Devon runner Jo Pavey is looking forward to her third Commonwealth Games after being named in the England team.
The Exeter Harrier has been selected to run both the 5,000m and 10,000m at this summer's championships in Glasgow.
She finished fifth in the 5,000m in Manchester in 2002 but claimed the silver medal over the same distance in Melbourne four years later.
Pavey, 40, has not competed at the Games since but is relishing the chance to perform in front of a British crowd again, having competed at the London Olympics two years ago.
"I've known for a couple of weeks that I had been selected but I'm really pleased to be competing at another Commonwealth Games," said Honiton-born Pavey.
"It's going to be a great atmosphere because it's in the UK again. I know it's in Scotland but a lot of people who will be supporting the English team will be able to get there.
"There's been so much hype around it that it almost feels like another Olympics, seeing the baton relay on the TV and things like that."
Pavey faces a busy summer schedule as she is due to race at the British trials next weekend in a bid to secure a place in the 5,000m at the European Championships.
The West Hill resident has already been selected for the 10,000m, having won the British title last month.
The Commonwealth Games 5,000m final is on Saturday, August 2, just four days after the 10,000m.
The European Championships 10,000m follows on August 12, with the 5,000m heats two days later and the final two days after that.
While the trials in Birmingham on June 29 are the priority right now, Pavey said it will be tough to produce her best at both championships.
"The trials are really important in their own right, and that is a difficult race to run because it's very tactical," she said.
"I am trying to gear towards that as well but then I can put in some more training and then sharpen for the championships.
"It's always quite tough to juggle when you've got two championships because you're trying to reach your real peak more than once and it's quite difficult.
"I know my routine and how I peak for major championships, so when you have two of them it makes it more difficult to plan.
"I'll be going into the Europeans against people who haven't done the Commonwealths as well so it will take a bit of planning."
Pavey missed the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010 but is keen to grace the stage again in Glasgow this summer as she has fond memories of the competition.
"I went to Manchester and had a bad run but in Melbourne I got the silver medal so I've got good memories from that," she said.
"The Australians were really up for it – they're into their sport and there was a great atmosphere and that was a great experience."
However, Pavey knows it will be tough to be in contention at the top of the field as some of the best athletes in the world will also be bidding for glory.
She said: "From my point of view the Commonwealth Games are always very tough because, even though you only have the countries of the Commonwealth there, we have Kenya, the best distance-running nation in the world.
"The distance races are very tough because of that but you have to be positive and try to race against them."
