He won at the Tuskys Cross Country in November 2010 and was focused on performing well at the 2011 World Cross Country Championships. He had a top three finish at the Cross Internacional Zornotza in January. He failed to qualify for the world cross event and instead changed his focus to road running, completing a half marathon debut at the City-Pier-City Loop in a time of 59:44 minutes for fifth place. He headed to the United States and finished in second place at the Beach to Beacon 10K with a time of 27:56 minutes. He was the 2011 winner of the Falmouth Road Race and finished as runner-up at the Portugal Half Marathon in September. He ran at the Lisbon Half Marathon (the city's other major race) in March and reached third on the podium.