Thursday, July 7, 2011

Lucky Runners - Running with the Bulls

Yesterday marked the first of 8 days running with the bulls in Pamplona - the most popular running of the bulls in Spain.  The week start off relatively safely with only 4 being taken to hospitals, and no gorings. 14 people have died in this event since record keeping started in 1924 (2 years before Hemingway wrote "The Sun Also Rises", which brought international fame to the event) including 2009's fatal goring of a Spanish man.

The event only takes about 2 and a half minutes and is about 825 meters start to finish.  Not bad 800 times for the running conditions - I'm sure adrenaline plays a part...

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