A Runner’s Ode To The Pre-Race Carbo Load
Elite runner Alexi Pappas pens a tribute to a runner's favorite pre-race meal: pasta.
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Pasta Present
The night before
I’m filled with nerves
instead of brave
I squirm like worms.
You bring to me
a pasta bowl—
my steaming mountain
better than gold
with mush inside
I am now whole.
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