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Half Marathon Badges not received

Former Member over 4 years ago

Hi,

I have been doing 1 or 2 half marathons every week for the past few weeks and have done many previously.

But Garmin shows that i have just done one on 14th July 2018.

Wonder why the others arent showing up please?

I am conscious that i deliberately go atleast 5-10 metres extra just in case there is an error in recording.

Can you please have a look into my profile and double check please.

Regards,

Kavita Rajith Nair

0 e7andy over 4 years ago

The half marathon badge isn't repeatable so you can only take it once.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to e7andy

seriously? thats weird. then how does one add points and progress to next levels?

Besides i have received 6 Full Marathon Badges i think... why would t be any different for a half marathon? doesnt make sense at all!

0 e7andy over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

There are many many other badges you can get points for. I got 443 points and the max level 5 is at 300 points. It is too easy to get points even without having the half marathon badge repeatable. Check out the badge challenges. 6-8 new challenges every month. Lots of fun and variation in the training.

A marathon is twice the length of a half marathon and isn't something you do in your regular training. I believe that the badges should be something that are pretty hard to get and requires some extra effort. Especially if they are repeatable. There are as I see it 3 types of badges.

1. Explore Garmin Connect functions.

2. Start training. For people that just started and need some extra motivation.

3. Really hard badges that requires lots of extra hard work.

The badge challenges might be a 4th type for those that already are training and motivates you to go the extra mile. Many of them are too hard for beginners and a little easy for the hardcore runners and bikers, but if you take them all it is pretty hard for most people.