Unemployed badge and running

Running
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Do runs count towards 14 day badge?

Normally I don’t care much about badges but I just noticed I’ve done 10 days in a row but 4 of those days are runs only.

My workouts usually include a few swim days a week so it’s not normal for me to be on zwift this often. With Corona becoming more common in my community I figure what’s the hell stay in and grab some badges.

Thanks

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@Ian_Kessinger
I confirmed with our Game team that you can mix run and ride events over 14 days to earn the Unemployed badge. Either way, you need to do a minimum of 10km per session.

The Unemployed badge is a tough one to earn, and you want to make sure each session uploads to the server without any problems. After you save & upload the activity, we advise you force-close the app to doubly make sure the app terminates completely.

If you want to be triple-certain that the app works cleanly - consider rebooting your computer / device before each session to minimize problems with app stability.

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Cool, Cool.

So really I’m 7 days in as 2 of my runs were under 10k.

Thank you

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Two things:

  1. When you do unlock the badge, it won’t pop up until your next login. I saved and closed Zwift after my 14th day activity and reopened it to see the badge being awarded. Some people have said it takes until the next day.
  2. I did a 7km run in 33 minutes and that counted as one of the days. However, a 4km run in 22 minutes did not. So I’m not sure if it is time or distance based but the line is somewhere between those two runs.
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Thanks for the response. I’ll play it safe and stick with a 10k minimum for now.

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So I did get it with less than 10k needed per workout. I did a 4.50 mile run on the 6th and a 5.25 mile run on the 5th.

Both run we’re about 43 minutes and both appear to have counted.

Thanks for the help guys.

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Congrats on completing the Unemployed achievement @Ian_Kessinger . Let’s see a screenshot of that badge!

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That’s a bit harsh for runners. 10km running is a lot harder and longer than 10km on a bike.

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@Dawn_Courage my guess is because that badge has existed since the time Zwift was a cycling only platform. The description does say “rode a lap for 14 days in a row”

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