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How to get one of the race badges (hacking/cheating the system)

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   The badge Saulkrastu Stirnu Buks 2024 This post will be about cheating or hacking the system to get a badge. I don't promote cheating so what you do with this information is up to you. I don't do it. I just hack the system to understand how it works. I will be using my test account to get the badge. My main account will not have this badge. The badge  Saulkrastu Stirnu Buks 2024 is a typical race badge. You had to do a race at the correct location at the right date and time. Description: " Complete at least a 5-km run in the Stirnu buks event in Saulkrastu, Latvia, on March 23, 2024." Start by investigating the description to get the requirements. Distance: At least 5 km (so any distance longer than 5 km) Activity: Running Course:  Saulkrastu Stirnu Buks event Location: Saulkrastu, Latvia Date: March 23, 2024 You need to find the race course. Start by looking at the race page to see if you can download the course. https://www.stirnubuks.lv/race/2024/saulkrasti/?la

April 2024 - Challenges and Badges

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  Join the April challenges now in Garmin Connect. NOTE! There are some issues with some of the challenges. They are not updating with the progress. The solution is to leave the challenge and join again. That usually fixes that issue. Three month challenges - Stage 2 First month in stage 2 2024 Running - Stage 2 Join this challenge and record 300 kilometers (186.5 miles) of running activities from April 1 to June 30. 2024 Walking - Stage 2 Join this challenge and record 91 miles (146.5 km) of walking activities from April 1 to June 30. 2024 Cycling - Stage 2 Join this challenge and record 675 kilometers (419.5 miles) of cycling activities from April 1 to June 30. Full month challenges April Time to Swim Join this challenge and record 4 hours of swimming activities in April. April Time to Run Join this challenge and record 10 hours of running activities in April. April Time to Ride Join this challenge and record 20 hours of cycling activities in April. April Time to Walk Join this chall

Leap Day 2024 - Record an activity of at least 29 minutes on February 29, 2024

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This badge was announced just a few hours ago. Leap Day 2024 Record an activity of at least 29 minutes on February 29, 2024. Garmin Badge Database Garmin Connect Change country setting

March 2024 - Challenges and Badges

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Join the March challenges now in Garmin Connect. Three month challenges - Stage 1 Last month for stage 1! 2024 Running - Stage 1 Join this challenge and record 300 kilometers (186.42 miles) of running activities from January 1 to March 31. 2024 Walking - Stage 1 Join this challenge and record 91 miles (146.5 km) of walking activities from January 1 to March 31. 2024 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 March 15K Join this challenge and record a 15-kilometer running activity in March. March Time to Swim Join this challenge and record four hours of swimming activities in March. March Time to Walk Join this challenge and record 15 hours of walking activities in March. March Time to Run Join this challenge and record 10 hours of running activities in March. March Time to Ride Join this challenge and record 20 hours of cycling activities in March. March Tour Join this challenge

Jump Rope badges are now available!

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The jump rope badges are now available! There are 5 new badges. If you don't have jump rope as an activity on your watch then just log it as cardio and after save and sync edit the activity and change it to jump rope in Garmin Connect. The activity type is found in the Gym & Fitness Equipment section. All new models (except Instinct 2 models) got Jump Rope in a beta release: Forerunner 255/265/955/965, Venu 3, Vivoactive 5 and all models of Fenix 7. Lily 2 doesn't have a beta program so we don't know when/if it will get Jump Rope. Either you install the beta or just wait until it goes into a production release. Note that if you install the beta you can't uninstall it. You will have to wait for the production release. How to get Jump to It badge that requires 15,000 rep counts? I don't know yet. If you add a Jump Rope activity there is a field for the Reps in the overview but it isn't  possible to edit that field and add your rep count. Maybe it will be poss

Updates of the python script - Automatically open the badge and/or challenge page

I got a bug report for the python script that it started to log errors so I made a quick fix of that to version 1.3.3, but realized that I have been working with a new version that takes command line arguments that has been asked for by some users. So, I finalized that new version and uploaded it to you. That is version 1.4.0. The command line arguments are the following and you will get that information if you add the argument --help after the script. Usage: garminbadges-updater.py [options] Options and arguments:    --clear           : Enter user credentials again.    --help            : This information about options and arguments.    --open-badges     : Open badge page after update.    --open-challenges : Open challenge page after update.    --version         : Print version of the script.    --V               : Verbose/debug mode. The useful arguments are --open-badges and --open-challenges that will open the badge and/or challenge page for the user. The verbose/debug argument --V

February 2024 - Challenges and Badges

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  Join the February challenges now in Garmin Connect. Three month challenges - Stage 1 2024 Running - Stage 1 Join this challenge and record 300 kilometers (186.42 miles) of running activities from January 1 to March 31. 2024 Walking - Stage 1 Join this challenge and record 91 miles (146.5 km) of walking activities from January 1 to March 31. 2024 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 February Time to Walk Join this challenge and record 15 hours of walking activities in February. February Time to Swim Join this challenge and record 4 hours of swimming activities in February. February Time to Run Join this challenge and record 10 hours of running activities in February. February Time to Ride Join this challenge and record 20 hours of cycling activities in February. February 15K Join this challenge and record a 15-kilometer running activity in February. February Step Month Joi