In a typical week, Hollie trains up to 24 hours – 13 in the pool, four on the bike, four running and three hours in the gym.

She is a full-time student at Campion School, Bugbrooke, and is currently doing her AS levels, studying French, PE, philosophy and ethics and English.

4.30am: I wake up, quickly get dressed and munch down a cereal bar before heading out the door with my Dad to early-morning swim training at the Mounts. I often pack my bag the night before so I'm all ready to go.

5.15am: I do all my swim training with Northampton Swimming Club. I'm in the Senior Olympic Squad, coached by Mark Perry. This morning we had a long aerobic freestyle set. We did 1,200m, 1,050m, 900m, 750m, 600m, 450m, 300m and 150m. It was a rather tedious set but it went quite quick. I often find myself revising my French oral speech or memorising quotes for English while I swim up and down! We did a total of 240 lengths, 7,200m.

7.45am: I arrive at home, greet the rest of my family and sit down to a large, energy-replacing breakfast. After breakfast I have 30 minutes to get ready before I head out of the house to walk to school. I've got myself into a routine that means it doesn't take me long to get ready.

8.50am: Tuesday is one of busiest days at school, as I have no free periods. I arrive at school five to 10 minutes before registration so I have time to catch up with my friends in the sixth form centre. This morning my first three lessons were English, PE and French. As exams are approaching, in all of my classes we are beginning our revision. To help me revise I often create mind maps, I frequently place them around my room or make them on flash cards so they can be easily transported to training sessions and competitions!

12.25pm: I get a 45-minute lunch break, which I like to sit down and chill in. I always make my own lunch rather then having school dinners. It does take up a bit of time when trying to get ready in the morning but I'm a creative and speedy cook! Today it was pleasantly sunny so my friends and I sat outside on the school field to soak up the sun and have a good chat!

1.25pm: My first lesson of the afternoon is ethics, I always love a good debate and argument, and so I always look forward to this lesson! Today we argued about medical ethics and the topic of abortion, is it morally correct or not? I could go on for hours about it! The school day ends at 3.30pm and my last lesson is general studies, where we looked at what makes a good citizen.

4pm: Usually I use this two-and-a-half hour block to do school work, eat my dinner and catch up with a bit of TV. Today I get on with an essay I was set in ethics about abortion – the argument was still fresh in my mind so I thought I'd get straight on with the homework!

7pm: It's my run training. I train with Rugby and Northampton Athletics Middle Distance squad. My coach is Neil Glover. We start our session with one lap round Sixfields lake. It is a nice route but it's full of flies and it is often hard to keep your mouth shut to avoiding swallowing them while running! For the main part of the session we run on the athletics track. Our main set is two lots of 1,000m flat out with 10 minutes recovery between and then to finish a 400m flat out. I find the session pretty tough, however I was pleased with the times I clocked. It is a nice evening, which always makes the session feel better!

8.30pm: Chill time! Today I sit down and watched a bit of TV with my mum and also do a bit of reading. I'm currently reading The Time Traveller's Wife which I can't put down! I head to bed around 9.30pm, thankfully tomorrow I get a lie in until 7.30 am as it's my morning off swimming!