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Greg Searle's Blog

Hi, I'm Greg Searle and in the run up to the Olympics in London I'm going to be keeping the Concept2 community up to date with what I'm up to and how my training is going - and hopefully letting you know what it's like to be part of a winning Olympic team!
I'll be updating my blog regularly so to keep up to date with what I'm doing by leaving your name and email. Find out more about Greg.

GB Trials

Posted by Greg Searle on the 21st of March 2012

Last weekend I raced in the GB trials on the Olympic course at Dorney. Along with the rest of the eight and the GB team I was pretty excited and tense about the event. All the rowers were in coxless pairs racing against each other and all the scullers were in singles. We had spent two weeks in Portugal preparing and then we moved into a hotel near the course. Unfortunately my regular partner Camer… Read full post

Cold Weather, Long Beds and X-Factor

Posted by Greg Searle on the 23rd of February 2012

We headed south this week to get the latest from Greg on the run up to the Games. After a nice cup of tea, and navigating our way past his daughter's new house rabbit, here's what Greg had to say. … Read full post

Six Months to Go

Posted by Greg Searle on the 17th of February 2012

With less than six months to go until the Olympics we chat with Greg about what his daily routine contains and how his training has been going. … Read full post

Six Months to Go

Posted by Greg Searle on the 3rd of February 2012

It was great to meet up with Greg at Caversham last week; here he talks to us about how training is going with only six months left until the games. … Read full post

Boston Trials and December Trials

Posted by Greg Searle on the 23rd of December 2011

Last weekend was the only long distance trial that saw the full squad (or at least those who were healthy) racing against all the Olympic hopefuls in the UK. It was a 5k time trial in Boston (Lincs not Mass unfortunately)! The weather was due to be terrible so we were all watching the weather forecasts and waiting for news from British Rowing about whether the trial was actually going to be run. W… Read full post