Elliott Davis is a former NCAA 400M and 4x400M Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Sprinter. He was an All-American Runner on the 4x400M team at the University of Minnesota. Originally from Las Vegas and inspired by his mother, Elliott grew up playing in the Marching Band and competing in track & field events.

More recently, Elliott found the sport of cycling. Originally he was working in a bike shop and whipping around town on a fixed gear as a bike messenger. Eventually, he moved out to San Diego and started riding and racing his bike at the San Diego Velodrome. This is where he was introduced to track cycling. 

After some time training locally, Elliott took part in the Search For Speed Program by USA Cycling that seeks out untapped talent across the United States. In this episode we talk at length about his journey through the Search For Speed program and his development as an athlete.  

Stay tuned for his potential run at the 2028 Olympics as a Track Cycling Sprinter. 

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We got to sit down this week with Terrence Mahon. Terrence comes from a competitive running background and over his 20 years of experience has coached US Olympic Runners, US and European Championship Runners, and countless other professional athletes. 

We got to talk to Terrence about the development of technology in the sport of both sprint and endurance running. We also talked through the mindset and mentality of successful athletes, who has the "IT" factor and who doesn't, how to have hard conversations with athletes that no longer are performing at the top of their game, and so much more. 

We really appreciated Terrence's expertise on finding that additional 1-2% in terms of performance. Terrence is an all around great dude and an excellent resource on all things running. 

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Alexey Vermeulen is a current professional gravel bike racer. He was previously riding on the World Tour Stage for BMC Devo and later what has now become Jumbo Visma/Visma Lease A Bike. Alexey left the World Tour and began pursuing a career in gravel cycling as it was growing in popularity across the United States and the world. 

Alexey has many successful results to date including national championships and major gravel event wins, but of course, we didn't want to talk about all of that. 

In this episode we go into how Alexey is partnering with major brands to sponsor and support up and coming athletes and to ensure that the sport of gravel cycling continues long after he's retired. We dive deep into the idea of marketing yourself as an athlete and what it means to be a "professional" in a sport. 

We really did have such an amazing conversation with Alexey and we hope that you enjoy his perspective as much as we did. 

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Laurel Rathbun is a professional female cyclist who raced her bike at the World Tour Level at a very young age. Unfortunately, her professional career was challenged after a horrific crash left her with nerve damage in her right shoulder. She was able to return to the world of professional cycling with shear drive and determination, but racing at this level was never the same for Laurel. 

Laurel eventually retired from the sport at 23 years of age and more seriously pursued her career in accounting. As a lifelong cyclist and competitor, Laurel found her way back to the sport through travel with Qunafa, an organization focusing on cycling trips around the world. 

After many unique experiences, Laurel began riding again locally and has since returned to the world of professional cycling to make a run at the 2024 Olympics as a C5 para-athlete. 

We hope you enjoy Sitting In with Laurel as much as we did. She is a high quality, high caliber individual and athlete and an all around pleasure to chat with. 

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Alec Merlino is a Survivor 37 contestant who was ultimately voted off after losing a grueling immunity challenge late in the game. He became the 4th member of the jury but his journey with testing himself physically and mentally has not stopped since the show. 

Alec has finished multiple triathlons, has completed the combined distances of an Iron Man Triathlon, has dabbled in acting, and is an entrepreneur in the health and fitness space creating content for like minded individuals. 

Alec grew up in Southern California in San Clemente and continues to embrace the SoCal dream in North County San Diego, CA. Alec is an inspiration to those around him with his consistency and dedication to being the best possible version of himself both athletically and not. 

We thoroughly enjoyed our conversation about what motivates Alec and talked all things visualization, manifestation, and holding yourself accountable. 

We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed hosting Alec Merlino. 

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Welcome everyone to The Sitting In Podcast. We've been working on this project for months now and we are so excited to bring this podcast to fruition. We feel that so often Professional Athletes and Athletes in general are defined by their accolades or lack thereof in their sport. 

With this podcast we aim to redefine these athletes through conversations about real life. These conversations are meant to get to the bottom of what makes an athlete tick. We have big plans to talk to players in all major sports leagues including the NFL, MLB, NBA, Professional Cyclists, Endurance Athletes, Olympians, you name it. 

We hope that this podcast and these conversations bring you value and that you can relate while we humanize athletes that you may or may not have followed on the internet, television, or just in articles, etc. 

This podcast is shot in 4K and the audio is recorded via a Rodecaster Pro II on high quality SURE SM7B microphones. We've spared no expense when it comes to technology to bring you the absolute best podcast viewing experience we can. 

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