Forty Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk employees take part in Run Towards the Dream marathon

Blagoveshchensk hosted the international Run toward the Dream marathon. It was attended by some 40 employees of Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk (the investor, owner and operator of the Amur GPP). Headed by Chief Engineer and First Deputy Director General Danis Fayruzov, a team of seven employees ran a half-marathon of 21.1 km. Chemical engineer Elena Nikhaychik is the only woman who had courage to run such a significant distance. Aleksandra Ishpayeva and Kseniya Zykova competed alongside men in a 10 km race. The 5 km distance became the most popular. Having won the bronze among the 50–59 and 40–49 year olds, Dmitriy Matrenin (26.19 min) and Viktor Shorokhov (20.24 min) showed the best results. Irina Matrenina (5 km in 32.05 min) showed the best result of the team among the female employees. She is top three women of her age.

Many employees took part in the race with their families. These were the spouses Elena Nikhaychik and Aleksey Nikhaychik, Irina Matrenina and Dmitriy Matrenin. Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk LLC team ran a total distance of 327.7 km. All runners were awarded the finisher medals.