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Running of the bulls in Pamplona needs to be about 26.2 miles longer
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Four people, including an American, were injured at today's running ofthe bulls in Pamplona, Spain
Ever since Ernest Hemingway took it upon himself to make the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona a right of masculine passage, tens of thousands of mostly drunk men have taunted a few bulls into gauging a few unlucky runners.
Today marks the beginning of the week long orgy of drinking, taunting, running, bull fighting and more drinking.
The news from Pamplona on this first day is that only four people were injurer in today's beginning run with one unlucky American among the injured.
According to the Telegraph.com:
"No one was gored in the 8am event but four people, including a Scotsman and an American, were treated for injuries after slipping on the run through the narrow streets of the old town.
Around 2.000 people took part on the first run of the San Fermin festival made famous by Ernest Hemingway in his novel, The Sun Also Rises.
Six bulls are released each morning during the eight-day fiesta to stampede along the half a mile route to the city's bullring where they face death in the afternoon. Tuesday's run lasted two and a half minutes and was described by organizers as a "quick clean run."
Really?
Only Six Bulls, 2000 runners, a half a mile, and two and a half minutes.
That's what Hemingway consider a right of masculine passage? Check out the video below from today's festivities (just try to find the bulls) and you'll have to agree that the organizers either have to increase the distance to 26.2 miles, or add hundreds of more bulls to make this silly run in today's world of extreme sports anything but a silly jog down an over crowded and smelly ally.
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