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  Garmin just pushed the descriptions for January challenges. Join them soon in Garmin Connect. New in this month: Cardio and 4 new stages for the 3 challenges for Cycling, Walking and Running! A little easier this time with shorter biking and running. Three month challenges - Stage 1 2022 Cycling – Stage 1 Join this challenge and record 675 kilometres of cycling activities from January 1 to March 31. 2022 Walking – Stage 1 Join this challenge and record 91 miles of walking activities from January 1 to March 31. 2022 Running – Stage 1 Join this challenge and record 300 kilometers of running activities from January 1 to March 31. Full month challenges January Cardio Join this challenge and record 4 hours of cardio activities from January 1-31. January Rundown Join this challenge and record 50 miles of running activities from January 1-31. January Step Month Join this challenge and record 300,000 total steps from January 1-31. January Gains Join this challenge and record 4 hours of stren

Garmin just pushed the descriptions for December challenges. Join them very soon in Garmin Connect. New in this month: It looks like we will see the first commercial challenge - "CHPT3 Ride to 200". I've seen the texts for a long time but they have never been activated.  Three month challenges - Stage 4 The final month! After a long year of lots of running, biking and walking we are finally in the last month. Full month challenges December Gains Join this challenge and record a total of four hours of strength activities in December. December Joy Rides Join this challenge and record 250 kilometers of cycling activities in December. December Warrior Join this challenge and record a total of five hours of yoga activities in December. December Step Month Join this challenge and record 300,000 steps in December. December Cycling Climb Join this challenge and climb 10,000 feet in elevation during cycling activities in December. December Walking Join this challenge and record 30

The November challenges are now known. Join them soon in Garmin Connect. New in this month: 10000 feet bike climb...a bit new. A more sane ascent to climb. Three month challenges - Stage 4 2021 Running - Stage 4 Join this challenge and record 506 kilometers (314.4 miles) of running activities from October 1 to December 31. 2021 Walking - Stage 4 Join this challenge and record 92 miles (148 km) of walking activities from October 1 to December 31. 2021 Cycling - Stage 4 Join this challenge and record 506 miles (814.3 km) of cycling activities from October 1 to December 31. Full month challenges 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 elevation during cycling activities in November. November Step Month Join this challenge and record 300,000 steps in November. November Marathon Shuffle Join this challenge and record 26.2 miles of walking activities in November. Weekend an

October challenges. Join them now in Garmin Connect! Three month challenges - Stage 4 We are finally starting the last stage for this year. 2021 Running - Stage 4 Join this challenge and record 506 kilometers (314.4 miles) of running activities from October 1 to December 31. 2021 Walking - Stage 4 Join this challenge and record 92 miles (148 km) of walking activities from October 1 to December 31. 2021 Cycling - Stage 4 Join this challenge and record 506 miles (814.3 km) of cycling activities from October 1 to December 31. Full month challenges October Joy Rides Join this challenge and record 250 kilometers of cycling activities in October. October Gains Join this challenge and record a total of four hours of strength activities in October. October Warrior Join this challenge and record a total of five hours of yoga activities in October. October Rundown Join this challenge and record 50 miles of running activities in October. October Step Month Join this challenge and record 300,000 s

Garmin just pushed the descriptions for September challenges. Join them now in Garmin Connect. New in this month: Just rinse and repeat of recent months as a blog commenter wrote. Three month challenges - Stage 3 Last month in Stage 3! Full month challenges September Hiking Join this challenge and record a total of four hours of hiking activities in September. September 15K Join this challenge and record a 15-kilometer running activity in September. September Walking Join this challenge and record 30 miles of walking activities in September. September Cycling Climb Join this challenge and climb 20,000 feet in elevation during cycling activities in September. September Rundown Join this challenge and record 50 miles of running activities in September. September Step Month Join this challenge and record 300,000 steps in September. Weekend and week challenges September Namaste Join this challenge and record a total of 60 minutes of yoga activities from September 1-7. September Swim Week J

Merdeka Day  - Record an activity on Merdeka Day, date:  August 31 , country:  Malaysia From Wikipedia article  Independence Day (Malaysia) : "Independence Day (Malay: Hari Merdeka, also known as Hari Kebangsaan or "National Day"), is the official independence day of Federation of Malaya. It commemorates the Malayan Declaration of Independence of 31 August 1957, and is defined in Article 160 of the Constitution of Malaysia.[1] The day is marked by official and unofficial ceremonies and observances." Garmin Badge Database Garmin Connect Change country setting

I've been using a spreadsheet to track my progress for the monthly challenges for a while now, but it requires lots of manual work so I developed a web page that automatically can track the progress from data fetched from Garmin Connect. It is fully integrated into garminbadges.com . To use it you must use the function " Add your badges " at the site. That function will fetch all data from Garmin Connect and generate your personal page. From that page you will see a link "View challenge status" that will take you to the progress page. Here is a direct link to my personal progess page as an example: https://garminbadges.com/challenges.php?userId=286 It is really hard to fit all that data into one page. It will look good on large computer screens. On mobiles it is best viewed in landscape mode and you might need to pinch zoom to view it. If you already added your badges you will need to update them to get this new function. Every time you want to update the challe

Garmin just pushed the descriptions for August challenges. Join them soon in Garmin Connect. New in this month: Nothing new and no extra hard challenge. Three month challenges - Stage 3 Second month in Stage 3. Full month challenges August Warrior Join this challenge and record a total of five hours of yoga activities in August. August Gains Join this challenge and record a total of five hours of strength activities in August. August Walking Join this challenge and record 30 miles of walking activities in August. August Rundown Join this challenge and record 50 miles of running activities in August. August Step Month Join this challenge and record 300,000 steps in August. August Joy Rides Join this challenge and record 250 kilometers of cycling activities in August. Weekend and week challenges August Ride to 200 Join this challenge and record 200 kilometers of cycling activities from August 1-14. August Weekend Walking Join this challenge and record a 3-mile walking activity from Augus

