Hi, Here is my initial design idea (#5) after reviewing all of your feedback up to this point. I kept everything as clean, solid colors so that printing on shirts and other media will be quick and easy. Let me know if you need to keep the design to a certain number of colors or not, and I will be glad to refine as needed. (Right now, it would be a 5-color print, but could easily be a 4 or even 3-color design if needed.)
I look forward to hearing what you think, to see if this is closer to your intended direction for your new logo. Thanks!
I was thinking it would look really sharp on a blue shirt, as well as cool for the runners to wear--both temperature wise and style wise ;)
I also added a grunge texture over the top of this one, to give the design a cool vintage look. This can be easily turned on or off within the art file.