December 2025 - Challenges and Badges

 


Join the December challenges now in Garmin Connect.

Three month challenges - Stage 4

Last month in Stage 4 and of the year.

2025 Running - Stage 4
Join this challenge and record 300 kilometers (186.5 miles) of running activities from October 1 to December 31.

2025 Walking - Stage 4
Join this challenge and record 92 miles (148 km) of walking activities from October 1 to December 31.

2025 Cycling - Stage 4
Join this challenge and record 675 kilometers (419.5 miles) of cycling activities from October 1 to December 31.

Ultimate Walking Badge 2025
Complete all four stages of the 2025 walking challenge.

Ultimate Cycling Badge 2025
Complete all four stages of the 2025 cycling challenge.

Ultimate Running Badge 2025
Complete all four stages of the 2025 running challenge.

Full month challenges

Active December

Join this challenge and record 20 activities of at least 20 minutes each in December.


December Photo Share

Join this challenge and add a photo to 3 or more activities that are visible to others in December.


December 15K

Join this challenge and record a 15-kilometer running activity in December.


December Steps Podium

Join this challenge and finish in the top 3 of at least one weekly steps challenge from December 1-28.


December Likes

Join this challenge and receive a total of 25 or more likes on activities, posts or comments in December.


December Time to Ride

Join this challenge and record 20 hours of cycling activities in December.


December Tour

Join this challenge and record 400 kilometers of cycling 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 Gains

Join this challenge and record a total of 4 hours of strength activities in December.


December Swim

Join this challenge and record 4,000 meters of swimming activities in December.


December Time to Walk

Join this challenge and record 15 hours of walking activities in December.


December Warrior

Join this challenge and record a total of 4 hours of yoga activities in December.

Full month challenges Connect+

December Calorie Burn

Join this challenge and burn 8,000 active calories in December.


December Epic Hikes

Join this challenge and record 1,000 meters of total ascent during hiking activities in December.


December Battery Booster

Join this challenge and achieve a Body Battery level of 76 or higher for 7 days in December.


December Intense Cardio

Join this challenge and record at least 3 hours of cardio activities in heart rate zone 3 in December.


December Power Cycling

Join this challenge and record at least 4 hours of cycling activities in power zone 3 in December.


December Heart Walks

Join this challenge and record at least 3 hours of walking in heart rate zones 2 or 3 in December.


December Speed Walking

Join this challenge and record at least 3 hours of walking with an average pace of 10:30 /km (16:50 /mi) or faster in December.


Intense December

Join this challenge and reach your intensity minutes goal on two different weeks from December 1-28


December Running Climbs

Join this challenge and record 500 meters of total ascent during running activities in December.


December Meditations

Join this challenge and record meditation activities for 7 days in December.


Low Stress December

Join this challenge and maintain a daily average stress level of 50 or lower for 7 days in December.

Weekend and week challenges

Step into December

Join this challenge and record 100,000 steps from December 1-14.


December Weekend 5K

Join this challenge and record a 5-kilometer running activity from December 5-7.


December Ride to 100

Join this challenge and record 100 kilometers of cycling activities from December 7-13.


December Weekend 10K

Join this challenge and record a 10-kilometer running activity from December 12-14.


December Swim Week

Join this challenge and record 1,000 meters of swimming activities from December 14-20.


12 Days of Fitness

Join this challenge and record 10 activities of at least 20 minutes each from December 14-25.


December Weekend 40K

Join this challenge and record a 40-kilometer cycling activity from December 19-21.


December Weekend Walking

Join this challenge and record a 3-mile walking activity from December 26-28.

Badges in December

Note: The listed country requirements are based on the country requirements from previous years. 

  • Dec 14 - Garmin Run Asia Series 2025 - Hong Kong 10K, Record a 10K run during the Garmin Run Asia Series - Hong Kong on December 14, 2025.

  • Dec 14 - Garmin Run Asia Series 2025 - Hong Kong 3K, Record a 3K run during the Garmin Run Asia Series - Hong Kong on December, 14, 2025

  • Dec 14 - Garmin Run Asia Series 2025 - Hong Kong 21K, Record a 21K run during the Garmin Run Asia Series - Hong Kong on December 14, 2025.

  • Dec 21 - Winter Solstice Festival 2025, Record an activity on Winter Solstice Festival, December 21, 2025. Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan

  • Dec 31 - Finish Strong, Record an activity on New Year's Eve. Repeatable

Updates

  • 2025-12-11 - The races for Garmin Run Asia Series 2025 - Hong Kong are cancelled due to the tragic fire in Hong Kong. The badges were still published.


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Comments

  1. e7andy26 November, 2025 09:45

    For you who are looking at the source file understands how tricky it was to create this list now after Garmin completely changed the file. What I've done is that I got a PHP script that reads the file and creates an array with badge objects. Each object will hold the name and description for each badge so they can be presented together. I then list all those badges in a web page. I let a diff service look for changes in that file every 24 hours. From that diff I can then extract the new badges.

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    1. PaulM26 November, 2025 23:16

      Thanks for your efforts here Andy, they've certainly made it a lot more difficult compared to the old structure, so glad you have come up with a way to work with it!

      Delete
  2. Matthias26 November, 2025 12:47

    Sind aber sicherlich noch nicht alle oder da fehlen sicherlich noch welche wie Silvester

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    1. e7andy26 November, 2025 12:53

      These are the ones that are announced now. More can come.
      I forgot to add the one for New Year's.

      Delete
  3. Casper04 December, 2025 23:17

    Bonjour, je souhaitais connaitre quels sont les défis associés au badge "ultimate running 2025" ou "coureur ultime 2025". Désolé si cette question a déjà été abordée mais je n'ai rien trouvé. On lit même que c'est associé à des défis cyclistes... (erreur de descriptif) ? Merci à e7andy pour ce travail de collecte et de programmation.

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    1. e7andy05 December, 2025 07:07

      You have to complete the 4 stages for walking, running or cycling to get each ultimate badge.
      For ultimate cycling you must already have 2025 Cycling - Stage 1, 2 and 3 to be able to get ii when you finally do 2025 Cycling - Stage 4.

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    2. e7andy05 December, 2025 07:07

      The cycling for running is just a typo.

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  4. Unknown07 December, 2025 21:37

    Garmin Run Asia Series Hong Kong race has been canceled by Garmin due to the catastrophic fire on a building. Runners can get their money back or register for 2026 event for free.

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    1. e7andy08 December, 2025 11:14

      Thank you for the update. I marked them with a strikethrough.

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    2. PaulM11 December, 2025 22:19

      These badges now show as available in Garmin Connect so I guess the badges are still available even if the actual event is cancelled?

      Delete
  5. Gavriel13 December, 2025 03:48

    Country is missing in the Winter solistice festival badge in the calendar

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