I like the idea of having the company name (Marathon Morning) incorporated into a road that fades into the distance, or along the horizon, with a sun rising from behind the road. 
 
I also like entry #63 or #55 on this contest: http://www.48hourslogo.com/project.php?id=6173 - (I had the idea of maybe doing something like this with the Marathon Morning wording and putting a sun coming up from behind the company name and the outline can be a road instead of stiching). 
 
Here is another idea from the logo design site, maybe something like entry #21 but with a runner... 
http://www.48hourslogo.com/project.php?id=6047 
 
I&#39;m open to new creative ideas too, but essentially am trying to capture the excitement of training for a big race and having race morning arrive.

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