Day 3: And the casualties are mounting.

One man was gored in the thigh and six more were seriously injured during the third of nine days of the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, according to media reports. It was the highest injury total for a single day so far.

That brings the injury total so far this year to 16 points for the bulls, 0 for the humans, who have not hurt one bull during the run — of course after the run six bulls are killed during the bull fights.

For those who have never been to Pamplona during the bull run, which we haven’t, though we know people who have, it’s an amazing event. The No. 1 tip offered to newbies is never watch the bull run if you’re planning on running in it. That means: Arrive in the afternoon, take a nap, get up at 1 a.m., drink until you can’t walk, stumble around town, drink some more, kind of pass out, have a stranger wake you up around 6 a.m., go and buy one one of those white outfits with a red bandana, text your friends at home that you’re about to die. Run about 14 feet on the cobble stone street and then scratch your way  under one of the barriers as you hear the bulls approach.

You should be drunk enough to not notice you were not actually on the 850 meter route that the bulls run, but rather, a nearby street. No one will tell you different and you can go back to your hotel room soaked in sweat that smells like fear and urine.

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