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April 2023 - Will we get expeditions this month?

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Join the April challenges soon in Garmin Connect. New in this month: We might see expeditions. Other news: All standard badges that were announced in January are now active: Tacx challenges - Alpine Classic, Eleven Cities Tour and Pro Rides and the event badges - Set a Date, Sharing Is Caring and Mission Accomplished. Updates after initial post 2023-03-15 - Expeditions are here. You can join one climb and one hike at the same time. Join one of each and just log steps and floors climbed and you will eventually get the badges. They are labeled as limited time, but the end date is in 2099 so no need to hurry. 2023-03-30 - 2023 Songkran Festival is confirmed to require country Thailand. Expeditions - Update What we saw last month was just some general details about the expeditions. Now Garmin has listed 28 expeditions. You see them in the end of this post. They are famous climbs and hiking routes.  Since one of the descriptions from last month said that you only can do one expedition at a
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March 2023 - Another 4 km of swimming and two new diving badges

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Join the March challenges now in Garmin Connect! New in this month: Expeditions? More below. What we have is another month with 4 km of swimming. That was the new challenge in February that we see again in March. There are two new standard badges for diving. We don't know when they will be public but they are on the way. We are also waiting for the next Tacx challenge. We have only seen the first which was Alpine Classic. Expeditions? There is something new coming that I'm not sure what it is about. I will just post the text: expedition_details_desc_1_hike This expedition does not have a time limit. Your hike will be completed when you fulfill the required steps for the expedition. expedition_details_desc_1_climb This expedition does not have a time limit. Your climb will be completed when you fulfill the required floors climbed for the expedition. expedition_details_desc_2 You may start or end an expedition at any time. By ending an expedition, you will lose all progress made.
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February 2023 - 4 km of swimming and new badges for Valentine and Lantern festival

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  Join the February challenges now in Garmin Connect. This time Garmin did not reveal the challenges early. New in this month: A swimming badge for the full month! Three month challenges - Stage 1 Second month in Stage 1. Full month challenges February 15K Join this challenge and record a 15-kilometer running activity in February. February Step Month Join this challenge and record 300,000 steps in February. February Gains Join this challenge and record a total of four hours of strength activities in February. February Rundown Join this challenge and record 50 miles of running activities in February. Active February Join this challenge and record 20 activities of at least 20 minutes each in February. February Swim Join this challenge and record 4,000 meters of swimming activities in February. February Warrior Join this challenge and record a total of four hours of yoga activities in February. February Tour Join this challenge and record 400 kilometers of cycling activities in February.
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January 2023 - A new year with new badges and staged challenges!

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Join the January challenges now in Garmin Connect. We got the new staged challenges for 2023. Nothing new about them. Same as last year. The Tour challenges continue with yet another 400 km per month. What is more interesting are the new badges for events in Garmin Connect and three challenges in the Tacx app . Three month challenges - Stage 1 The challenges are exactly the same as in 2022 so no surprises there. 2023 Cycling - Stage 1 Join this challenge and record 675 kilometers (419.43 miles) of cycling activities from January 1 to March 31. 2023 Walking - Stage 1 Join this challenge and record 91 miles (146.5 km) of walking activities from January 1 to March 31. 2023 Running - Stage 1 Join this challenge and record 300 kilometers (186.42 miles) of running activities from January 1 to March 31. Full month challenges January Tour Join this challenge and record 400 kilometers of cycling activities in January. January Warrior Join this challenge and record a total of four hours of yoga
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December 2022 - 12 Days of Fitness and Finish Strong

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Join the December challenges now in Garmin Connect. Swimming in December! Great if you live in the southern hemisphere. We will end the year with 12 Days of Fitness which is 10 activities of at least 20 minutes each. The toughest this month is probably to bike 200 km during the Christmas holidays. Three month challenges - Stage 4 Final month in stage 4! Soon we are done with all four stages this year. Will there be new staged challenges next year? I would prefer yearly challenges instead of these that are split into four parts. Full month challenges December Walking Join this challenge and record 30 miles of walking activities in December. December Rundown Join this challenge and record 50 miles of running activities in December. December Step Month Join this challenge and record 300,000 steps in December. December Tour Join this challenge and record 400 kilometers of cycling activities in December. December Warrior Join this challenge and record a total of four hours of yoga activitie
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What happened with the Halloween badges?

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It was pretty chaotic with the Halloween badges this year. What happened? Garmin had moved the start and end date for the usual Halloween badges to October 31 2022 which made them visible as available. On October 22 Garmin changed the dates for those badges back to 2021, but didn't set an end date. Not setting an end date will stop the badge from being time limited and they will still be visible as available. That doesn't mean they really are available in the Garmin backend. The start and end dates only controls the frontend (presentation in the apps and web). We don't know the settings in the backend and the dates in the backend are what really control whether the badges will be awarded or not. At the same time as Garmin moved the dates back to 2021 they made a new badge available: Halloween 2022. That is what Garmin has done with most badges for holidays and festivals this year (removed the usually yearly badges and added a new one): 3 badges for Songkran festival became
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November 2022 - Marathon Sprint and Cycling Climb

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  Garmin just pushed the descriptions for November challenges. Join them now in Garmin Connect. New in this month: Marathon Sprint. We had that badge in November 2021. Not very hard since it is the accumulated distance and if you are doing the Rundown you will get this one automatically. Garmin removed the yearly Thanksgiving bages and added a new badge called  Thanksgiving 2022 like they have done with all the other festival/holiday badges this year. Three month challenges - Stage 4 Second month in Stage 4 Full month challenges November Gains Join this challenge and record a total of four hours of strength activities in November. Active November Join this challenge and record 20 activities of at least 20 minutes each in November. November Tour Join this challenge and record 400 kilometers of cycling activities in November. November Rundown Join this challenge and record 50 miles of running activities in November. November Cycling Climb Join this challenge and climb 10,000 feet in ele
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