[4][5] The same year, he placed third (a short distance behind winner Mustafa Mohamed) in the largest annual running competition in the world (in terms of entries): The Göteborgsvarvet (Swedish: jœtɛbɔ̂rjsvarvɛt).
But at the end, he lost steam and was passed by Onesmus Kilonzo and Boniface Usisivu, but hung on to beat Getuli Bayo and finish in third with a time of 1:30:48.
[6] On March 2, 2003, Kavutu completed the Los Angeles Marathon in sixth place out of nearly 17,000 contestants in a time of 2:12:39.
[7] He returned in 2008 and ran with three other Kenyans (led by winner Mark Yatich) to a fourth-place finish in 2:16:01,[8] setting him up for a cash prize.
[15] He was also top five in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on a course-record-breaking day, where he ran 2:18:16 to finish in front of Danny Kassap and thousands of others.
He was back in Dubai on a cool morning in January 2007, where he lined up with Kenyans and Ethiopians to race the flat marathon course.
[5] He returned to the Twin Cities Marathon again in 2009 to cross the finish line in second place with a 2:13:03 time[27] behind Jason Hartmann.
After the Timmins Golden Trails Festival in 2007, Kavutu revealed that he sends his race money home to his family and community in Kenya in order to provide them with clean water and electricity.