Don’t dare step out there in front of them without knowing it is a possibility. They’ll say they didn’t mean it, but they’re liars. With a casual flick of a horn, the bulls will gut you. Spanish bulls will kill you without conscience and for no good reason. They all run around 35 mph, which is faster than you would feel comfortable driving on those cobblestones.
The big ones? Well, they are much bigger. In Pamplona, they run four-year old bulls-at their maximum, angry, masculine prime. That guy with the hemp pamphlets at the campground or the community showers or at Left Luggage will tell you how the bulls are old or blind, or docile and domesticated. The bulls will kill you without consideration of your cool summer plans. The risk of injury is democratically spread amongst all runners equally. At the opposite of the spectrum, wearing too much is not permitted either - no helmets, no protective gear, and no armor, please. It’s a communal experience where showoffs are shunned.
Finally, self-centered attempts to call attention to oneself violate the spirit of running with the bulls. Second, well-yawn-it’s been done and done and done again. La policía will not be festive, and a picture of the perp in all his natural glory will likely be on the front of the local paper the next morning for giggles and pointing. First, the police will remove him from the streets and arrest “Magic Mike” immediately. Someone tries to run nude every year.Įvery summer, right before the rocket explodes and before the bulls come running, some genius strips nude to run. The rolled newspaper carried by runners is not for striking the bull, but for measuring distance, and for leading the bulls should they get distracted from running. Or more likely, find someone who wasn’t foolishly grabbing at a bull’s tail. Slapping at or grabbing at the bull, touching its horns, or tugging its tail, are not only insults to the local citizenry, and illegal, but also dangerous because it may distract the bull enough to come and find you. Only the most spectacular of athletes can hope for more. The goal of running with the bulls is to show some bravery by getting in front of the bull horns and running with the herd of bull brothers for a couple of moments. The goal is to run with the bulls, not to touch the bulls.
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