Laikipia County,[1] She moved to Japan and ran for the Toyota Industries corporate team.

[2] Running for Kenya, she won her first major medal at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.

In seventh place, she took the women's team title with the help of Florence Kiplagat, Linet Masai and Lineth Chepkurui.

[3] She won the Cross Zornotza the following year and had her first top level road win in Japan at the Sanyo Women's 10K.

Running in a team with Mercy Cherono, Irene Jelagat, and Perin Nenkampi, the women took two seconds off the previous best at 17:05.72 minutes.