July 2026 - Challenges and Badges



July 2026 - Challenges and Badges

New Garmin Connect badges and challenges for July 2026.

Challenges Stage 3

2026 Cycling - Stage 3

Join this challenge and record 675 kilometers (419.5 miles) of cycling activities from July 1 to September 30.

2026 Running - Stage 3

Join this challenge and record 300 kilometers (186.5 miles) of running activities from July 1 to September 30.

2026 Walking - Stage 3

Join this challenge and record 91 miles (146.5 km) of walking activities from July 1 to September 30.

Full Month Challenges

Therabody Earn Your Recovery Challenge

Join this challenge and record 10 activities of at least 30 minutes each in July. Countries: USA, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Ireland, Switzerland, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, UK, Australia and New Zealand

Active July

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

July Gains

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

July Likes

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

July Photo Share

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

July Rundown

Join this challenge and record 50 miles of running activities in July.

July Step Month

Join this challenge and record 300,000 steps in July.

July Steps Podium

Join this challenge and finish in the top 3 of at least one weekly steps challenge from June 29 to August 2.

July Time to Ride

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

July Time to Run

Join this challenge and record 10 hours of running activities in July.

July Time to Swim

Join this challenge and record 4 hours of swimming activities in July.

July Walking

Join this challenge and record 30 miles of walking activities in July.

July Warrior

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

Connect+ Challenges

Intense July

Join this challenge and reach your intensity minutes goal on two different weeks from June 29 to August 2.

July Battery Booster

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

July Calorie Burn

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

July Epic Hikes

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

July Meditations

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

July Power Cycling

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

July Running Climbs

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

Low Stress July

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

July 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 July.

July Heart Walks

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

July Intense Cardio

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

Weekend & Week Challenges

July Weekend 5K

Join this challenge and record a 5-kilometer running activity from July 3-5.

July Ride to 100

Join this challenge and record 100 kilometers of cycling activities from July 5-11.

July Weekend Walking

Join this challenge and record a 3-mile walking activity from July 10-12.

July Ride to 200

Join this challenge and record 200 kilometers of cycling activities from July 12-25.

July Weekend 10K

Join this challenge and record a 10-kilometer running activity from July 17-19.

July Swim Week

Join this challenge and record 1,000 meters of swimming activities from July 19-25.

July Weekend 40K

Join this challenge and record a 40-kilometer cycling activity from July 24-26.

Badges in July 2026

Garmin Triathlon Tour (1/2 Triathlon) 2026

Complete any one of the Garmin Triathlon Tour 1/2 triathlons that take place in Poland from May 17 - Aug 30, 2026.

Garmin Triathlon Tour (1/4 Triathlon) 2026

Complete any one of the Garmin Triathlon Tour 1/4 triathlons that take place in Poland from May 17 – Aug 30, 2026.

Garmin Triathlon Tour (1/8 Triathlon) 2026

Complete any one of the Garmin Triathlon Tour 1/8 triathlons that take place in Poland from May 17 – Aug 30, 2026.

Love Trails 10K 2026

Run the Love Trails Powered by Garmin 10K trail race in Gower, Wales, on July 4, 2026.

No, You Move

Record an activity on Steve Rogers' birthday (July 4) using your First Avenger watch.

Love Trails 5K 2026

Run the Love Trails Powered by Garmin 5K trail race in Gower, Wales, on July 5, 2026.

Tanabata Festival 2026

Record an activity on Tanabata Festival, July 7, 2026. Country: Japan

New badges

I first thought that this one was the old badge renamed to work with the new coach plans, but it is a new badge. 

Committed Athlete

Complete 10 workouts in a Garmin Coach training plan.



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Comments

  1. Andy, is there someway to know how many likes received by a review or a picture review that I've posted? Thank you so much for your help :)

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    1. Is it for the badges? Then check the progress for the badges.
      Otherwise I guess you can go to your reviews and check.

