My prIdes of March

Well, it looks like March will end without me getting any new Nike+ badges this month (I got my Night Owl badge last January and my Early Bird last February --- although I was really hoping for a Choco Heart and/or a Dragon badge) but as it turns out they were 2012 specific . I was actually aiming for a Off-the-Beaten Path since I've been hitting the trails a lot more, since February and earlier this month. As seen here:

I was still hoping the Off-the-Beaten Path was going to "surprisingly" appear anytime within March but no joy there <sigh>.

But wait! I may not have gotten any badges this month, but I did finally get to "see" a Platinum Trophy (for running >100miles in a month) :

...However, this Achievement/Record can only be seen on the Nike+ Running App and not displayed on Nike+ Trophies <sigh> :(

Anyways, other "noteworthy" achievements (other than badges/trophies) which I got by trying to increase my Average Distance to a more respectable if not consistent and maintainable 3Miles are the following:

Busting out my Badges

In an "effort" to uhmmm...i dunno, reminisce perhaps or probably just "analyze" why the current "shortage" or more accurately "screw-up" with Nike+ "missing" badges (and trophies). I'm posting the last 4 ones I got (in the order of how I got them). Just to "show" they did or do still exist:

This is actually my very 1st Badge! and yeah, it was a surprise. I proceeded to then look for other badges (too bad Nike Running now says these types of Badges are "2012-specific") So, this will probably be my last badge of this kind. Just when it was starting to get "interesting" :-( I guess no more candies for me in November

This is my 2nd badge, and I might say one of my very 1st "intentional" badge (that means I really went after it!...several times actually --I got blisters and two of my toenails blackened from changing shoes) I finally got this sometime in December, I think I used a combination of the Nike+ Sportband and Nike+ Running App (toe) nail the badge (some pun intended)

This "Night Owl" badge is actually another one of those "intentional" badges, but which still came as a "surprise" because I was really gunning for the "Resolution" badge last January --supposedly given during New Year's Eve (which turned out to be the very first "disappointment" for the New year). Good thing since I was staying up late during the "holidays" anyways that the Night Owl badge came sort of us a "consolation" badge. 

Finally came February, I was still "hoping" that somehow my "Resolution" badge was going to somehow "magically" show up....but in the meantime, I knew that a couple of badges were up for grabs this month (The Dragon badge--for Chinese New Year [Feb.10] and The Choco Heart for Valentine's Day [Feb.14])...but recalling the still missing Resolution badge, I knew I had to have a "back-up" plan and go for the Early Bird badge too...just for fun and "kill two, or three birds with one stone" so to speak (again, some pun intended)...How right was I...Nike+ Running later announced their "surprise / 2012-specific spiel" on Badges" (you guys suck! (>_<)"

So now its March, I'm still hoping that I could continue my "streak" of collecting at least one badge a month I'm working on the Off-the-Beaten Path badge nowadays. Given, supposedly for "tagging" 5 trail runs (presumably, either using a Nike+ Sportband or more so, perhaps a Nike+ Running GPS App?) Either way, I have not gotten it yet, and most if not all of my runs now have been on "trails" that are rarely used (I will post a pic soon). Anyways, this Off-the-Beaten Path badge would actually be my first "location"-based badge aside from also being a "tagged" badge (well, not counting the above "Sneaker Head" Badge which is perhaps also a "tagged" badge? based on shoes used). I'm really hoping Nike+ Running could at least work (harder and faster please!) on continuing these badges and not just "string" us along....with excuses and "we are working on it"

Anyone care to "share" or brag about their badges?!? Please post a link in the comments below. I still have to come across an "actual" Beach Bum badge --its for tagging runs on a beach, duh!? (I'm hoping to get one, if it does exist, in April)