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October 2022 - Halloween

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Join the October challengs now in Garmin Connect. Two month challenge - September and October Ride 45 Join this challenge and record 45 total hours of cycling activities. Can you last as long as the Edge 1040 Solar? Put your endurance to the test and record 45 total hours of cycling activities in two months to win the challenge badge Three month challenges - Stage 4 - October to December Last stage this year. I wonder if Garmin will continue with the staged challenges. The bike challenge hasn't been of much use due to the Tour challenges. 2022 Cycling - Stage 4 Join this challenge and record 675 kilometers (419.5 miles) of cycling activities from October 1 to December 31. 2022 Walking - Stage 4 Join this challenge and record 92 miles (148 km) of walking activities from October 1 to December 31. 2022 Running - Stage 4 Join this challenge and record 300 kilometers (186.5 miles) of running activities from October 1 to December 31. Full month challenges October Rundown Join this challe...

Garmin Run - Taipei, September 18

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On Sunday September 18 there are 3 new badges: Garmin Run - Taipei 6K Garmin Run - Taipei 11K Garmin Run - Taipei 21K You must change country setting to Taiwan to see them. Since the badges for "Garmin Asia Run Series 2022 – Malaysia" required that you logged the activity in Malaysia I believe that you need to run in Taiwan or even in Taipei. We will know on Sunday. Update! 2022-09-18 - You only need to change the country to Taiwan and run the required distances to get the badges. Garmin Badge Database Garmin Connect Change country setting

Garmin added new country requirement - Country setting and actual location

With the Garmin Asia Run Series badges Garmin added a new type of requirement for badges that we have never seen before: You have to set the location in your Garmin account AND do the activity in a specific country. It is pretty odd to require both.  If you do an activity in the required country but haven't changed the country you will not get the badge. The badge description didn't say that you had to do the activity in Malaysia except that it got the word "Malaysia". Usually the geo locked badges got a very clear description that you must do the activity in a certain place. If someone lives in Malaysia and got the location setting set to Malaysia and are on vacation in another country they will not get the badges either. The races badges are geo locked to a certain course, but they do not require that you change the country setting. Just do the required activity in the correct location and you will get the badge. I think that Garmin should have used that mechanism i...

September 2022 - 45 hours of cycling in two months

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  September challenges are now available. Join them in Garmin Connect. New in this month: 45 hours of biking in two months. There will be lots and lots of biking to get all these badges, but hopefully they will work pretty good together. It is pretty hard to bike for 45 hours without getting a lot of distance and ascent. Divide 45 hours over the two months and you will get 22.5 hours per month. To get 400 km distance you just need to bike in 18 km/h which most people can do. Two month challenge Ride 45 Join this challenge and record 45 total hours of cycling activities. Can you last as long as the Edge 1040 Solar? Put your endurance to the test and record 45 total hours of cycling activities in two months to win the challenge badge Three month challenges - Stage 3 Third and last month in Stage 3 Full month challenges September Gains Join this challenge and record a total of four hours of strength activities in September. Active September Join this challenge and record 20 activitie...

August 2022 - I will not mention the Tour :-)

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Join the August challenges in Garmin Connect. Three month challenges - Stage 3 Second month in stage 3 Full month challenges Active August Join this challenge and record 20 activities of at least 20 minutes each in August. August Tour Join this challenge and record 400 kilometers of cycling activities in August. August Warrior Join this challenge and record a total of four hours of yoga activities in August. August Gains Join this challenge and record a total of four 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 Hiking Join this challenge and record a total of four hours of hiking 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...

July 2022 badges - 400 km of biking...again

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Garmin just pushed the descriptions for July challenges. Join them now in Garmin Connect. Three month challenges - Stage 3 Stage 3 begins now. 2022 Running - Stage 3 Join this challenge and record 300 kilometers (186.5 miles) of running activities from July 1 to September 30. 2022 Walking - Stage 3 Join this challenge and record 91 miles (146.5 km) of walking activities from July 1 to September 30. 2022 Cycling - Stage 3 Join this challenge and record 675 kilometers (419.5 miles) of cycling activities from July 1 to September 30. Full month challenges July Gains Join this challenge and record a total of four hours of strength activities in July. July Hiking Join this challenge and record a total of four hours of hiking activities in July. July Tour Join this challenge and record 400 kilometers of cycling activities in July. Active July Join this challenge and record 20 activities of at least 20 minutes each in July. July Step Month Join this challenge and record 300,000 steps in July. ...

June 2022 badges - Tour, tour, tour...for how many months will it continue?

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  Join the June challenges now in Garmin Connect. New in this month: Nothing new. Just same same. Three month challenges - Stage 2 Final month in stage 2! Time for the final push. Full month challenges June Gains Join this challenge and record a total of four hours of strength activities in June. June Hiking Join this challenge and record a total of four hours of hiking activities in June. June 15K Join this challenge and record a 15-kilometer running activity in June. June Tour Join this challenge and record 400 kilometers of cycling activities in June. Active June Join this challenge and record 20 activities of at least 20 minutes each 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 June. June Walking Join this challenge and record 30 miles of walking activities in June. Weekend and week challenges June Namaste Join this challenge and record a total of 60 minutes of yoga a...