“I really like that dog, and how much the man traveled to find her,” said Mojica, who went home with her own signed copy of the book after winning a raffle. She also got to pet and pose for pictures with the Chihuahua/Shih Tzu mix. So Mojica, who like Gobi is 8, and her mom, Rafaela Gomez of Reading, stuck around to hear Leonard tell their incredible story. Instead of just lending her the bestseller “Finding Gobi, The True Story of One Little Dog’s Big Journey” that she came for, the library staff told her that they were hosting a presentation by the author, Dion Leonard, and that Gobi was there with him. GUIDEPOSTS: Were there moments when she kept you going?ĭL: Seeing Gobi’s resilience, determination, and need to be with me no matter what the conditions and circumstances for sure took my mind off running across the soaring heat and inhospitable conditions of the desert.Zoey Mojica came to the Reading Public Library’s main branch Saturday looking to borrow a book, but she found something much better. Unfortunately Gobi forgot to pack her food so I would give her everything I could to make sure she wasn’t hungry. I knew how much food I would need for the week and had not packed any extra. GUIDEPOSTS: How big of a deal was it for you to choose to share your food and water with Gobi?ĭL: A very big deal because you have to carry all of the food you need to survive the week. GUIDEPOSTS: It’s kind of amazing then that this tiny dog could manage it.ĭL: I was impressed when she completed stage 2 with me, close to a marathon in length and climbing a huge mountain pass over the Tian Shan range.
It created a lot of worry and negatives in my mind. Physically I was prepared, but I didn’t know if my leg injury would flare up straight away or if I would go on to finish the race. DL: I was returning from injury and had not been running competitively for over six months so mentally I was a little fragile.
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