I love Strava...

Nothing provides more motivation and a sense of both accomplishment and shame like Strava (www.strava.com).  It's a great motivation tool because you can just look at your website and it shows when you've ridden, when you skipped a day, how long you went, how much you climbed, how many calories you burned, etc.  Seeing big fat 0's while people that you follow are racking up the miles provides good impetus to get on the bike.

It also feels great to see a personal record on a segment or even the 2nd or 3rd best time on your "Achievements".  Of course, I inevitably look at my rank and become disgusted with myself.  I know I should be nowhere near the top 10% but am I really in the bottom quartile?  If I'm lucky maybe I'll end up in the top 3rd?  I will say it doesn't make me want to do the segment just a few second faster to see how many spots up I can jump.

Gamification of training, who would have thought I'd be so easy to motivate?