Training this winter

The problem is there's so much training literature and opinions you'd be sat inside all winter reading them?! I've used Joel Friel's stuff for a few years and done ok for road stuff but now his plans are disputed by others and the easy winters are viewed as less effective than throwing in harder stuff and resting better, more like what you'd normally be doing in Friel's Build phase.
Friel and others talk about lifting weights during winter but again their plans are road specific and you will probably want to be doing something completely for more explosive power.
It's all these questions that a coach can help answer. They might not be perfect but you can help you suggest training ideas. Talk about goals. Help you flesh out what you want to achieve next season and try and build something around your schedule they think will work. You then try this (adjusting along the way) and then you see how you go based on what you did and note things that do or don't work and then adjust slightly and re-test.

http://www.cyclingforums.com/cycling-training/420332-friel-making-fall-winter-training-program.html

http://ashwinearl.blogspot.com/2005/11/off-season-training-index-and.html

http://www.biketechreview.com/performance/stripped_down.htm

I'm at a loss for goals these days.. worried I won't have the cash next year to spend entering 'events'. It was knocking over these rides that was what kept me motivated. Without any special little trips away to ride I'm going to be doing a lot of nothing.. :S