Dion leonard gobi5/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() With the start of the race just seconds away, I smiled at the dog and thought, "She better get out of the way," as there were 100 runners about to come flying by. I looked down for one last check of my shoes, and there was a scruffy puppy with the most adorable big brown eyes staring right back at me. It was an unusually cold morning as we waited for the race to start. Courtesy of Dion LeonardĮspnW chatted with Leonard about his four-legged friend and his forthcoming memoir, "Finding Gobi," which releases in June.ĮspnW: Take us through the moment you met Gobi.ĭion Leonard: I was at the base of the Tian Shan mountain range in northwest China on day 2 of a six-stage, seven-day, 155-mile race. A lifelong friendship was formed when Gobi met Leonard. When Gobi was temporarily separated from him, the elite athlete made it his duty to find her and bring her home to his family and hometown of Edinburgh, Scotland. ![]() Leonard, understanding how special the pup was, knew this was the beginning of a lifelong friendship. Tiny in stature but big in heart, Gobi went step-for-step with Leonard over the Tian Shan mountains and across massive sand dunes, keeping pace for nearly 80 miles. National Puppy Day is Thursday, so in honor of the occasion, we'd like to reintroduce you to Gobi, a small but scrappy border terrier mix who accompanied ultra-marathon runner Dion Leonard on a 155-mile race through the Gobi Desert in China last year. ![]()
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