I would have to agree with Doug. Right now it is below 30 dregrees with threat of snow and rain. The weather kills me. I hate the cold, but I ride in it any way. Each morning it takes me longer to get dressed than it does my wife. I double up on the thermals. Get the scarfs and debate for 5 minutes which pair of gloves to take. The thin ones which offer better throttle and lever control or the thick ones which make it difficult to grip the clip ons, but keep my fingers from going numb for an extra 10 minutes.
Why do you race? Might as well ask the question why do you ride. I went through this a number of years ago. Had a wreck that should have killed me and the guy that got me on my first bike moved. Even before I could fully walk again I went out and got another bike. Took me 5 minutes to get my leg over the seat. I was sweating terribly from the effort. I got the bike home and it sat for 3 months. I was physically able to ride by that time, but I didn't know why I would want to or why I wouldn't. It took a lot of soul searching. Finally I realized that I had no reason to ride. None what so ever in my mind. I did not even remember why I bought the bike in the first place. This of course troubled me. I decided I had to find out why. Why ride? Why a bike? Did I even like motorcycles?
I was a little scared and worried when I finally suited up and went out to wrestle with the demons. I realized how much of a novice I felt like climbing back on to the bike. I then realized I was a novice, only a year of riding, somehow missing the fact before. I went out for about two hours and just rode. No racing, no stunts, no peers to influence my riding style. I realized a few things on that ride. I had no riding style. I was an extreme novice, but I loved the feel of the bike, of the whole experience. Simply I feel more alive on a bike than in a car. For a large part it is about being outside and free vice stuck in a box cutting you off from the outside world. I also learned that I had a lot to learn about motorcycling and riding. Thank goodness for Keith Code and others like him.
I have never officially raced let alone been to a track. I get my race fix from the speed channel, magazines, and websites and yes from stupid group rides out on the back roads around town. Over the years I have learned something though. For me it isn't about being at the front of the pack. It isn't about bragging rights about who got to point "B" from point "A" in less time. It is about the ride itself. Maybe this is the same for you.
I understand having to ride at a certain pace on the track to stay away from the "novice pack" with something to prove. My pace changes to keep me in front of or behind the show off extremers. My advice to you would be to do some track days. No racing. No pressure. Just you, the bike, and a good track. Don't bother with how fast your lap times are. Just ride the track and figure out what it is that lures yor there.