"Let me see, how old would I be then? 28? Yes, if London did get the Games and I was still running then, it would be fantastic. And at least all my family would be able to come and watch me without too much effort!"
Of course, we are talking distant fantasies here and one breathtaking run doesn't make a career. Yet the prospect of this 20-year-old making a huge impact somehow feels less fanciful than London winning the Games.
Leading statistician and selector Ian Hodge, who has watched her incredible progress this summer, concludes: "She's a star with the potential to run the 400m faster than any British woman before."
That means beating Kathy Cook's mark of 49.43sec which has stood for two decades. Hodge's projection that she could be running near that next summer does not seem unrealistic considering her best before the season began was 54.21sec and that she still only trains four times a week.
Yet it's not just the stats but the sight of a real lion-hearted performer which really thrilled in Manchester. She played netball for England at Under-17 and Under-19 levels but found she enjoyed the "in your face" nature of her sport rather less than the individual freedom offered by running.
So perhaps those elements of toughness and physicality required of a netball defender did help her battle through the elements on Sunday and effectively 'out-tough' a tough customer like McConnell, who looked visibly shocked. "It was definitely a turning point for me," she said. "I never thought I could come out with a performance like that."
Ohuruogu had been expected to graduate to the senior British netball team which is why the management were desperate not to lose her and urged her to stay on for a major event in Florida next summer. Yet after her bronze-medal winning run at the world junior championships last year, she was determined to concentrate all her energies on athletics instead.
There's no turning back now. Ohuruogu, whose parents hail from Nigeria, has plenty of ambitions outside sport. Maybe in teaching or journalism, she shrugs. Yet for the moment, athletics won't let a rare talent like this escape its clutches.
"You know, I'd love to compete in the London Grand Prix," she conceded. Already, her wish is their command because it is understood organisers of the meet are already planning to pencil in a 200m, 300m or 400m race to accommodate her.
Then it's off to Athens and you feel this woman could shock just as she did on Sunday. "I'm normally quite cautious when I run but, coming off that final bend in Manchester, I thought to myself 'you may never get a chance like this again so give it everything'," she recalled.
The result was a voyage of self-discovery and now she's starting to believe in herself, perhaps it really could end back where it started in
