How do you know those motors are turning at 13K rpm? That is obscenely high for those bearing-less motors.
Where did you get the motors? If you bought them somewhere like radioshack or digikey they should have voltage and current ratings with an RPM at those settings. If you have that info you can do a few simple calculations to figure out what size resistor and potentiometer you need.
The single standalone resistor should (probably) be smaller than the potentiometers maximum resistance, the thought being that the single resistor limits the motor to its rated V & I and the added resistance from the pot slows the motor down. If you pick too large of a resistor to add the motors won't be able to run as fast as they can. If you pick a pot that is too large you'll end up with 3/4 turns of motor off and 1/4 turn of slow to wide open.
If you just want to go about it blind...
Resistance added in series is cumulative, so to slow the motors down just keep adding more resistance to what you already have till you get speeds you like.