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Wheat Pasta Vs. Regular Pasta for Running

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Gabrielle Dion

Shoveling down a big bowl of pasta the night before a long run can boost your performance and give you the fuel you need to complete the distance, but whether to eat wheat pasta or white pasta for carb loading is a matter of debate.

A resident of Edgewood, Ky., Gabrielle Dion has been writing professionally since 1997. In college, she served as editor-in-chief of her campus newspaper, "The Northerner." Dion has worked as a freelance writer for the "Cincinnati Enquirer" and blogged for Cincinnati.com, where she chronicled her first marathon-training experience. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Northern Kentucky University.