One of the members of my support team (Dale G.) sent me the following information. With his permission, I am posting it here for anyone that might want some ideas about how to keep track of their miles. Thanks Dale!
One of the things that motivated me most when I started riding a bike again as an adult was to tally up the miles I had ridden and keep track of them. As I got started my initial goal was to ride 200 miles per month and 2400 per year. Those numbers eventually became 500 & 6000 but that takes some time of course.
I have used a site called Dailymile (www.dailymile.com) for a while now. While we are all flush with various social media sites this one is pretty good. It lets you “friend” people and compare to others in your area that are doing the same exercises as you etc. You can tie it in to Facebook/twitter. It has a very simple interface and if you have a Garmin or Nike+ it can sync with that. After you put you info in it makes nice charts and graphs, etc:
There are ample opportunities to encourage and be encouraged. I think it’s fun to keep track of what others are doing and it gives you the chance for some fun completion if you are so inclined.