Some runners brag and try to act tough and unafraid.
Guys like to joke about who they'll give their belongings to when they die. Superstition runs rampant and there's quite a few good-luck charms floating around. The inexperienced runner takes off like a bat out of hell, usually bumps into other people like a pinball in a pinball machine, and often never sees the bulls flash by. The more daring and experienced runner tends to hang back and patiently awaits the bulls' arrival. These are the guys who like to run right alongside the 1,200-pound bulls, hear their ominous snorts, feel the ground rumble as they stampede by, and are willing to distract a bull that singles out any unlucky bastard for a goring.