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- Had zero stations for water on the 26 mile (42 km) course

- Accidentally gave North American competitor Tom Hicks a cocktail made of egg whites, brandy, and actual fucking rat poison

- Had a guy come into the race late wearing a beret and cutoff slacks, sneak into an apple orchard during the race because no food had been given to him for 40 hours, eat rotten apples, projectile vomit onto the track, fall asleep for hours, and finish in fourth place OVERALL because most of the other runners collapsed of exhaustion or injuries

- Conducted the race on a dusty road, which caused so much dust to be kicked into the air that an American runner somehow inhaled enough to tear his STOMACH LINING open

- Accidentally released feral dogs onto the track

editor: ok, so what are we talking, little green men?

ka applegate: i’m thinking more like…giant blue deer-people with no mouths and scorpion tails

editor: little green men would be easier to put on the cover

ka applegate: yeah, but deer-people are cooler

editor: so the other alien species, they’re all going to be nice and normal, right?

ka applegate: i’m thinking…

ka applegate: lizards covered in knives and cannibal centipedes

ka applegate: oh and the main villains are little slugs that crawl into people’s ears

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