"I didn't really think that much of it. Manslaughter charge laid following fatal Mangere shooting of 2-year-oldOver Day 3, Gobi continued to follow Leonard, this time over increasingly harsh terrain. By Amy B WangIt's still unclear how or why the scrappy, apricot-coloured dog with pointy ears showed up to the starting line of the 250km ultramarathon in June. Because of the heat - temperatures peaked at about 52C around the middle of the course - Gobi wasn't allowed to run stages 4 and 5. "She literally stayed with me all day," said Leonard, 41, an Edinburgh resident who has competed in numerous multistage ultramarathons.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 07, 2016 21:00 UTC