How We Can Heal
How We Can Heal
Lisa Danylchuk
Finding Healing–and Gobi–on the Trail with Ultra Marathon Runner Dion Leonard
1 hour Posted Apr 21, 2025 at 1:00 pm.
Welcome to Dion Leonard's Story
From Smoker to Ultra Runner
The Healing Power of Endurance
Meeting Gobi in the Desert
Finding Gobi After She Went Missing
Life Lessons from the Trail
Having a Go and Closing Thoughts
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Dion Leonard's life changed forever when a small dog joined him for 80 miles of a grueling 155-mile ultra-marathon across the Gobi Desert in China. Their story of connection, separation, and eventual reunion became a New York Times bestseller, but behind this heartwarming tale lies an equally powerful journey of personal healing. Before becoming a world-class endurance athlete, Dion was a pack-a-day smoker who couldn't run around the block. His transformation began with a drunken bet about a...