Kicker - A painful world record

NICK EICHER, HOST: If you have kids, chances are you’ve had the agonizing experience of walking through your living room in your bare feet and suddenly stepping on a LEGO.

A painful accident!

But a group of five Florida women did it on purpose! And they didn’t just step on one LEGO but thousands of them. 

Wellness blogger Katie Wells convinced four friends, Ashley, Savanna, Grace, and Cat to take a run—or at least a painful walk—at a Guinness world record. 

And it was no easy feat.

The record attempt took eight months of planning. They had to build a 33-foot track, procure 200 pounds of LEGOs and bring in three independent witnesses and two medical professionals to check their feet.

Each woman then had to complete 20 laps inside a one-hour time limit in their bare feet.

But they did it—walking more than 2 miles in total over jagged plastic blocks!

And they celebrated their world record achievement—how else—but icing their feet!

It’s The World and Everything in It.

(Photo/Wellness Mama, Katie Wells) Katie Wells and friends

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