Rising star Keely Hodgkinson admits she is yet to take in her whirlwind year as she prepares for the biggest races of her life.
The 19-year-old's feet have barely touched the ground ahead of her Olympic debut on Friday.
Hodgkinson's ascent has been so quick the runner was not included on the world class performance programme funding list in the countdown to the Games.
This year alone she became the first British woman to break a world under-20 record for 36 years after running one minute 59.03 seconds in an indoor 800m race in Vienna.
Hodgkinson is 11th in this year's world rankings and is coached by Jenny Meadows, who won bronze at the World Championships in 2009.
She was just 10 when London 2012 inspired a generation and wants to follow in the footsteps of some British greats.
She said: "I was on holiday in Marbella watching the Games. My first memory of the track is Jessica Ennis winning the heptathlon, which is really special.
"That whole Super Saturday was really cool to watch. It's definitely inspiring days to look back on and hopefully we can get some more medals like we did then."
