Telich Talks

Peter Nelson II is the co founder of SISU, a company, that builds saunas. Handcrafted in Ohio, using USA Western Red Cedar, Amish + Finnish craftsmanship, and industry-leading heaters.Nelson is an ultra endurance athlete , a race director, who originated the Hell on Hogsback event to raise money for families dealing with cancer. Winner of the Antarctica 50k, he has competed in over 30 ultra endurance events.

Jared Ewing is an Army vet & ultra Marathoner who completed the Grand Slam of 100 mile ultra marathons. He did the feat in a 14 week period. He is the first adaptive/para/disabled athlete to accomplish this. The four races he finished are Vermont, Old Dominion,Leadville and Wasatch. Seven years ago due to a car crash, Ewing was seriously injured. As a result, he has no Achilles tendon or calf muscle in one leg. He is producing a documentary to further enlighten the public about adaptive athletes.

A young figure skater from New York rose to the top of her sport while carrying a promise she made to her dying mother. After achieving Olympic gold, she brought her brilliance to Cleveland and helped shape generations of champions.Written and voiced by John Telich and produced by Aaron Calafato, this episode of Forged in Greatness reveals the remarkable story of an Olympic champion whose influence transformed Cleveland figure skating.

Wild Bill Wagner is a northeast Ohio ultra runner, race director, and advocate for various local charities. In our interview, he talks about dealing with his addictive personality and how he began drinking at a very young age. He was one of the founding organizers of the Burning River 100 mile ultramarathon 20 years ago, Canal corridor 100, and Bill’s Bad Ass 50 K. He has run Western States 100, Wasatch 100 and many ultramarathons and was a running buddy and great friend to the late , incomparable Mark Godale, perhaps Northeast Ohio‘s greatest ultramarathon runner

This podcast is the latest in our series of shows called Forged in Greatness, the real stories of the Greater Cleveland sports Hall of Fame. This focuses on a man who won four Super Bowls and is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Continue to check this Telich Talks podcast feed for more episodes like this one on the great Steelers coach Chuck Noll out of Benedictine high school. For more information on the greater Cleveland sports Hall of Fame go to clevelandsportshall.com. Our brand new award winning hall is at West 47th and Lorain in Ohio City neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. V Thanks to Aaron Calafato and Ken Wendt