Was going to try and talk the 10 year old into travelling down and watching- never been to a track meet, but looks to be sold out.
Is this normal??

yes.

Oh dash and double dash! 🙁

Its a recent thing. And a good one. It sold out last year. The year before it was busy but you could still get tickets on the day.

If you want to watch some good track racing, though a bit different from the world cup, give one o the Revolution evenings a go:

http://www.cyclingrevolution.com/content/en/default_gb.aspx

what session are you looking for? Fri night is avaliable but standing and I think there are still standing avalianble for certain sessions

I will be travelling down from Glasgow with 10 year old, so really only Sat or Sun for us. Not sure how long she could stand- I know I will love it- its just trying to keep her into it as I think she would like it