I may or may not have touched on the folly of carb loading, that your diet and glycogen stores are a body of work, and not something you can fix in the 48 hours before your race (though your glycogen stores and physical condition are certainly something you can break in the preceding 48 hours).
Still, the Race Eve Pasta Gorge is a favorite runner ritual, and while you may not substantially improve your glycogen reserves, you at least won’t go to bed hungry.
This leads me to two questions.
- Can there be a situation where a Race Eve carb-load can be beneficial?
- Is the Race Eve carb-load beenficial for races shorter than the marathon? If so, when so, and when not so?