September 2023 - Four (actually six) badges from the Challenge Badge Badge Challenge
New this month: The first badges from the Challenge Badge Badge Challenge and since one of them was the Ultimate badge we got an extra two. A total of six new badges. Two new challenges: 4 hours of swimming and 15 hours of walking.
Three month challenges - Stage 3
Full month challenges
Marvel Avengers, Assemble!
Join this Disney 100 Years of Wonder challenge and record 100 minutes of walking activities in September. Country: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Sweden, Slovenia, Thailand, United States
September Time to Swim
Join this challenge and record 4 hours of swimming activities in September.
September Time to Walk
Join this challenge and record 15 hours of walking activities in September.
September 15K
Join this challenge and record a 15-kilometer running activity in September.
September Tour
Join this challenge and record 400 kilometers of cycling activities in September.
September Warrior
Join this challenge and record a total of four hours of yoga activities in September.
Active September
Join this challenge and record 20 activities of at least 20 minutes each in September.
September Swim
Join this challenge and record 4,000 meters of swimming 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.
September Gains
Join this challenge and record a total of four hours of strength activities in September.
Weekend and week challenges
September Weekend 5K
Join this challenge and record a 5-kilometer running activity from September 1-3.
Step into September
Join this challenge and record 100,000 steps from September 1-14.
September Weekend 40K
Join this challenge and record a 40-kilometer cycling activity from September 8-10.
September Weekend Walking
Join this challenge and record a 3-mile walking activity from September 8-10.
September Ride to 200
Join this challenge and record 200 kilometers of cycling activities from September 10-23.
Badges in September
- Sept 17
- Garmin Run 2023 - Taipei 5K, Record a 5K run during Garmin Run Taipei on September 17, 2023.
- Garmin Run 2023 - Taipei 10K, Record a 10K run during Garmin Run Taipei on September 17, 2023.
- Garmin Run 2023 - Taipei 21K, Record a 21K run during Garmin Run Taipei on September 17, 2023.
- Sept 24
- Garmin Run 2023 - Indonesia 5K, Record a 5K run during Garmin Run Indonesia on September 24, 2023.
- Garmin Run 2023 - Indonesia 10K, Record a 10K run during Garmin Run Indonesia on September 24, 2023.
- Garmin Run 2023 - Indonesia 21K, Record a 21K run during Garmin Run Indonesia on September 24, 2023.
- Sept 29 - 2023 Mid-Autumn Festival, Record an activity on Mid-Autumn Festival, September 29, 2023. Country: China Mainland, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam
New badges
Sleep Savant
Receive sleep data for 30 consecutive days.
Sleep Streak
Get a sleep score of 75 or above for 7 consecutive days.
30 for 30
Record an activity of at least 30 minutes every day for 30 consecutive days.
Ultimate Walking Badge 2023
Complete all four stages of the 2023 walking challenge.
Ultimate Cycling Badge 2023
Complete all four stages of the 2023 cycling challenge.
Ultimate Running Badge 2023
Complete all four stages of the 2023 running challenge.
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ReplyDeleteYes. I missed that. 15 hours of walking and also 4 hours of swimming. A bit odd to have two swimming badges that overlap that much. And the 15 hours of walking overlap with the Marvel badge for this month.
DeleteSorry, I accidently deleted my post.. Great to see cycling 200km back to two weeks, 15hours walking a new style challenge, personally I like time based challenges, and it would interesting to see if 30 for 30 is repeatable.
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DeleteYes, the 30 for 30 and the SleepStreak are repeatable. I cannot believe the Sleep Streak is worth 4 points, but the quarterly 300k running badge is worth 2 points.
DeleteThat's a lot of swimming! I go on 20mins for 1km - so 12km for the month.
ReplyDelete4k is one 75min or 90min session for the average club swimmer. As someone who rides, runs and cycles at roughly the even levels, my observation is that there are a lot of easily achievable and repeatable cycling badges (i.e. I'm getting approx 10 points a month). There running badges are slightly harder, but by the time you factor in the step goals that come with I'm also hitting 10 points a month. There are hardly any swimming badges, I usually earn the only 2 points available in the first swim of the month.
DeleteWhat's a sleep score? My device tracks sleep but I don't see anything about a sleep score. Any ideas?
ReplyDeleteNot all watches support sleep score. Check here https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=DWcdBazhr097VgqFufsTk8
DeleteThanks for the link! Looks like my watch is one version too old :( Oh well.