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    2. Yes, for the badges. If the progress is still 0 but I checked the review and I've 1 like, why is it possible?

      Thank you so much

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    3. I haven't written any reviews so I can't check how they work. With just one like I would just wait until there are more likes.
      There is a nice function to get more likes here https://www.badgehero.io/trails-reviews/

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    4. Under your profile (https://connect.garmin.com/app/trails/my-trail-reviews), you can at least see how many reviews you've written, as well as the total number of votes and photo likes you've received. However, there is currently no dedicated overview page that provides a detailed breakdown of these statistics.

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    5. Thank you both! I don't know why, but yesterday I won the park ranger badge (5 review likes) and now I can see the progress of the rest related badges in the app. However I still don't see the progress of the pictures review likes badge (point of view and the others). It's very strange.

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  2. Is it possible to get garmin race running bagdes? I tried to export my 5k/10k run on race day and convert it to track location of race and time of race, didn't get badge, but I see some members here can do it?

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  3. I earned the Committed Athlete badge in june - but I have only done 1 or 2 workouts in a Garmin Coach plan

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    1. It seems bugged - I keep getting it every time I finish a workout in my Garmin Coach plan.

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  4. I dont see committed athlete badge at all

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    1. Il est sous Garmin connect entre deux badges de golf

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  5. Are there country restrictions for the therabody challenge? Someone said it's USA/Italy on a reddit post from last year's challenge

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    1. We will see when the challenge comes. It is a good guess that it got the same restrictions as the badge in 2024.
      https://garminbadges.com/badges/2218

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    2. Their discount offer only applies to "qualifying orders shipped within the U.S., Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Ireland, Switzerland, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, UK, Australia and New Zealand." so I would think those countries, at least, can get the challenge.



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  6. The new badge, Committed Athlete, replaces the old Runner Graduate, which is no longer valid. It was valid until 24.06.2026. The Networking badge is no longer valid either; it was quietly abandoned by Garmin on 07.04.2024. Of course, this change of the badges from unlimited to limited ones without any notice from Garmin side is not fair, but who cares what the users think of that.

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    1. I meant 07.04.2026, not 2024. Sorry for the typo.

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    2. Thank you. I've updated both.
      Runner Graduate and Networking are now considered to be outdated badges.

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  7. What badges have gone from unlimited to limited?

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    1. Runner Graduate and Networking

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    2. Np, I got that those are "not valid" (i.e. discontinued) and I was reading that the unlimited/limited was referring to some other badges.

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  8. Hi,
    Is Google calendar update stopped? Unfortunately, for July it isn't updated.

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    1. Have you switched to the new calendars? The old ones are now removed.
      Go here: https://garminbadges.com/calendar

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    2. I've updated the old calendars with a pretty annoying event telling the users to switch to the new calendars. Thank you for letting me know.

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    3. My pleasure!

      Personalised API key for calenders aren't working. Am I doing anything wrong?

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    4. Hard to say. Send me an email with some more imfo so can I check it out. info@garminbadges.com

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  9. "Committed Athlete" Badge... Do I need to create a workout plan or can I just follow my daily workouts? Thanks.

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    1. The description is "Complete 10 workouts in a Garmin Coach training plan." so yes, you must follow a training plan.

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    2. Thanks, Andy. I have a question about this. Today, Garmin Coach wants me to run 88 minutes. If I ran for half an hour because it's 93 degrees, would that be valid?

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    3. I can't tell for sure without testing it, but that worked with the previous coach badge.
      I think I just pressed lap button to get to skip the last workout steps when I wanted to end it. I didn't stop in the middle of the workout.

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  10. Das Abzeichen Therabody sehe ich leider nicht

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    1. You have to be in the correct country. Connect+ global badges is not used for this one. The challenge is likely full by now. It has a limit for the number of participants.

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  11. Have anyone earned the Poland triathlon badge by just switching their account to Poland and doing a triathlon outside of Poland?

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