The teams race at the Port of Tauranga Half has grown over the years to be the highlight of the sporting calender for many unassuming part-time athletes.
Corporates, old school mates, church groups, community groups and families are all part of the rank and file that finish hours after the likes of elite athletes Cameron Brown and Jo Lawn.
One family having a crack together for the first time is Paul Garratt, his son-in-law, Murray Pratt, and grandson Daniel Pratt.
Paul will lead off in the swim leg, with Murray taking on the daunting 90km bike leg and 24-year-old Daniel expected to bring the team home in a good time on the run.
At 77, Paul is often the oldest swimmer in the Team Shorebreak Ocean Swim events held off Pilot Bay and is back into swimming after a break of 50 years.