Every parent knows the unique agony of stepping on a rogue Lego brick at 3 AM. That tiny plastic brick, somehow always positioned perfectly to target the most sensitive part of your foot, has brought mighty adults to their knees. But while most of us can barely handle one brick, someone out there decided to walk for miles on them. Just how far did this madman make it?

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The answer is: 5.5 Miles

This mind-bending achievement belongs to Salacnib "Sonny" Molina, who completed his painful pilgrimage across 5.5 miles (8,898.9 meters to be exact) of legos in Woodstock, Illinois, on May 1, 2021. Now for most, that's a distance that would make most people's feet hurt just thinking about it. But for Sonny? It's a Tuesday.

His daily routine involves running 3-6 miles on gravel trails and concrete paths, all without shoes. This makes his Lego walk slightly less surprising – when you regularly run marathons on gravel, perhaps Legos feel like a plush carpet in comparison. When he's not torturing his feet with plastic bricks or tiny sharp rocks, he's running marathons – barefoot, naturally. He's completed 11 consecutive barefoot marathons and knocked out 20 barefoot half-marathons in a single month. At this point, it's fair to wonder if Sonny's feet are actually made of steel.

But testing both his pain tolerance and endurance simultaneously is just one of Molina's hobbies, and, honestly, it isn't even his strangest. With almost 20 world records, his main claim to fame is being what you might call a professional peculiarity collector. Sonny has been busy amassing the world's largest collection of Pringles tubes (629 at last count), finger puppets (1,517), and skull-shaped drinking vessels (307). He even has a cherished collection of 395 salt and pepper sachets, because apparently, that's a thing someone decided to collect.

What drives someone to attempt such feats? For Sonny, it's part of a larger mission. Between his eclectic collections and his barefoot escapades, he's building a legacy of the wonderfully weird. His ultimate dream is to house all his collections in a museum, creating what would surely be the world's most uniquely curated showcase of human determination.

Next time you step on a Lego in the dark and see your life flash before your eyes, remember Sonny Molina. While you're hopping around cursing the toy gods, he's probably out there somewhere, running barefoot on gravel, planning his next collection, or perhaps laying out another 5.5-mile path of Legos – just for fun.

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