taking fifth place and at the high-stakes Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon with a season's best of 1:00:35. Mogusu won at the Kanto University Track and Field Championships, beating Daniel Gitau and recording a 10,000 metres personal best of 27:27.64 – a championship record and within the Olympic "A" standard for the distance. He did not make the Olympic team but he continued winning on the road racing circuit, leading the Sapporo Half Marathon from the 4 km onwards to take his third victory on the course. He was selected for the Kenyan team at the 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, but he failed to finish the race in Rio de Janeiro. At the 2009 Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon, only Daniel Gitau challenged Mogusu, but his front-running tactics prevailed as he maintained his lead to the finish to win his second title with a time of 1:00:37. Mogusu was driving in his native Kenya in March 2009 when he became involved in a car crash. While he, Daniel Gitau and Cosmas Ondiba were uninjured, their new Team Aidem coach Sho Kimura was hospitalised. Guilt and shock over the incident interrupted Mogusu's training that year. He set a 10,000 m track best of 27:26.56 in Niigata in May 2009. He made plans to make his marathon debut at the Fukuoka Marathon in 2009, but he dropped out at around the 30 km mark. He was runner up at the Kagawa Marugame race in February (losing to Daniel Gitau) and was again the second-placer at the Sendai Half Marathon in May, running 1:01:34 to finish behind Martin Mathathi. His third appearance over the distance that year came at the Sapporo Half Marathon, but finished out of the top three and had to settle for fifth place. He made his marathon debut at the Hokkaido Marathon in August. Although he led the race at the 35 km point, he faded in the latter stages and finished in third place, recording 2:16:38 on the hot and humid course. He took an early lead at the Marugame Half Marathon in February 2011, but slowed and ended up in third. The opposite occurred at the Sapporo race in June as he overtook runners in the second half of the race to claim a clear second place. He finished second again in Sapporo the following year, placing behind Martin Mathathi. Personal bests All information taken from