DeleteIs it possible to obtain Indonesia or Taipei run badges being in UK?
ReplyDeleteWe will not know for sure until the date for the race. Some similar badges have been possible to get by just changing country, but some of them have not. I suggest you plan for running on those days just in case.
DeleteThx
DeleteWould be nice if they added an Ultimate Ultimate badge if you completed all 3 ultimate badges
ReplyDeleteWow 1 point for 15h of walking activities... That's some bad points/time conversion 😁
ReplyDeleteagree! is like 30 minutes daily! for 1 point? come on...
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Delete15hrs of walking = 30 mins a day and ties in nicely with the new 30 for 30 badge, maybe not a coincidence.
DeleteAt the pace I have been walking, this would be about 45 miles instead of the usual 30. I guess I can slow down then, wow, no one has ever said 'you are too fast' to me before!
DeleteAnd 4 points for just sleeping
DeleteI don't see the 30/30 badge and co already. Is it just me or do me have to wait a bit?
ReplyDeleteThere are some badges still missing in Garmin Connect. Wait a bit longer.
DeleteHow many points for the new badges (Challenge badge badge challenge)?
ReplyDeleteI think like Andy said, we have to be patient haha
DeleteI can't see the 6 new badges. How to join those challenges?
ReplyDeleteThey are not released yet and will not be challenges.
DeleteNew badges are up in the UK. 1 pt Sleep Savant, 2pts, repeatable, for 30 for 30. 4pts each for the others,
ReplyDeleteEdit, both Sleep badges are now repeatable as well, I think I happened to access Connect as Garmin were uploading the badges.
DeleteI think ym sleep savant and 30 for 30 aren't recording properly. Made sure I did 30 mins yesterday and today, still showing on 0 out of 30 days.sleep savant says 2 out of 30, but I didn't wear my watch the first night so not sure what's happened there!
ReplyDeleteAll three are working for me. The activity must be at least 30 minutes. Not split into multiple.
DeleteYeah the were 30 mins per activity. But it seems to have sorted itself! Although only 30 sleep badge is showing not 7 days. And weirdly I could get there Merkeda Day badge even after I changed country. I've got it for 2022, but it's not seeming to work for 2023. My garmin must be bugging
DeleteMerdeka day is not repeatable.
DeleteOh! That makes sense! 😅 thanks for your help
DeleteBeste, Andy
ReplyDeleteHoe kan ik deelnemen aan de Tapei 1/2 en/of Indonesië 1/2 marathon vanuit Belgie en kan ik daar badges ponten mee verdienen ?
Mvg, Vandenhende Rik
It is still unknown. It might work by just changing the country and doing the required distance...or you have to be in the country and do the distance. We will know on the race date.
DeleteBeste, Andy
DeleteBedankt voor het antwoord
Mvg, Rik
There is something wrong in "Ahead count" take a look:
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97441.00 202559 17441 1.7 8806.91 32.48% 23 17 2023-09-25 2023-09-01 2023-09-30 300000.00 steps 2
300k steps in 30 days is 10k/day. Today you should be at 80k steps to be on track. You got 97441 steps which is 17441 steps ahead which is 17441/10000 = 1.74 days ahead and rounded to 1.7.
DeleteAccording to that it is correct.
But that's 1.7 days ahead of the past 8 days. Continuing in this way, at the end of the month I would be ahead by 6 days, which is well before the end, despite this, calculating only 1.7 days which is less than 2, the record is yellow as if I had to pay attention because I risk not reaching the objective which is not true.
ReplyDeleteIf you continue doing that many steps more each day you will reach the goal in 17 days on 2023-09-25 as written in the predicted finish day and date columns. That column shows that you are 6 days ahead, but only if you continue with doing the same number of steps on average.
DeleteThe ahead days will only show how many days you are ahead now. Not how many days you will be ahead if you continue doing that many steps more.
I understood, thanks. But I think that the alert color should be based on the days expected for completion rather than on the days that have passed. I always look at the colors which I find very useful to understand if I have fallen behind on some challenge. In this case I saw yellow despite being well in line to reach the goal.
DeleteStep challenges are a bit special since you always will take steps and it is hard to fail big. Compare it with the challenges that require logged activities. You need to log activities to make progress and must be aware of that you are falling behind. You will not automatically run, bike and do yoga and probably not do them every day as you do with steps.
DeleteAll challenges are calculated in the same way so it might be a little odd for the ones with steps. It will also look more odd in the beginning of the month. Everything will be yellow even if you are doing good progress. Tomorrow the yellow will be gone for you.
