08.07.2009. / 19:38

Autor: Maria Grygorian

Hardest marathon in the world: 900 meters of San Fermin

Each day six fighting bulls run the route and a lot of runners dressed in white with a red scarfs around their necks run even faster from bulls

Running with the bulls in PamplonaRunning with the bulls in PamplonaIn Pamplona started the famous marathon in whole world - San Fermin. Those 900 meters were running Ernest Hemingway and Ana Gardner, these 900 meters make a huge polemic in whole world.

The Pamplona bull run takes place at 8am every morning from 7th to 14th July. Runners must be in the running track by 7.30 am. The actual run stretches from the corral at Santo Domingo where the bulls are kept, to the bullring where they will fight. The average time of the run from start to finish is about three minutes.

The streets through the old town which make up the bull run are walled off so the bulls can't escape. Each day six fighting bulls run the route and a lot of runners dressed in white with a red scarfs around their necks run even faster from bulls. By the law, all the windows of 1 floor have to be opened, so people can escape from bulls.