"We feel this year is our year - being a back-to-back year for us in the boat. We want to take through everything we learned last year into this year," Edward said.
She explained the women's lightweight double sculls combination had been changing for years, so it was nice to keep the same pairing from last season.
She and Strack had a great relationship, finishing fifth at the world champs last year.
This year they hope to finish in the medals at the world champs, which will be held in the Netherlands in August.
"We definitely want to medal this year in preparation for Rio. We want to be on the podium," she said.
Edward and Strack have been based in Cambridge during the summer, training with the Waikato Regional Performance Centre on Lake Karapiro.
Edward said she would be coming home to Rotorua this weekend to see her family, and spend a few days away from rowing, before heading back to Cambridge to train for her first world cup.
The 23-year-old has a busy schedule ahead this season starting with a trip to Sydney at the end of the month for the first of three world cups.
"I'm really excited. I met up with Lucy and [our coach] Gary Hay this morning and talked over the season and our first world cup.
"We are going to Sydney then we all come back to New Zealand and train here for a month or so then head overseas for three months."
The second world cup is being held in France in June and the third world cup is held in Switzerland in July.
It is then on to the world championships in the Netherlands in August, which marks the end of the international season.
Twenty-four athletes in ten Olympic class boats were named on Thursday as part of the Rowing New Zealand elite team to compete at the second and third world cups and world championships in 2014.
A smaller contingent of 14 athletes is expected to compete at the first world cup rowing regatta in Sydney.
