On 9 March 2006 in Melbourne, in his final warmup event before the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Mottram took ten seconds off the 12-year-old Australian record for the 2000 metres.
Den 9. marts 2006 i Melbourne til sit sidste træningsløb inden Commonwealth Games, overgik han den tolv år gamle australske rekord på 2000 meteren med 12 sekunder.