Y’all! I know there’s a lot of red tape involved in moving a pet across a continent, but the struggles Dion faced were beyond comprehension! There’s months of quarantine at the kennel, airline protocol bullshit, and insurmountable fees upon fees upon fees. He had to find a way to transport the little guy all the way from a dog-unfriendly communist country to Scotland.
When the grueling multi-stage race came to an end, Dion’s biggest challenge had yet to begin. Dion is, in my opinion, a good human, and I’m willing to bet Gobi sensed that the moment they crossed paths. Pretty scary stuff, especially when he described the guy’s grayish pallor and black-tinted urine. Also, from a human standpoint, Dion won over my heart when he stopped to rescue a fellow runner-also his biggest rival-who collapsed and nearly died of extreme dehydration. From then on, Dion surrendered himself to the fact that the scruffy little bearded dog was all his. But when he found the little guy in distress at a water crossing, he sacrificed his time to run back over to scoop him up and stick by him to the finish line. These two unlikely teammates were a powerful force!Īt first, I couldn’t make up my mind about our narrator, Dion Leonard, especially when he was growing annoyed of Gobi diving after his feet. Just incredible, I tell you! I do a bit of running (half marathons), but there’s no way I could even fathom a full marathon, let alone hundreds of miles in extreme temps. Astonishingly, those tiny legs kept up the pace with a trained elite athlete as they traversed the scorching desert’s rugged peaks and valleys. Like a cat with a mouse, he chased after those gators for miles upon miles upon miles.
Out of all the super-human ultra runners camping out in the desert, Gobi only fixated one Dion, well technically he was more obsessed with the yellow gators wrapped around Dion’s shoes.
It’s like they can see far into the future and just know they are home. I truly believe this because my CeeCeee was attached to my side the moment I scooped her up off the street. The moment the homeless little desert dog laid eyes on HIS HUMAN, he just knew he found his soul mate, his destiny. Now that we’ve got that settled, let me just say this book gave me everything I needed out of a dog/running memoir and more! This is such an incredible journey that show us all that instalove is a true phenomenon among dogs…humans, eh the verdict’s still out. Dog lovers, I know what you’re thinking, so I’m going to assure you that little Gobi is still alive and well with his family in Scotland.
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