2025 Walking Badges: Post a comment here to claim your badge!

[CBDB]

★Hello A10 Graduates !★★

Yes, ready for a fantastic 2025 of walking, we have some new shiny badges ready to be awarded in 2025. Here on our A10 Forum, we’ve been carving out the badges and finally they’re ready! (All virtual badges, I fear, that appear next to your name on this forum, but denoting your amazing achievements, nevertheless) So here’s your chance to get an order in!

Congratulations, Walking Superstars!

Here is where you can request your badge!

We will try not to leave you waiting too long - we know those cute little grey smudges behind your name are as valued as the shiniest medals out there!

Please note that these are virtual badges which can be seen next to your name on your posts on the A10 community, but NOT on your profile page. Although similar to, they are independent from the badges in the A10 App.

So please leave a comment here by reply so that we can award you your well-deserved badge! Just let us know what goals you have achieved and which badge you want, and tell us about your walking journey! We have the following badges, and definitions are provided below:

Walked 1000mile year

Walked 10k

Walked 21k

Walked 42k

Walked 5k

Walked 2k

Walked 1k

A10min a day

A20min a day

A30min a day

A60min a day

A90min a day

A120min a day

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Definitions:

★ Walked 1000mile year : if you have completed the #Walk1000mile challenge or walk more than 1000 miles per year

★ Walked 42k/21k/10k/5k/2k/1k : If you have completed at least once one of the distances given on one continuous walk

★ A10min a day / A20min a day / A30min a day / A60min a day / A90min a day / A120min a day : If you regularly (at least 3 times per week) briskly walk the amount of minutes, just like it is measured by our A10 app, defined as “Minutes of Brisk Walking” or “x times Active 10”

Many Congratulations and a huge Well Done!!!!!

The A10 Team

Want to plan for the next badge?

★ We hope you will continue posting here in the A10 community, sharing your experience with our members and updating us with your progress. And to get a first sense on how walking improves your life, have a read of this post: healthunlocked.com/active10...

★ Be sure to check out our topic/theme folders to keep you motivated at healthunlocked.com/active10...

★ Just in case you have popped in before heading to our core NHS A10 app, you can download the NHS A10 app from nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/r...

Happy walking, everyone!

[Dotty158]

Just started to use this app, I walk a lot but not briskly so using this app should help improve this

[CBDB Administrator in reply to Dotty158]

Woohoo!!! That’s great. The apps badges are even better, and collecting them is actually a lot of fun! Happy walking!

[SunnyCorner A90min a day in reply to CBDB]

I now have all my Active 10 badges; I got my 3000 minutes this week. However my Active 10 records only minutes not distance so please can I have any of your relevant virtual badges?

[CBDB Administrator in reply to SunnyCorner]

Wowsa!!! That’s awesome!!! I think the highest badge we have is 90min per day, which I've awarded you. But if you think the 1000miles per year might be more fitting, let me know. You managed to really get those miles walked! Amazing!!!

[SunnyCorner A90min a day in reply to CBDB]

Very happy with the 90 minutes, thank you.

[SueAppleRun Walked 5k]

I walked 5k as parkrun tailwalker yesterday, does that count?

[CBDB Administrator]

It certainly does!!! Nicely done! The badge should now appear beside your name!!!

Woohoo!!! First badge of 2025!!

[SueAppleRun Walked 5k in reply to CBDB]

Thank you 😁

[DerbyshireLad A120min a day]

In January I completed 811,518 steps an average of 26K178 per day of which 6062 brisk walking mins (average 195 mins brisk) were completed out of 7843 mins walked.

I set myself the target of walking 1000 miles per quarter, or, 4000 miles in a year however you look at it it will keep me busy outside of work but leaving me plenty of time read.

I'm keeping my eye on the percentage of brisk walking against total mins walked which differs between weekday / weekend.

It will be nice to have the new badge so I'm in training to attempt the 42K (currently peaking at 30K) so hopefully by the autumn I can give it a go.

[CBDB Administrator in reply to DerbyshireLad]

42k!!! We’ll be waving our virtual Pom Poms from the virtual sidelines!!!! Amazing!!! Sounds like you’re well on your way to your next goal!

[Prettywings A30min a day]

I walk 3 times a week ( so far lol) I’d love a badge

[CBDB Administrator in reply to Prettywings]

Fabulous! Which badge would you like, e.g. do you walk 10 or 20 or 30 minutes three times per week!

Looking forward to seeing you with a shiny new badge!!! Well done you!!

[Prettywings A30min a day in reply to CBDB]

Ooh I walk at least 30 mins

Yayyy looking forward to shiny badge lol

Thank you 🙏

[CBDB Administrator in reply to Prettywings]

There you go!!!! Congratulations!!!! Woohoo!!

[NofussNobother]

I'm new to the app but combining walking with some gym stuff seems to working well for me.

[CBDB Administrator in reply to NofussNobother]

That’s brilliant! Yes, some other forms of exercise is never a bad thing. We have a sister forum dedicated to Strengthen and Flexibility at healthunlocked.com/strength...

Walk on!

[DerbyshireLad A120min a day in reply to CBDB]

Hey CBDB,

Thanks for the reference to the Strength and Flexibility forum. I have found (and followed) the podcast which I'll listen to when out doing my second walk of the day in the afternoon / evening. I have been failing at doing press-ups and toe touching on a regular basis and hope that this will help.

The plan will be to follow week 1 this week and listen to week 2 before moving on with it. If I do then I will join the sister forum too.

[CBDB Administrator in reply to DerbyshireLad]

Fabulous! Sounds a great way forward!

[Gymbunny55 A30min a day]

I walk 4 times a week as well as doing 6 exercise classes. I am 70yrs old and love doing it

[CBDB Administrator in reply to Gymbunny55]

That’s amazing! Sounds like you deserve a shiny badge!

There you are! Our badges might not glitter very much, but they stand for an awesome achievement! 6 exercise classes sound like they keep you young and fabulous!

[DerbyshireLad A120min a day in reply to Gymbunny55]

Well done and it's absolutely wonderful you're loving it

[Gymbunny55 A30min a day in reply to DerbyshireLad]

Thank you

[Gymbunny55 A30min a day]

thank you

[MrsTeddy53 Walked 5k]

Today starts my active 10 journey. Let the walks begin and badges collected.

[CBDB Administrator in reply to MrsTeddy53]

Woohoo!!!! Happy walking!

[Bumsoffseats A30min a day]

I started off the year walking 5 minutes a day for 1st week, 10 minutes 2nd week. Now up to 40 minutes a day and feeling much fitter. Can I have a badge please

[CBDB Administrator in reply to Bumsoffseats]

that is amazing!!! Here is the closest badge we have! Congratulations! Our badges jump from 30 min per day to 60 min per day. So apologies for not being able to award you a 40 min per day, but that is simply awesome!

[Bumsoffseats A30min a day in reply to CBDB]

That’s brilliant thanks

[MrsTeddy53 Walked 5k]

Happy days, walked 5km yesterday! Absolutely buzzing from it. Do I earn a badge for that? X

[CBDB Administrator in reply to MrsTeddy53]

You do indeed! Congratulations! Awesome!