Team Festool in the Napa Valley

[RJNeal]

There's and run in the Napa Valley today and I caught the a team at Gott's Roadside for lunch.
Thought I would share.
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[Just F Me]

damn I want some Gotts Roadside...

 

[RJNeal]

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[Paul G]

Is that the St Helena location? I've been there several times over the years for a burger, good eats. Any idea why there was a Festool van, is there a dealer in Napa who was sponsoring something?

 

[RJNeal]

Not sure, there was 25k run? Lots of vans with writing on them.
Yes, it's the St. Helena site.
Napa has a dealer Devine Paint. They only stock sanders,ct, and the small drill.
Rick

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Yes, myself and 11 colleagues from Festool USA participated in the Ragnar Relay Race, 205 miles from San Fran to Napa Valley over about 30 hours. We completed it yesterday afternoon. I'll share some photos when I can soon. Touring wine country today. Cool you saw one of our two vans.

 

[Paul G]

Yes, myself and 11 colleagues from Festool USA participated in the Ragnar Relay Race, 205 miles from San Fran to Napa Valley over about 30 hours. We completed it yesterday afternoon. I'll share some photos when I can soon. Touring wine country today. Cool you saw one of our two vans.

Hope it all went well Shane, you all need to get out here more often. Wouldn't Napa be a great site for a new training center?  [big grin]

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Hope it all went well Shane, you all need to get out here more often. Wouldn't Napa be a great site for a new training center?  [big grin]

Funny, Sedge, one of our trainers who ran with us, just said the same.  [smile]

 

[Paul G]

Hope it all went well Shane, you all need to get out here more often. Wouldn't Napa be a great site for a new training center?  [big grin]

Funny, Sedge, one of our trainers who ran with us, just said the same.  [smile]

Wise man that Sedge!

 

[semenza]

Yes, myself and 11 colleagues from Festool USA participated in the Ragnar Relay Race, 205 miles from San Fran to Napa Valley over about 30 hours. We completed it yesterday afternoon. I'll share some photos when I can soon. Touring wine country today. Cool you saw one of our two vans.

So you made it to the end before touring wine country ?  Good job !  [thumbs up]

Seth

 

[vidkid26]

205 Miles from San Francisco to Napa. ?????  Did you go via Monterey?

 

[Paul G]

205 Miles from San Francisco to Napa. ?????  Did you go via Monterey?

It's not as if they were running on I-80

https://www.ragnarrelay.com/race/napavalley/legs

 

[RJNeal]

Wow, Shane in the Napa Valley. I wished that I walked over to the ever growing line to see who was dressed in blue and green.
Are you guys still in town Monday?
205 miles. Not too much the direct route. (75). Must of have taken the scenic route
Rick

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Here was our route...

It was 12 of us, each running three legs of varying lengths. Mine were 6, 4.1, and 5.5 miles. We had two vans with 6 runners each and ran around the clock. One of my runs was at 4am on Saturday morning through Sonoma, for instance.

Some of the participants left today, the rest of us leave in tomorrow morning. It was very lucky that you happened to see the van. I think they were stopping for lunch since they had finished their finals runs and my van was still running. I had the last leg to the finish line which was completed around 3:30pm in Calistoga.

Quite an experience. Challenging, rewards and fun.

 

[ScotF]

That is awesome! Congrats and that is quite an experience! I am a runner myself, although I have never done a team run before. Sounds awesome! Is that Sedge? He is looking great!

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

That is awesome! Congrats and that is quite an experience! I am a runner myself, although I have never done a team run before. Sounds awesome! Is that Sedge? He is looking great!

Yup, Sedge just over my left shoulder with the big smile. He's my hero. The guy is just awesome and inspirational. He did a killer job with his runs, one of which was about 2.5 miles uphill, then another several miles after that.

 

[RJNeal]

Thanks Shane for info. 
Congratulation to the team on the run.
Sounds like a lot of fun..

Rick

 

[Sean7a]

Sedge!  No way.  Good on'em.  That's great.

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

One more quick pic of the team. What an experience!

We finished 155th out of 502 teams. We were fourth in the men's corporate division that we competed in. Not bad.

Front row, left to right: Sedge (trainer), Nadine (intern from Germany, Automotive), Franck ("the box man", Tanos), Dan (Sales)
Back row, left to right: Chris (Sales), Steve (Sales), Johannes (Marketing), Alex (Sales), Shane (me), Salli (Finance), Tracy (Finance), Keith (Sales)

Now taking bids on my three NAINA Festool jerseys. [tongue]

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