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Kimi Goetz getting up to speed for Beijing 2022 as long track speed skating season begins

Like clockwork, every Sunday night speed skater Kimi Goetz sits down and writes out her plans for the week ahead. She schedules her training, her work hours and even her eating.

“That’s one thing that helps when you have such a busy lifestyle,” said Goetz, who works part-time at a finance company. “Then I kind of know what to expect and what I need to get done.”

For this weekend, Goetz had mapped out her plans for the Desert Classic at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah, outside Salt Lake City. The low-key event is the first U.