Many of us know the sheer agony of standing on a single piece of Lego.
It is like nature’s way of reminding us that we are fragile beings. But Kiwi legend Gabrielle Wall decided to take things up several painful notches by sprinting across a 100 metre stretch of the stuff. Barefoot. On purpose.
As a mum of two, Gabrielle clearly has nerves of steel and feet made of pure determination. After all, if you have survived a Lego-strewn living room, the world is your playground. She powered through in a blistering 24.75 seconds in Christchurch, setting a new world record and possibly inventing a new form of medieval torture while she was at it.
The course was built from 300 kilograms of Lego kindly provided by Imagination Station, a New Zealand charity that normally uses the bricks to teach robotics to children rather than to test the limits of human pain tolerance.
Gabrielle’s feat was part of her bucket list after a health scare in 2022, and she described it as “unforgettable.” We imagine that is true in every sense. Because if there is one thing harder than running a marathon, it is running on Lego without screaming.