Pavel Krysanov is one of these incredible heroes. The 47-year-old runner with cerebral palsy came from Moscow to plunge into the lively atmosphere of the Chisinau Marathon. His story is truly inspiring. From early childhood, Paul could hear almost nothing, but at the same time he learned to speak and understand what others said by reading their lips. Running helped him overcome depression and gain confidence. Pavel Krysanov proved that limited ability people can actually have unlimited prospects.

"I started to run for health-improving purposes. It so happened that, because of my diagnosis, I wasn’t able to do well in school. It depressed me so much because I’m a self-disciplined person. In connection with my worries about my studies, I developed a depression. At some point I decided to start running and it helped me a lot.

1,000 km is the distance that I ran in official races exclusively. But if you take into account my workouts, it turns out that, in three years, I ran about 5,000 kilometers. I try to train every day, once a week I take a break. On average, I manage to run 250 km a month.

I have my own project “Running through the cities of the former USSR”. So, I decided to run 2 marathons in a row: the Chisinau Marathon and the Kiev Marathon.


My result is 5 hours 41 seconds. Certainly, I could have run faster, but I wanted to save my strength for the Kiev Marathon.
In the future, I would very much like to run a 50-kilometer ultramarathon."