Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ malitere dị ka onye na-agba ọsọ mita 10,000 ma bụrụ onye nke ise n'egwuregwu ahụ na 1986 Commonwealth Games. Ọ gbara ọsọ marathon mbụ ya n'otu asọmpi ahụ ma merie ọla nchara. Mmeri marathon mbụ ya bụ na Berlin na 1990 na oge nke 2:08:16, na-abịa nanị izu ole na ole mgbe o merisịrị Great North Run na 1:00:34. N'afọ 1991, o setịpụrụ ihe ndekọ nke 40:03 maka akara ngosi 14 nke Sydney City 2 Surf, nke ka dị. N'afọ 1994, o meriri na Tokyo Marathon na marathon na
Egwuregwu Commonwealth. Ọ bịara nke atọ n'ọsọ marathon 1997 World Championships. O sonyekwara na marathon n'egwuregwu Olimpik anọ; 1988 na Seoul, 1992 na Barcelona,