TL;DR: The guy who won both the 10k and the 5k skating events at the Olympics documents his training regime, which boils down to staggering amounts of aerobic exercise on bikes and on the skating rink. A typical week involves 5 days in a row of 7 hours on a bike.
As an aside, I always thought from the name that he must be originally Dutch, but nope, he's a third-generation Swede; the name comes from his grandfather.
As an aside, I always thought from the name that he must be originally Dutch, but nope, he's a third-generation Swede; the name comes from his grandfather.