title: Embracing the Race: 40 Devotions for the Runners Soul
author:  Lisa Preuett 
description: Lisa Preuett is a follower of Jesus, wife, and mom of two. An avid runner, she's completed multiple races from 5K to full marathon. Actively involved in women's ministry, she thrives on encouraging others in their faith. She resides in Taylorsville, KY. Check out her blog at www.reststopforthesoul.com
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  Part I
   
  “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the
  same.”
  -         Emily Bronte
   
  
  Prologue
  The midday sun was unbearable. I was coming up on the final mile of my
  weekly 5K, and grateful for the fact that it was almost over. Even though it
  wasn’t healthy to run like this, unprotected from the sun in just a T-shirt and
  shorts, my skin took well to the heat. In a few hours, it’d be covered in a
  dusky glaze that intensified my complexion.
  Circa Survive blasted in my eardrums as I cut through the neighborhood.
  They weren’t my cup of tea, but I realized they had a good tempo to move to
  whenever I needed to pace myself better on these runs.
  That and it reminded me of my beloved.
  Sensible, and unassuming, the green Kia Soul was parked curbside, as it
  always was those days she didn’t work at the library. I knew her routine like
  the back of my left hand, maybe because it was my personal alert that I had
  ten seconds left in my run.
  Yes, I could calculate to the second ho