Finding Gobi: The True Story of a Little Dog and an Incredible Journey About the Author Dion Leonard is a 41 year old Australian who lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. Dion has not only completed but competed in some of the worlds toughest ultramarathons across the worlds inhospitable landscapes including running across the brutal Moroccan Sahara desert twice in the 250km marathon des sables and also twice across South Africa's Kalahari desert 250km. Dion's latest 250km race across the gobi desert in china turned out to be a completely different race where he fell in love with a stray dog (later named gobi) that followed him during the week and this would change both of their lives forever.