Andrea,

Great input. Thanks! I live in a small rural town in Maine so I'm not sure there are many CSCS's running about but I'll see if I can track one down. There are lots of athletes around and lots of personal trainers...but finding someone with the credentials you mention may not be so easy.

I'll continue to lift for many of the reasons you list. Hopefully find someone locally who can figure out a specific lifting plan for me that would be appropriate and specific to building cycling power. In the meantime, I'll not worry to much about it and just enjoy riding my bike