Before Halloween, I ran with BULLS

Well this deserves an entry by itself. We, as in 12 of us teachers from ASP, bus tripped it to Tlaxcala this weekend for the first weekend of their feria. We went specifically for their pamplonada, or event where they let bulls run loose in the streets. Saturday morning we got up early and registered to be runners and received our shirts and red neck bandana. We walked the whole route and checked out the bulls we´d run with by peeking through the slats in the door that held them back. The route fom where they were kept ran along the main plaza and ended in the bullring. The route was lined with large wooden fences that ran the whole length of the run. We got so pumped and excited before they let the bulls out, it was a huge adrenaline rush. We were getting ourselves all psyched up by practicing escape maneuvers and planning where we were going to start our run. Their were hundreds of other runners with us, no foreigners to be seen but us, I think we were the only girls running, and their was press all over us. Apparently they want to make this event more of an international attraction and they kept photographing us and interviewing us. We showed up in the newspaper the next day. Anyway at 1030 they let the beasts loose and we saw them come roaring around the corner. I dont think i really ran that far but it was a crazy rush to jump up on the fence and watch them pass by. They werent stopping for anybody. I dont think anyone got hurt though. Then we waited 15 minutes and they made another run and went back where they came from. That time I didnt run but instead hung onto a fence and just took a video. Unfortunately I thought that twice a bull was coming right for me so the videos a little crazy to watch but definitely shows how loco it really was.
Had a great time in Tlaxcala. I recommend that everyone run with the bulls at least once in thier lifetime. Priceless.