This is the story of Dion and Gobi, the little dog he found while running an ultramarathon through the Gobi desert.
Who is Dion and why is he running in the Gobi desert?
So this guy is about to meet a dog in the desert and this dog is going to change his life. Now the guy, his name is Dion. He's a marathon runner. He lives in Scotland, but one day Dion decides he's going to compete in the Gobi March, which is 155 mile ultra marathon going through the Gobi desert in Asia. So he travels to China to run this marathon. And then, bam, the race starts.
And Dion and the other runners, they set off through the first part of it. And that night, the runners, they're all resting and they're sitting around a campfire, probably talking about how hard the day was. And that's when Dion, he sees this little stray dog running around the camp. And this dog, she's approaching all the runners, and she's trying to get them to give her a bite of their food.
Which is tough, because the runners have to carry all their own food with them for the week. So they have very limited supply of it. So Dion, he sees this dog, and he's like, hell no, dog! Go on! Get! Then, the next day, Dion and the other runners, they make their way to the starting line. And then he looks down, and there's that dumb little dog again, chewing at his shoes.
And he's like, damn it, dog, go on! Get! And then the race starts, and the dog is like chewing at his feet for a whole quarter mile. And Dion's like getting annoyed, like, go on, get! And lucky for him, the dog finally disappears. And Dion is kind of relieved because it's hard enough running through a desert without a stray animal trying to trip you up.
But then eight hours later, after running through a thick forest area, Dion looks down and there's that stupid little dog again running alongside him. And he's like, I said, go on. But the dog continues to follow him, running alongside him when he crosses the finish line to end the second day.
And spectators and the people around all watching, they're all looking at this and they're cheering them both on. Yay, little dog! So then later, Dion gets some food from his supplies. And that freaking little dog is still following him around. And at this point, he realizes this little dog probably hasn't eaten all day.
And I guess he feels bad because he gives the dog like half the meat he's eating. And the dog loves it. Om nom nom nom nom nom. And you know, from this point on, he's f***ed. Because like, once you feed a stray dog, it is not going to leave. So that night, the little dog curls up next to him and falls asleep. And so Dion decides, okay, fine, she's not gonna get, so I'll just name her.
And he names her Gobi after the desert they're running through. Then the next morning, sure enough, Gobi is there with him at the starting line and she continues running right alongside him. Later that day, Dion is still running and he comes up to a place where he has to cross a really wide river. So he wades into it and he's walking through it and he crosses like the worst part of it.
But then he hears Gobi back behind him like whining and crying. And he looks back and he sees her and she's still way back there. She's not jumping in this river. And Dion keeps moving forward, but Gobi just keeps whining and crying out. And so Dion, he decides to do something he's never done before. He turns around and he goes back.
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