びわ湖毎日マラソン
On the road running circuit, he set a personal best time of 2:08:34 hours at the Lake Biwa Marathon and finished as runner-up. He returned to that event the following year and again reached the podium, coming third in a time of 2:10:49 hours. He improved his personal best to 2:07:27 hours at the Chuncheon International Marathon, where he was second behind Stanley Biwott.