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Then you flew back home.
We were supposed to go on vacation to Iceland on December 19, we couldn’t get away before then. On the first day, I sat here at home and felt like shit. I couldn’t sit still, I didn’t want to see the games at first, either. I couldn’t take it. So I went on a 10km run on the first day and again on the second. And I noticed: that gave me motivation. Which goalkeeper runs 10km two days in a row? Only an idiot would do that. I don’t know anyone like that. I used to have the nickname ‘Hyper’ when I was younger, because I was always on the go. Cycling, tennis, I’m someone who heads outdoors for sports and needs to be in touch with nature. That’s how I find balance.
Emotionally, the whole thing was difficult for me, also for my psyche. I realised: ‘This is therapy for me.’ Others talk to psychologists or with a confidant, I went for a run. On the third day, I went for a long hike, and on the fourth on a ski tour with my closest friends. I’ve been skiing for over 30 years. It’s not a holiday activity for me, it’s like going to the bakery. We went on our local mountain, close to here. You trek up and go down the slope. We call it “Schwabenrunde” (Swabian round) because you don’t pay for the ski lift.
And that’s when it happened.
There was something under the snow that stopped me. I was doing maybe 10 or 12km/h. This wasn’t like going to (Austrian ski party locations such as) Ischgl or Solden, where you’ll have a few apricot schnapps in the hut and then race down the hill. This was our local mountain. It was a training exercise, a reset for the body and mind. I’ve gone down this piste countless times, even by myself. It’s child’s play, usually.
Dieser ganze Absatz ist dermaßen hanebüchen. Neuer sieht sich doch selbst wirklich als einen Übermenschen an, der zwei Tage hintereinander 10km laufen geht. Wow, das macht niemand. Er braucht auch keinen Psychologen wie die anderen Schlaffis, er geht laufen oder halt das "Kinderspiel" auf der vereisten Piste . Ich muss echt mal nachfragen, ob sie dem bei uns noch was in die Medikamente gemischt haben