L-R Oliver Phipps, Ben Owen and Lewis Willetts, all from Machen, during their 100km run challenge Ben loves sport, in particular football and rugby. He said: “I’ve never been a runner but with all sport cancelled I needed something to keep me active, but also to challenge myself. So when we decided to take on this challenge I instantly wanted to do it to prove to myself that I can do it and get fitter whilst doing it, but also to help those in need. It also gives me the motivation to carry on and not give up.” Lewis is a keen sports fan like his friends, supporting Arsenal and Newport County. He said: “During lockdown I was getting very bored and unfit as football training had stopped and with no school, PE had stopped too. Ben, Ollie and I had an idea to start running consistently. So, we started a challenge to run 100k in the month of January and raise money. This challenge will benefit me a lot with my fitness but mainly I’m doing it to help out children in a worse