1.- TAKE-OFF

At 8 o'clock in the morning, a firework is launched, in order to indicate people throughout the route that the running is starting at that precise moment, two or three minutes later it will all have ended.

2.- DOORS OPENING

The door of the stockyard is opened, as well as that of the runner-free area, a space between the end of Real Street and the bullring. Two other doors will be closed when the herd of bulls passes by, in order to avoid that some bulls may turn back and start running in the opposite direction .

3.-THE START OF THE RUNNING

The running's cowboys, lead the heard through Payaso Eduardini Street to Real Vieja Street, a horizontal part of the route, in which it is possible to identify how the herd will behave during the rest of the route, in group or each bull acting in a different way, this will depend on who leads the herd, a bull or a bullock.

4.- REAL VIEJA STREET

It is a part of the route where the herd adapts to the type of ground and the bulls follow the bullocks. It takes place between Payaso Eduardini Street and Postas Street, in a SouthWest direction. It is up-hill with a slope of 3.1%.

5.-POSTAS STREET

In this part of the route, bulls begin to act independently one from another, brushing the fences, on the left side of the route and running behind isolated runners. It takes place between Real Vieja Street and Real Street, in a West-NorthWest direction. It is an up-hill with a 2.9% slope.

6.- FIRST PART OF REAL STREET

After the herd passes the curve between Postas Street and Real Street, the bulls begin to run in-line behind the groups of runners, who try to calm them down, usually on the right side of the street. Here the bulls do not follow any more the bullocks. It takes place from Postas Street to Leopoldo Gimeno Street, in Northwest direction. It is down-hill with minus 1.28% slope.

7.- FINAL PART OF REAL STREET

In this part the herd reaches the highest speed of all the route. The strongest bulls, attempting to attack runners, overpass them, placing them in a very dangerous situation. It takes place between Leopoldo Gimeno Street and Juan Olivares Street, Northeast direction. It is un up-hill with a 0.55% slope.

8.- ESTAFETA STREET

Certainly, it is the key part of the route, as the bulls, once they have entered into Estafeta Street, usually after having crashed themselves against the fence in the previous right-hand curve, run at a lower speed and in a pretty calm manner, as it is a down-slope, thus making it necessary for the bulls to release most of their weight on their front leggs, the weakest part of bull, what impedes them to attack with all their strength. On the other hand, it makes it possible for the runners to get very close to the bulls' horns, thus creating a human barrier. It takes place in a Northeast direction, from Juan Olivares Street to Plaza de Toros Avenue, with a 6.48% down-slope.

9.- ENTRANCE INTO THE BULLRING

It is one of the black-spots of the route, as bulls increase their speed in the first part, due to its horizontality, while they successfully attack runners, who are already lacking enough energy. .
The entrance into the bullring posses a new risk: the blockeage that takes place in the entrance tunnel, which has ocassioned severe injuries to runners over the years. It takes place from Plaza de Toros Avenue to the center of the bullring, with a down-slope of minus 2.07% .

10.- INSIDE THE BULLRING

Once in the bullring, the "dobladores" and cowboys have the task of conducting the bulls for locking them in the stockyard. The rest of runners wait until they hear the 6 fireworks that indicate the bulls have been locked and, thus, the running has reached its end.
586 meters have been run within two or threee minutes, two or three minutes full of fear and nerves. San Sebastián de los Reyes is full of activity every August, due to the Running the Bulls event, which is viewed by people from all over the Autonomous Community of Madrid, and other parts of Spain, who come specifically to enjoy this event, as they stand along the route. In order to gain a good viewing postion, you need to be there several hours before the Take-off of the running.