KELLI ARENA, CNN ANCHOR: It is that time of year again. The running of the bulls starts tomorrow in Pamplona, Spain. The annual festival got off to a boisterous start today with lots of celebrations. CNN's Al Goodman is lucky enough to be there.</s>AL GOODMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Hear that rocket? Everyone in Pamplona certainly did and they know what it means. The annual fiesta has officially started. But for Pamplona it's more than just a great party, it's a tradition that goes back four centuries. This man has been running with the bulls for 33 years and has plenty of photos to prove it. Here, running with his son, here with friends, and now meeting friends getting ready to run again.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): I only stopped running once after my second child was born.</s>GOODMAN: His wife says her pride in seeing her husband run outweighs her fear. His son says he'll keep running just like dad. (on camera): This street goes through a bit of a mood change every July. The stores close. They pull the shutters down, just the normal precautions for some rather rowdy visitors who will be running right through here. (voice-over): Six bulls and hundreds of runners race through the streets of Pamplona each morning for eight straight days. Some will be running for the first time, like Jim from New Jersey.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I just came down to run with the bulls, get a little weird and check it out.</s>GOODMAN: It's been a right of passage ever since Ernest Hemingway wrote about Pamplona in the 1920s. Women are allowed to run, but Kate from Wisconsin says she'd rather watch the men try their luck.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Most of them are very scared to do it but they feel like if they go home and say that they didn't run it will be bad.</s>GOODMAN: Bragging rights meets tradition and the running doesn't even start until Monday. Al Goodman, CNN, Pamplona, Spain.
Running of the Bulls in Pamplona Gets Under Way Tomorrow