how to stay motivated w/o a race?

Mitzi, sign up for another sprint. Come support the BTers and party with us at Cranberry and you'll be motivated to do it next year.

First year I was going to do it, I changed my mind after doing my first Oly. I went, watched, volunteered and was excited to do it in '06, and can't wait until this year. 

My sprint before my first ole was > 1:30.  I did the oly anyways.  You don't need to "qualify" for an oly.  Just come out and have some fun.

Sign up for the oly. I did my first this year, and it was such an awesome experience. I was slow, but just like a sprint, it's all about training and finishing. Or, sign up for a marathon. That's what I did after my first and only sprint in 2005. Starting off 2006 with a marathon definitely kept me training.

I also find the scale motivating...  

Best way to stay motivated is to always have something on your schedule.  Give yourself breaks when you need them, but keeping something on the horizon is always a sure fire way to keep things going for me.

Hell, I've already had to pony up some big bucks for two races for next year!  Nothing like sinking a bunch of cash into something to keep you committed!

I would like to add that having concrete and achievable (or seemingly achievable) goals for your training is a really good way to "stay in the game"

For me, for instance, I am currently working on running speed and I have set goals for how to run my treadmill workouts. I have a longer-term goal for a fast (for me) 5k, but I have specific goals for each workout, making those is very intrinsically motivating.