"I'm getting just about as much training as I think that I need," he says. "The thing that I was lacking at the beginning year was sleep. I didn't know how the sleep was going to effect me. It worked out a little better than I thought."

Weinstein trains on a ten-day rotation during the season, varying practices between early morning and evening. On Mondays and Fridays, he wakes at 5:30am for morning on-ice practice in Walpole, but he is able to return to Cambridge for his 11:00am class.

On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, Weinstein has evening practices. To supplement his on-ice routine, he weight-trains everyday between or after classes. Every ten days, he indulges in a rest day.

Off-season training varies by season and tends to include more off-ice workouts. In the summer, his routine includes long-distance running and 100-mile-plus biking. As the fall approaches, the training becomes more skating-specific and his weightlifting becomes more intense.

And with the advent of winter, Weinstein intensifies his skating practices. By the beginning of the season, he's at top speed.

Weinstein's coach Geert Kinthaert developed his strict training routine.

Weinstein met Kinthaert at the Bay State Speedskating Club, and gradually Kinthaert, a member of the 1987 Belgium World Team and part of the Harvard Business School Executive Education program, has assumed a larger role in his training.