Meh. Once you get past that first trickle of cold rain water down the crack of your ass, it’s easy. 😝
I won’t start out in the rain, either, but in his case, he needed to get from A to B and the bike was the means to do so.
I considered doing the EST from Buffalo to here, but lack of options of where to stay kind of made me shy off. They’re pretty much 50 miles apart. If you want to do more, you have to do 100. If you’re having an off day - or it’s raining - and you want to do less, tough shit. (And no, I’m not sleeping on the ground).