--- title: "Pre-Race Pasta Dinners: A Scientific Dissection of Carb Loading" category: Specific Populations audience: [athlete, parent] description: "Why the traditional high school 'pasta dinner' often does more harm than good for 5K races, and how to scientifically load glycogen instead." free: false keywords: [carb loading pasta, cross country pasta dinner, pre race meal xc, glycogen loading, track meet dinner] --- The Pre-Race Pasta Dinner: A Dissection The most ubiquitous tradition in h...

--- title: "Pre-Race Pasta Dinners: A Scientific Dissection of Carb Loading" category: Specific Populations audience: [athlete, parent] description: "Why the traditional high school 'pasta dinner' often does more harm than good for 5K races, and how to scientifically load glycogen instead." free: false keywords: [carb loading pasta, cross country pasta dinner, pre race meal xc, glycogen loading, track meet dinner] --- The Pre-Race Pasta Dinner: A Dissection The most ubiquitous tradition in h...