Thats what Dominique Donner, South Africa's women's triathlon champion, say when asked what makes her want to swim 1500m, cycle 40km and run 10km - all in under two hours.

Donner - she talks about herself in the third person as 'Donner' - turns 30 this month and by the time you read this will probably be ranked 10th in the world of female triathletes. Thats if she wins the SA Championship at Langebaan on 3 March. Later in the month she'll be competing in the All Africa Championship in Port Elizabeth, on 24 March.

Says Donner: "We get selected for the Olympic squad based on our overall points tally. So the championships are important because tht points count towards that."

Donner wants to compete in Athens in 2004. She missed Sydney Olympics last year even though she beat Lizel Moore in a preliminary race in Perth in April 2000 by about 3 minures. Moore was selected by NOCSA to represent the country based on her rankings, which seems a little unfair given that Moore - who lives and trains in Australia - had competed in more triathlons than Donner. Moore came in 30th in the Olympic finals with a time of 2:08:18 - some eight minutes adfrift of the winner (2:00:40).

Last month, Donner won her eighth 5FM Energade triathlon and as we go to press she's clocked up 10 wins in succession. She seems invincible at the moment.