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January 2025 - Challenges and Badges

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  Join the January challenges now  in Garmin Connect. Three month challenges - Stage 1 New year with the four stage challenges. Same as in 2024. 2025 Running - Stage 1 Join this challenge and record 300 kilometers (186.42 miles) of running activities from January 1 to March 31. 2025 Walking - Stage 1 Join this challenge and record 91 miles (146.5 km) of walking activities from January 1 to March 31. 2025 Cycling - Stage 1 Join this challenge and record 675 kilometers (419.43 miles) of cycling activities from January 1 to March 31. Full month challenges Disney, Marvel, & Star Wars Steps Join this Disney, Marvel & Star Wars™ challenge and record 10 days of 10,000 steps in January. January Time to Swim Join this challenge and record 4 hours of swimming activities in January. January Time to Run Join this challenge and record 10 hours of running activities in January. January Time to Ride Join this challenge and record 20 hours of cycling activities in January. January Wal...

Fixed - Issue with the python upload script garminbadges-updater.py

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UPDATE:  Garth is fixed, it can be upgraded by: pip install garth --upgrade The python upload script garminbadges-updater.py found here is currently not working. Garmin changed something on their side which breaks Garth (the python package that handles communication with Garmin Connect). The issue is being discussed here:  https://github.com/matin/garth/issues/73 Until it is fixed in Garth, released and the user updates the package there is a fix that works. Locate the garth package on your computer. On my Windows machine it is found at this path: C:\Users\[my user]\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\garth Open the file http.py in a text editor. Locate this code: USER_AGENT = {     "User-Agent": (         "Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 16_5 like Mac OS X) "         "AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/15E148"     ), } And change it to: USER_AGENT = {     "User-Agent": ("GCM-iOS-...

December 2024 - Challenges and Badges

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Join the December challenges now  in Garmin Connect. Three month challenges - Stage 4 Third and last month in stage 4 2024 Running - Stage 4 Join this challenge and record 300 kilometers (186.5 miles) of running activities from October 1 to December 31. 2024 Walking - Stage 4 Join this challenge and record 92 miles (148 km) of walking activities from October 1 to December 31. 2024 Cycling - Stage 4 Join this challenge and record 675 kilometers (419.5 miles) of cycling activities from October 1 to December 31. Full month challenges December 15K Join this challenge and record a 15-kilometer running activity in December. December Time to Swim Join this challenge and record 4 hours of swimming activities in December. December Time to Run Join this challenge and record 10 hours of running activities in December. December Time to Ride Join this challenge and record 20 hours of cycling activities in December. December Time to Walk Join this challenge and record 15 hours of walking activit...

November 2024 - Challenges and Badges

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   Join the November challenges now  in Garmin Connect. Three month challenges - Stage 4 Second month in stage 4 2024 Running - Stage 4 Join this challenge and record 300 kilometers (186.5 miles) of running activities from October 1 to December 31. 2024 Walking - Stage 4 Join this challenge and record 92 miles (148 km) of walking activities from October 1 to December 31. 2024 Cycling - Stage 4 Join this challenge and record 675 kilometers (419.5 miles) of cycling activities from October 1 to December 31. Full month challenges November Cycling Climb Join this challenge and climb 10,000 feet in elevation during cycling activities in November. November Time to Swim Join this challenge and record 4 hours of swimming activities in November. November Time to Run Join this challenge and record 10 hours of running activities in November. November Time to Ride Join this challenge and record 20 hours of cycling activities in November. November Time to Walk Join this challenge and r...

October 2024 - Challenges and Badges

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  Join the October challenges now  in Garmin Connect. Three month challenges - Stage 4 First month in stage 4 2024 Running - Stage 4 Join this challenge and record 300 kilometers (186.5 miles) of running activities from October 1 to December 31. 2024 Walking - Stage 4 Join this challenge and record 92 miles (148 km) of walking activities from October 1 to December 31. 2024 Cycling - Stage 4 Join this challenge and record 675 kilometers (419.5 miles) of cycling activities from October 1 to December 31. Full month challenges October Tour Join this challenge and record 400 kilometers of cycling activities in October. October Warrior Join this challenge and record a total of 4 hours of yoga activities in October. Active October Join this challenge and record 20 activities of at least 20 minutes each in October. October Swim Join this challenge and record 4,000 meters of swimming activities in October. October Rundown Join this challenge and record 50 miles of running activities in...

September 2024 - Challenges and Badges

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      Join the September challenges now in Garmin Connect. Three month challenges - Stage 3 Third and last month in stage 3 2024 Running - Stage 3 Join this challenge and record 300 kilometers (186.5 miles) of running activities from July 1 to September 30. 2024 Walking - Stage 3 Join this challenge and record 91 miles (146.5 km) of walking activities from July 1 to September 30. 2024 Cycling - Stage 3 Join this challenge and record 675 kilometers (419.5 miles) of cycling activities from July 1 to September 30. Full month challenges September Cycling Climb Join this challenge and climb 10,000 feet in elevation during cycling activities in September. September Time to Run Join this challenge and record 10 hours of running activities in September. September Time to Ride Join this challenge and record 20 hours of cycling activities in September. September Time to Swim Join this challenge and record 4 hours of swimming activities in September. September Time to Walk Join this...

August 2024 - Challenges and Badges

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     Join the August challenges now in Garmin Connect. Three month challenges - Stage 3 Second month in stage 3 2024 Running - Stage 3 Join this challenge and record 300 kilometers (186.5 miles) of running activities from July 1 to September 30. 2024 Walking - Stage 3 Join this challenge and record 91 miles (146.5 km) of walking activities from July 1 to September 30. 2024 Cycling - Stage 3 Join this challenge and record 675 kilometers (419.5 miles) of cycling activities from July 1 to September 30. Full month challenges Therabody Sleep Challenge Join this challenge and record 15 nights of sleep in August. Country: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, United States August Walking Join this challenge and record 30 miles of walking activities in August. August Tour Join this challenge and record 400 kilometers of cycling activities in August. August Warrior Join this challenge and record a total of 4 hours of y...