How do you prevent validation errors from showing up on first load?

[eluser]The Revel[/eluser]
I made myself a form with validation rules, that upon validate, it does some SQL work, else it shows the form. However when i load the page for the first time, it shows me validation errors because nothign has been filed out yet.

The format i have is as follows (code condensed as its a lotta code):

Code:

//validate form input
  $this->form_validation->set_rules('qty1', 'First Quantity', 'required|xss_clean');
  $this->form_validation->set_rules('pr1', 'First Price', 'required|xss_clean');
  $this->form_validation->set_rules('admin', 'Admin ID', 'required|xss_clean');

if ($this->form_validation->run() == true)
  {
    //Run SQL Queries, do some back end work
    //...
    //If Successful set the flashdata message
    $this->session->set_flashdata('message', "Transaction(s) Added");
    //Pass a viable back using flashdata
    $this->session->set_flashdata('searchcode', $this->input->post('searchcode', true));
    //redirect them back        
    redirect('auth/search_scancode/', 'refresh');
  }
else
  {
    $this->data['message'] = (validation_errors()) ? validation_errors() : $this->session->flashdata('message');
    // pass form value ararys
    // ...
     $this->template
             ->title( 'My Site', 'Print Card')
             ->set_layout('default')
             ->build('auth/scan_view', $this->data);
  }

Is there a way to prevent the passing of the validation errors when nothing has been entered to begin with?