my knee made dozens of small steps forward during these weeks. yesterday it made a step back, without its fault. it was my responsibility and i'm sorry. i went back home and felt angry, not for the first time, but for the last. defeating the dragons in my knee is a fight, nothing else. a fight against the pain, a fight against time and a fight with and against my passion for this sport in the same moment. my rage is gone today, because i know myself. yesterday can't beat today and especially not tomorrow. and i will be where the pictures in my head already are.

i collected a lot of material during my training time in austria. there is going to be a film about these steps forward and back and forward. watch the defeating dragons trailer. and kneever give up.

20' electricity, 25' functional massage, 5' laser.

5' warm up cycling, 4 series: explosive femoral flexor (laying, 8 plates, 8 rep.), free squats (30kg, 15 rep.), standing adductor (20kg, 20 rep.); 3 series: leg press (80kg, one-legged, 12 rep.), chest press sitting (80kg, 15 rep.), crunches variations.

due to yesterday's step back, i talked a lot today. to hoser, the linz physios and medecines. all think the same: nothing structural, just a small inflammation of the area again. the focus of this weekend is therefore on calming down the whole thing: stretching, treatment with ice and creams. additionally i bought myself traumeel-injections to do it this time by myself and i take parkemed 500 tablets for one week (3 a day) to get the inflammation out. due to my muscular condition, the whole thing should work properly after the decay of the irritation.

30' technical warm up with ball, 5' coordination runs, 60' afwerkingvormen right (60-70%)/left (100%).

step back today. i made a bad move (from the right to the left) and felt the knee again. not much, but i felt it. i immediately went back to the physiotherapeut, who said that the semitendinosus is a little bit angered. basically good news, but unnecessary because of the receptors, which were already really well-working. looking forward now.

20' frictions semitend., 5' laser, 20' electricity, 10' cooling with ice.