No one would have believed in the first years of the twenty-first century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's…
With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter…
Yet across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us…
And early on the morning of April 2 in Dearborn, MI came the great disillusionment…
As Angela and I walked to the start line of the race, I started to notice some strange things, like this police cruiser..
The first thing I found suspicious the green man driving the car. And then I noticed the writing on the side of the car: “Be nice to people.” Very clever. Lull the people into a false sense of security until the mother ship commands the start of the full scale invasion.
Despite my concerns, I continued to the start line of the 10K.
The race started and I found myself one of thousands of runners. Using my GPS, I hit my planned pace and stuck with it for the first 5K. Actually ran my fastest 5K ever. Unfortunately, I had 5K to go. As the race went on, I slowed down a bit. At first I thought it was due to the fact that it’s really early in the season and that I haven’t been doing a lot of mileage or speed-work yet. Then I realized what was really happening… the mother ship was using the hidden alien chip within my GPS to cause my body to slow down. That must have been it because it was soon after that I started to notice the Martians. They were everywhere; they were after me…
I mean, why else would I look like this doing something supposedly fun.
I have to say that Angela saved me at the last minute. When she wasn’t carrying things, shuttling things back and forth from the car to the race area and cheering me on, she was tackling Martians. Here’s one that she put out of commission by tying him to a tree…
Ended up finishing just out of the top 10, but very pleased with the performance, especially so early in the season. I’ll probably return next year, where I fear the Martians are plotting for an even greater invasion…
