Despite being a keen follower of Athletics, I just couldn’t work up the energy for the Sydney 2000 Olympics. It’s not my home town and I feared astronomical ticket prices, plus, where would we stay? So, when Melbourne got the nod for the 2006 Commonwealth Games, I imagined Kim and I catching the tram down to the MCG, sitting in good affordable, close-up seats and watching a hard-fought 10k race being won by Craig Mottram in beautiful autumn evening weather. So, tonight I entered the ballot for tickets. Apparently I’ll know in May whether I’ve been successful, and hopefully on the 18th and 25th of March 2006, we’ll be seeing nights of great track sprint cycling and some some athletic relays. If not, I suppose it’ll have to be Delhi, India for 2010.