Grouse Grind PB

It was Ad's last week in Van and he was yet to tackle the Grind so we went up after work yesterday and hit it. After a decent stretching session he suggested I set the pace as I'd done it a couple of times before. Both of these times I hadn't gotten under an hour so the target we decided would be 50minutes... just to really push it. Within 75 meters of the start Ads took over and began striding up the hill at a crazy pace. As I tried to keep up I felt like a was carrying a bag of cement over my shoulder. When we reached 1/2 way and he began to realise he may have bolted from the gates with a little too much ambition, we got more in sync and stayed closer together. At 3/4 we were out of water but well on the way to our target. Near the end we realised we could break the 45min mark. So we bolted (on hands and knees for the most part) and I fought off the cramps as we reached the summit and came in right on 45min. Pretty sore but pretty damn happy with the result!