  Garmin just pushed the descriptions for July challenges. Join them soon in Garmin Connect. New in this month: Hiking! Do four hours of hiking in July. I'm not overenthusiastic about doing yet another 20,000 feet of bike climb... I just completed the climbing for June. Quarterly challenges - Stage 3 First month in Stage 3. We are now halfway through the year and have finished two stages. It is pretty tough to take them all. My best tip is not to fall behind in the beginning. Better to do some extra miles/kilometers the first month to be able to relax in the last. 2021 Walking - Stage 3 Join this challenge and record 91 miles (146.5 km) of walking activities from July 1 to September 30. 2021 Cycling - Stage 3 Join this challenge and record 505 miles (812.8 km) of cycling activities from July 1 to September 30. 2021 Running - Stage 3 Join this challenge and record 505 kilometers (313.8 miles) of running activities from July 1 to September 30. Full month challenges July Warrior Join

  Soon you will get badges for Pilates and HIIT activities just like walking, strength and yoga. Not available in Garmin Connect now, but very soon! Five new badges for Pilates activities: Pilates 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Record one Pilates activity, 25, 50, 100 and 200 activities. Five new badges for HIIT activities: HIIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Record one HIIT activity, 25, 50, 100 and 200 activities. Garmin Badge Database Garmin Connect Change country setting

  Garmin is very early with the challenges for the next month. We just started with the May ones and already we got the ones for June. Join most of them in Garmin Connect now! The last two will be available closer to their start dates. No new type of badges this month. Instead we see both the same tough cycling climb with 20000 feet and the 1000 meter swim. Hopefully many more people can swim outside in June when it is warmer in the water. Three month challenges - Stage 2 June is the last month in stage 2 Just keep it up and continue pushing. Full month challenges June Joy Rides Join this challenge and record 250 kilometers of cycling activities in June. June 15K Join this challenge and record a 15-kilometer running activity in June. June Cycling Climb Join this challenge and climb 20,000 feet in elevation during cycling activities in June. June Step Month Join this challenge and record 300,000 steps in June. June Rundown Join this challenge and record 50 miles of running activities in

Garmin just published the May challenges. Join them now in Garmin Connect. New in this month: "Gains" - Strength training Three month challenges - Stage 2 The three month challenges in stage 2 continues into the second month Plan to do at least a third of the distance each month to not fall behind. It will be really hard to catch up if you take it too easy in the beginning. Full month challenges May Joy Rides Join this challenge and record 250 kilometers of cycling activities in May. May Step Month Join this challenge and record 300,000 steps in May. May Rundown Join this challenge and record 50 miles of running activities in May. May Walking Join this challenge and record 30 miles of walking activities in May. May Gains Join this challenge and record a total of five hours of strength activities in May. Weekend and week challenges May Namaste Join this challenge and record a total of 60 minutes of yoga activities from May 1-7. May Weekend Walking Join this challenge and recor

I'm getting many reports that the Songkran Festival badges are not being awarded and no reports from anyone that got them. Garmin has probably messed up in some way. I've checked the start and end date for the badges and they are correct, but those dates seems just to be used for making the badges visible in Garmin Connect: "badgeStartDate":"2021-04-13T00:00:00.0","badgeEndDate":"2021-04-15T23:59:59.0" My tip is to just continue trying for the next two days. Maybe it will work tomorrow. Update I did a test and moved my activities to year 2019 and I got the badges. Year 2020 didn't work since Songkran Festival was cancelled that year due to the pandemic. Update 2 The badges are working now!

Garmin just pushed the descriptions and images for April challenges. Join them all in Garmin Connect now. There is something new this month: Cycling climb. That means that we need to do some biking outdoors. 20000 feet/6096 meter. That is a lot and needs some planning. Three month challenges - Stage 2 2021 Walking - Stage 2 Join this challenge and record 91 miles (146.5 km) of walking activities from April 1 to June 30. 2021 Cycling - Stage 2 Join this challenge and record 505 miles (812.8 km) of cycling activities from April 1 to June 30. 2021 Running - Stage 2 Join this challenge and record 505 kilometers (313.8 miles) of running activities from April 1 to June 30. Full month challenges April Cycling Climb Join this challenge and climb 20,000 feet in elevation during cycling activities in April. April Step Month Join this challenge and record 300,000 steps in April. April Rundown Join this challenge and record 50 miles of running activities in April. Week or Weekend challenges April

Garmin just made this available. The real race is postponed due to Covid-19 so it is a bit odd that this badge is available.  Run 6 km with country setting to Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.  Updates (I've updated the original post): A user in Vietnam got the badge so it might be available to everyone. There is a country requirement. It works with Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Maybe some others countries as well. Change country, make sure you see the badge as available and you can then take it. 

All challenges published together with the images. Join them now in Garmin Connect.  The Enduro badge is finally here. It is changed to a challenge badge and it will just be for March. Crazy short time to prepare for such a feat. Garmin has made some changes to the acces of data and I haven't fixed everything yet so everything will take a bit longer to get it up and running, but you can already now view all images and texts for the new challenges at  https://garminbadges.com Full month challenges Enduro Join this challenge and record 80 hours of running activities in March. March Step Month Join this challenge and record 300,000 steps in March. March Rundown Join this challenge and record 50 miles of running activities in March. March Joy Rides Join this challenge and record 250 kilometers of cycling activities in March. March 15K Join this challenge and record a 15-kilometer running activity in March. Weekend challenges March Weekend 5K Join this challenge and record a 5-kilometer