 The performance earned him his first international selection Kenya and he took sixth place in the men's race at the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, a finish which earned him the team gold medal alongside Bernard Kiprop Kipyego and Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich.The Zayed International Half Marathon was his first stop of 2010, but he only managed to finish in sixth.He set his sights on completing the Prague Half Marathon unbeaten