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Little kids as young as three years old wear floaties on their arms and get to walk through 40 yards of shallow water for the swim. With anxious parents hovering nearby in case of a fall, they dry off, put on helmets, and get on everything from Princess style bikes with glittery pink tassels and training wheels to tricycles and round a parking lot. The run for these pre-kindergarteners consists of a 60-yard out and back holding on to a parent’s hand
When needed. At the finish, 2008 elite winners Joanna Zeiger and Simon Thompson hand out green finishers’ yo-yos. By the time the 13-14 year old waves starts, some kids blitz through a 200-yard swim, a 4-mile bike and a 1-mile run with ferocity, others survive with unconquerable smiles.