![]() ![]() Gobi had a deep gash on her head and was limping, but was otherwise unharmed. With a search party made up of volunteers, Leonard combed the city with reward flyers and social media until the dog was found. While Leonard was in Edinburgh Gobi went missing, so Leonard immediately flew back to Urumqi, a city of three million people, to find her. īefore Gobi could begin the quarantine process necessary to enter the UK, Leonard left Gobi in the care of race organisers in Urumqi, while he flew back to the UK to arrange for a leave of absence from his job in Edinburgh. Leonard and his wife Lucja committed to donate the extra funds to welfare organizations that care for stray dogs. The campaign ultimately raised over £38,000. Īfter finishing the race, Leonard began a crowd funding campaign to raise £5,000 to bring Gobi back to Edinburgh from China. Gobi did not run Stages IV and V of the run, as the race had entered the desert where temperatures exceeded 52 ☌. In Stage III, Leonard carried Gobi several times through water barriers. Ultimately, Gobi ran 77 miles of the 155 mile race. At the end of the day, the dog joined Leonard in his tent. ![]() The dog ran a 23 mile leg of the race with him. Leonard noticed the stray dog at the start of the second day of the race. ![]() Gobi is a small, female Chihuahua mix that began following ultra marathon runner Dion Leonard at the beginning of Stage II of the Gobi Desert Run in China in June 2016. Dion and Gobi at Heavenly Lake, near Urumqi, China. ![]()
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