For her career, her personal bests were: 31:59.37 in the 10,000 metres in Sollentuna on 28 June 2005, 1:12.06 in the half marathon in Addis Ababa on 28 August 2005, and 2:27.32 in the marathon in Rotterdam on 13 April 2008.

[1] In the 2004 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Adanech finished 16th with a time of 1:13:50, at the time a personal best.

She ran in the Reims à Toutes Jambes and won in 2005 with a time of 2:35:55.

[2] In 2006, she followed that up with an eighth place finish at the 2006 Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:36:48 and a third place finish at the 2006 Rome Marathon with a time of 2:27:38.

[4] Her last major race was the 2008 Rotterdam Marathon; she finished second with a personal-best time of 2:27.32.