Garmin
Free challenges for Garmin users and friends
Not everyone you want to compete with wears a Garmin. On OutPace your Garmin steps and activities sync on their own, and friends with an Apple Watch, an Oura Ring, a Fitbit or only a phone join the same challenge.
Prefer the app? You can create your challenge there too.
How it works
- 1
Connect Garmin Connect
Sign up free on the web or in the OutPace app, then link your Garmin account. You do it once.
- 2
Create a challenge
Pick the activity and what to count, set the start and end dates, and give it a name.
- 3
Share one link
Send the challenge link to your group chat. The same link works for everyone, whatever they wear.
What everyone gets
Friends keep their own device
Someone with a different watch, a ring or only a phone joins the same challenge. Everyone connects what they already use.
Live leaderboard
Everyone sees where they stand as activity syncs in.
Teams
The challenge creator can split the group into two or more teams and race as a team.
Group chat and hi-fives
Start a chat for the challenge and give a friend a hi-five with one tap.
What counts from Garmin
Challenge types that count from Garmin: steps, distance, duration, elevation, calories, sleep, average heart rate and heart rate zones.
Daily step totals and activities sync from any Garmin watch or device. Activities appear once your watch has synced to Garmin Connect.
Heart rate zones are worked out from your watch’s own heart rate readings against your personal max.
Good to know
- What does it cost?
- Nothing. Creating and joining challenges is free, with no credit card.
- Can friends without a Garmin join?
- Yes. Everyone joins from the same link and connects their own phone or watch. iPhone and Android work in the same challenge.
- Which Garmin watches work?
- Any Garmin watch or device that syncs to Garmin Connect.
- Do I need the OutPace app?
- No. You can connect Garmin Connect on the web at outpace.fit or in the OutPace app for iPhone and Android, and you only do it once.
- When do my Garmin activities show up?
- Once your watch has synced to Garmin Connect. OutPace picks them up from there on its own, with nothing to type in.
- How many people can join?
- A new challenge holds 20 people. Bigger group? Tap Request more spots on your challenge page and we will take a look.
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Get your group moving together
Sign up free, then create your challenge. It takes a few minutes.
Start a challengePrefer the app? You can create your challenge there too.