Until now, WSWA kept only one walk per day: the first one you logged. A morning outing followed by an evening walk? Only the first was fully reflected in your daily distance.
That now changes.
WSWA can now count multiple outings on the same day, as long as each one individually meets the WSWA standard: at least 3.2 km in a single outing.
The streak rule itself does not change: one valid day still equals one streak day, no matter how many outings you complete.
What changes in practice
Here is a simple example.
You walk 3.2 km in the morning before work, then another 7.5 km in the evening.
Before this update, WSWA kept only the first 3.2 km. The additional 7.5 km did not contribute to your cumulative distance, some distance-based badges, or your daily footprints.
Now the same day correctly shows 10.7 km across 2 outings.
Your profile therefore reflects your real activity much more accurately, without changing the core walking streak rule.
The 3.2 km rule stays exactly the same
This is the key point: multiple outings cannot be combined to bypass the WSWA minimum.
Each outing must reach at least 3.2 km on its own.
Two 2 km walks do not become one valid 4 km outing.
A few examples:
| Outings during the day | Result |
|---|---|
| 3.2 km | Day validated · 3.2 km counted · 1 outing |
| 3.2 km + 7.5 km | Day validated · 10.7 km counted · 2 outings |
| 5 km + 4 km + 8 km | Day validated · 17 km counted · 3 outings |
| 2 km + 2 km | No valid outing · day not validated |
| 2 km + 5 km | Day validated · 5 km counted · 1 outing |
Whenever the day is validated, your streak advances by one day only.
What this means for badges
Not every badge uses the same logic. The update keeps three different types of calculation.
Day-based badges
These can now use your true daily total.
For example, Speed Walker, which rewards a 10 km day, can be unlocked with two 5.5 km outings completed on the same day.
By contrast, Beyond, which counts WSWA days of 5 km or more, still counts days rather than outings. Three outings on one day still represent a single qualifying day.
The same applies to streak badges, monthly active-day badges, Perfect Month, and consecutive-day achievements: they remain based on validated days.
Single-outing badges
These never combine multiple walks.
For Urban Climber, one outing must exceed 200 m of elevation gain on its own. Two outings with 150 m of climbing each do not unlock the badge.
Weather badges such as Rain Lover, Ice Walker, and Heat Walker are also assessed outing by outing. One rainy outing can count as a rainy walk, but multiple outings on the same day do not artificially multiply the counter.
Volume badges
These simply become more accurate.
Cumulative-distance badges such as Century, Kilo, and KM Legend now use all your valid outings.
The same applies to weekly and monthly targets such as Centurion, Marathoner, and Ultra Week.
For members who regularly walk more than once a day, these badges may therefore arrive sooner than before—not because the thresholds changed, but because valid kilometres are no longer ignored.
Footprints are still calculated once per day
Your daily footprints are not multiplied by the number of outings.
The distance component now uses your full daily total, while streak, sync, and weather bonuses are still awarded only once.
In other words: three outings can increase your distance, but they never triple your bonuses.
Rings, European Capitals Tour, and Walking Score
The update also affects several dashboard features.
The three daily rings
The Streak, Volume, and Consistency rings are recalculated after every new outing.
A second walk can therefore move your Volume ring into the target zone if it pushes you above your recent average.
European Capitals Tour
A new city can now be unlocked by your second or third outing of the day if your cumulative distance crosses the next milestone.
Walking Score
Walking Score still unlocks after 7 validated days, not after 7 outings.
Its Volume and Consistency dimensions are now more accurate because they use your true daily total.
Known limitation: the Intensity dimension, which is based on pace, still uses the duration of the first outing of the day. On multi-outing days, the displayed pace may therefore be slightly optimistic. This will be refined in a future update.
Strava and other connected sources
If Strava sends several walking, hiking, or running activities on the same day, each becomes a separate outing as soon as it reaches 3.2 km.
WSWA also prevents the same Strava activity from being imported twice, even if Strava sends the same event again.
You can mix sources as well: for example, a Strava outing in the morning and a manual entry in the evening. If both are valid, both count.
What changes on the website and mobile app
On the web dashboard, the Today section now shows:
- your total distance for the day;
- the number of outings;
- the timestamped details of each outing.
Once your day is validated, the logging button no longer disappears. It becomes “+ Add an outing”, so you can record another walk later in the day.
On mobile: the new logic is already active in the background. An additional Strava outing is counted correctly. The interface for adding and reviewing multiple outings directly in the iOS and Android apps will arrive in a future update.
A day that finally reflects all your walking
The WSWA rule is unchanged: every valid outing must be at least 3.2 km.
What changes is how WSWA represents your day.
If you walk more than once, your extra kilometres no longer disappear after the first outing. Your volume badges, footprints, rings, and progress now reflect much more of what you actually walked.
One day can contain several walks. Your streak still moves forward one day at a time.
