Two oars instead of one
Hello and welcome to my first blog. For those of you who don't know , I'm part of the British rowing team and have been selected to compete in this year's .
I went to the Beijing Olympics in the women's eight, where . I'm 26 and currently living in Reading although I'm originally from Gloucester, which is .
After Beijing there were a lot of decisions to be made. I already knew that I wanted to continue on to London 2012 but how?

I'm Beth Rodford, member of the GB rowing squad. Having finished fifth in Beijing as a member of the women's eight, I'm starting this Olympiad with a new challenge - I now have two oars to row with instead of one! I'll be writing about my experiences with the rowing squad as we head for the World Championships in Poland this August, and how our focus now turns to London 2012.