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Hiking not included in walking?

Former Member over 7 years ago

If I classify an activity as "hiking" it won't include the distance in the walking category? seems strange to me, anybody know if that's true, or i've done something to screw it up. I could simply change the activity type from hiking to walking and it would be included, but I'd rather be able to keep it more accurate, and more easily identifiable when looking back at activities.

Just for walking goals, it'd be nice for the hiking category to be included, since its still walking...

Thanks

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sdmtbgpx over 4 years ago +12

It is ridiculous that Hike is not an activity under Walk in Garmin Connect thus enabling Hikes to count towards Walking challenges. Cycling includes all forms of cycling, even BMX, so why Garmin decided…
Jack over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member +12

Hiking should be a subcategory of Walking. Hiking is to Walking, as Mountain Biking is to Cycling. Basic data classification.
trux over 4 years ago in reply to CHARLIE3657 +10 verified

CHARLIE3657 said:
Come on Garmin, please change this.

Suggest it to Garmin: Submitting an Idea to Garmin. They won't see it here on the user forum.

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0 ASmugDill over 7 years ago

From what I can see, Hiking and Walking are peers in the Activity Type categorisation tree, and neither of those is a subtype of the other, therefore timed activities of type Hiking will not count towards any Walking metrics or goals.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago

I agree that hiking should be a subtype of walking. My Forerunner has a hiking option, but doesn't have a walking option.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago

I have not gained the Halloween walking badge because I set my watch to hike instead of walk. Should this be included?

0 clairegs over 4 years ago

Try editing the activity back to walk and it might retrospectively count up, I got the running badge in September by adding a manual activity run as I had logged my last few miles as elliptical by mistake. It all logged fine and I got the badge

0 sdmtbgpx over 4 years ago

It is ridiculous that Hike is not an activity under Walk in Garmin Connect thus enabling Hikes to count towards Walking challenges. Cycling includes all forms of cycling, even BMX, so why Garmin decided to create a separate category for Hiking is illogical and stupid.

0 Jack over 4 years ago in reply to sdmtbgpx

Agreed. Hiking is to Walking as Mountain Biking is to Cycling. Basic data classification. So aggravating.

0 Jack over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

Hiking should be a subcategory of Walking. Hiking is to Walking, as Mountain Biking is to Cycling. Basic data classification.

0 CHARLIE3657 over 4 years ago in reply to Jack

Totally agree. It’s ridiculous. I want all the data from a hike... when it’s a hike. It’s still “walking” at the end of the day. 3 miles with 1000’+ of ascent done as a hike on my fenix but doesn’t count towards my walking challenge... because it’s not a walk?! Come on Garmin, please change this.

+1 trux over 4 years ago in reply to CHARLIE3657

CHARLIE3657 said:
Come on Garmin, please change this.

Suggest it to Garmin: Submitting an Idea to Garmin. They won't see it here on the user forum.

0 CHARLIE3657 over 4 years ago in reply to trux

Done