100km Challenge for Mental Health in Honour of Johannes Logan
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are proudly supporting 19-year-old Luke Braund, who on Wednesday 10 December will take on an extraordinary and deeply personal challenge, running 100 kilometres around Sydney’s Bay Run to raise money and awareness for men’s mental health.
The run, titled ‘Laps for Logan’, is Luke's tribute to his close mate and Rabbitohs Jersey Flegg Cup player, Johannes Logan, who passed away on 10 November 2025. The loss hit Luke and the entire Rabbitohs network incredibly hard, but it also sparked a mission - to turn heartbreak into action.
Luke has set a goal of raising $20,000 for Movember, and the support has already been overwhelming, with more than $18,000 (as of publishing) raised ahead of the run.
In a recent interview on 2GB with Ben Fordham, Luke spoke about Johannes with warmth and honesty.
“[Johannes] was a big teddy bear. He was a big scary guy if you didn't know him, but if you know him, he was about as soft and as personal as they came. He was a real protector and a friend,” Luke said.
Johannes joined South Sydney’s pathways system in 2025 and quickly became a much-loved member of the Rabbitohs, a hardworking middle forward who supported his teammates on and off the field.
Luke explained that the challenge had to be something meaningful, something that embodied how Johannes viewed him.
“I chose to do 100kms round the bay run since Johannes always regarded me as the hardest worker he knew," Luke said.
"So what better way to honour him than by doing something that is incredibly hard like running 100km and putting in my all.”
He has also remained in close contact with Johannes’ family during the lead-up to the run, sharing their grief and strength.
“I've been having chats with (Johannes' father) Andrew Logan. He’s a great guy and he is dealing with it really well. He has taken action himself and I can only imagine how the rest of the family is doing. It's an incredibly hard thing.”
On 10 December 2025, from 4am to 6pm, Luke will run 100km around Sydney's Bay Run. Every kilometre is for Johannes, for young men struggling in silence, and for families navigating the impact of mental health challenges.
Luke’s motivation for the run stems from both heartbreak and a determination to create change.
In his own words:
“75% of people who die by suicide are men. Every single day, over 1,400 men across the world take their own lives, that’s about one every minute. Those numbers are shocking, but you never truly understand what they mean until it becomes personal.
On November 10th, 2025, I lost one of my mates, Johannes Logan. You don’t realise how devastating those statistics are until one of them is someone you know, someone you’ve shared memories, laughs, and lessons with. Going from having them in your life one day to losing them the next because they felt they couldn’t reach out for help is absolutely soul-crushing.
What hurts the most is knowing how many people were there for him, people who loved him, and yet he couldn’t see it. That’s what I want to change.
I never want anyone else to feel that same silence, that same isolation, or that same pain, not in my life, not in anyone’s.
So, every year, on December 10th, I’ll be running 100 kilometres in Johannes’ memory, and for all the men who didn’t make it, for those still struggling in silence, and for everyone fighting to find a reason to keep going. This run is my way of acknowledging Johannes, and countless others like him, while raising awareness so that more men feel they can reach out before it’s too late.”
All funds raised will go directly to Movember, supporting programs for men’s mental health and suicide prevention.
