STP registration?

So DH registered for the STP a couple weeks ago cause he is a member of cascade bicycles club. So my BFF and her DH registered today.  And she wants me to do it too.  As of 6 months ago I was planning on doing it w/ her but they when they backed out a couple months ago my other SIL stated that she wanted to do it w/ my Brother.  I thought allot and told DH that I decided not to do it because I didn't trust my self to put in the practice & training needed.  Now the BFF is doing it and I think I could do it but it would require a sitter an extra 2 times a week to try to get training done w/ Chad. I mentioned it to my Mom and she said she will not be willing to do that. I figured she wouldn't. She watches our kids 3 days a week and my nieces 4 days a week. So she wants her weekends off, rightfully so.   DH is talking about doing it in one day & then doing the 2nd day w/ my BFF & her DH. And the logistics of who is going to pick them up in portland the 2nd day is not good ones.

So lets say I don't sign up and decide just to be the transportation and support vehicle? My fear is this is how it will go down. The first year DH did the STP I NEVER saw him.  I wanted him prepared so he was riding 2-3 times a week and in the beginning that was every Sat & Sun. Then when the weather got better it was allot more during the week in the evenings because of plans we had on the weekends. Anyway DH lost 20 lbs while training and I stayed home & fat.  I was being a supportive wife. Let him buy his bikes & gear, let him go for the rides as often as he needed and he wasn't even able to follow the training plan they recommend on the website exactly cause he couldn't find enough time.  So keeping in mind of how much time it took DH to train and that BFF & her DH will need that too. DH invited them over on Saturday for a bike ride. He said he'd like to take them on a ride to show them the pace they need to keep for the STP. (keep in mind he is already talking like I am not joining because he knows I couldn't keep that pace) I then asked him what is everyone going to do w/ the kids? And he said oh yeah.  So if I don't register I might volunteer to watch all the kids while he takes them on a ride. Cause that would be the nice thing to do. And I can see this becoming normal. Them coming up to get a good ride in while I watch the kids.  Then I will be the one staying at home staying fat.  I also remember how guilty I always felt taking training time away from DH w/ a family bike ride.  Then if we do the whole great wolf lodge thing would I have all the kids w/ my parents? I don't think I could watch them all.

The other side of the coin is I do decide to go. I don't think we'd be doing the Great Wolf Lodge thing w/ the kids because then I would be relying on my parent to watch my children both days on a trip. And yet I would like to stay there.  But I would be doing it w/ my BFF & her DH the first day & then the 2nd day my DH would join us. I don't know how we would get to and from the mid point or from Portland home.  And I would have to be willing to go on bike rides alone and I am not fond of that idea.

So if I don't I can drop DH off in the morning pick up BFF & her DH from the mid point, DH will be able to get a ride back to the midpoint if he goes to Portland in one day because the other guys he's been riding w/ are doing it in one day too so we will have people to give him a ride back.  But with all the people who give him a ride back normally on the 2nd day being done I have no idea how they will get back on the 2nd day. It normally isn't until around 6-8 that they get back. I can see DH friend being able to give them a ride. I just need to be able to bring them all home and we don't have room for that in our car.  Sorry I am kind of rambling. Just trying to figure it out in my brain and figure out where I belong.  Part of my thinks well I guess if DH is doing this in one day & tagging along the next day. I am looking at maybe not going at all.  I mean like the boys and I staying home and maybe I could drive down and pick them up in Portland.  If I do it maybe we stay at a cheaper hotel and use the extra money for a charter shuttle from shuttle express to bring us home.   I just have no idea.