Hi,
Well I think I'm in a similar boat. I'm still a few pounds heavier than last August, but lighter than a year ago at this time. I feel decent climbing -- especially for this time of year -- but I still can't stay near my one teammate who's 20 lbs lighter than me.
Already changing my race calendar and I may do a 67 mile road race next week. At the same time I'm not too confident about being able to stay with the peloton.
I'm leaning towards doing it because it will at least be good training even if I get dropped.
Why not, after several hundred races what's one more DFL.