Dion Leonard with Gobi, the stray dog who started running with him when he was competing in a 155-mile ultramarathon through the Chinese Gobi Desert. His new companion changed the runner’s priorities, and he was determined to bring her back to the UK; but then Gobi went missing. . . This story of friends reunited is told by Leonard, with Craig Borlase, in Finding Gobi: The true story of a little dog and an incredible journey (HarperCollins, £12.99 (£11.70); 978-0-00-822795-1).