I've thought about factor in the number of days left into the calculations since being one day ahead with 30 days left is great, but it will still be in yellow.
Adding too many factors can lead to errors. It is better to keep it simple. Maybe in a future version it will change or maybe be customizable.
@Andy, is it possible to add you as a connection? 😁
ReplyDeleteSure https://connect.garmin.com/modern/profile/e7andy
DeleteThanks. Sent the connection request!
Delete"Sleep savant" badge is probably a joke. If the sleep parameters aren't logged correctly, then I lose the badge or at least lose on the consecutive days.
ReplyDeleteI'm finding that one difficult too! I managed 3 days in a row then slipped to 72 and 71 and lost it. It's kind of hard to control the quality of you sleep to that level :D I thin kit will be a badge you get by chance
DeleteIt's the algorithm that's used to detect sleep and evaluate it. That's faulty. It's like you should get at least an hour of REM sleep if you should have a good sleep score. I'm sure everybody has REM sleep, but the watch has to detect it. That's where the algorithm comes to picture!
DeleteTrue! I've always kind of doubted it's ability to detect different sleep stages. Breathing and heart rate are only part of it, unless the watch can detect brain waves I don't think it can truly tell if I'm in REM or not!
DeleteI have the badge now, but I think it's weird it's repeatable. So many points for something you have so little control over
DeleteHi Andy and his community :) Hope you had a nice and sporty summer y'all! If I run 10km for the Garmin Run 2023 - Taipei, I'll only have 1 point for the 10km and not 2 points for the 5km + the 10km right? Just to be sure. (I'll run only 5km I think hihi)
ReplyDeleteYes. That is how it usually works. It looks like you don't have to run in Taipei. The description doesn't say anything about that.
DeleteDid anyone get the Garmin Run badge? I changed the country to Taiwan but didn't get the badge.
DeleteI changed country to Taiwan, ran 5km and got the badge
Delete@Sunil. First make sure you see the badges as available. Then log a run of at least 5 km or do an edit to such a run that you logged today.
DeleteI see the badges when I change the country. I changed the activity to 5km run which I had recorded earlier and saved the edited activity after changing the country settings. Wouldn't this work?
DeleteI cannot run again today :o
If the activity is logged with a Garmin watch and at least 5 km it should work.
DeleteIt was a treadmill activity, does it make a difference?
DeleteIt shouldn't imo, but test and see if you get it if you change type.
DeleteHello! How to change country correctly? I've change to Taiwan - no new competitions (badgets) for this country. I've tried to use VPN - but no success..... what's wrong?🤷♂️
DeleteYou change country here: https://www.garmin.com/account/profile
DeleteThe badges for the Taipei runs were yesterday. They will not shown today.
Thanks! done there... but I don't see Sept 29 - 2023 Mid-Autumn Festival 💁♂️
DeleteTry Indonesia and see if you see the Indonesian badges that are available on Sunday.
DeleteI've changed country many times from Taiwan to Indonesia and back.. changed my language to Indonesian and English.... login/logout on phone/notebook, tried incognito mode but the same - no available badge for Indonesian or Fest happy day at 29 Sept. No lucky day 😪 P.S. maybe I need try to clear cookies... or reinstall widows or something else 😂
DeleteSo, when you go to this page https://www.garmin.com/account/profile you see that you've selected to Taiwan or Indonesia, right?
DeleteAnd you are looking at the badges here and switching to the list of available badges? https://connect.garmin.com/modern/badges
They are not challenges.
Holly.... yeah I see now. many thanks Andy. so lets run it
DeleteYes, I earned two badges for two runs (5 and 10k).
ReplyDeleteHello, does anybody have a problem with the connect app and sleep? I recorded 6 consecutive days of sleep, everything worked fine, but last sleep data I can see are for Thursday. I have my Friday sleep data on my fenix 7 watch but they are not in the app (web or android). After sync I can see my yesterdays steps, run, yoga and also steps I currently have today, but no sleep for yesterday. Does anybody have the same issue?
ReplyDeleteOctober badges are up. And looks like a whole lot of others added as well - like most of the other ones from the recent badge competition, but also some that weren't there?
ReplyDeleteThanks. Many new badges. I will write a new post about it. The Challenges are already available in Connect.
DeleteAndy, I suggest you do two posts, one for the October specific badges and another for all of the new activity ones.
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