Originally Posted by
TMonk
How long was your break from racing?
How long (and consistently) had you raced before?
Without knowing any more, my advice is to just do it more and re-acquaint yourself. It takes some nerve and assertion to hold your position especially when the speed isn't super high. But it's important to do it gracefully and not aggressively. So it takes some practice.
Im racing about 5 years. Went from category 4 to 3 first year racing and have been stuck in cat3 since. I havent raced in about 1.5 years and started back this year and have done 2 races finishing in the bunch. I just find it hard to stay near the front. When others come from behimd the bunch i drift back too far and have to make big efforts to get back up again and then i fatigue and stay where i am at the back of the bunch.
I cant seem to be able to improve it at all.