Her bronze medal time, behind a pair of young Kenyans, at the 2014 Commonwealth Games of 15:08.96 bettered the listed W40 World Record by almost 12 seconds, however Pavey ran an even better time of 15:04.87 at the Golden Gala two months earlier. The Commonwealth Games race was probably one of the most exciting races of her career. In the closing four laps Pavey battled the Kenyans refusing to give up the lead. She went to the front, after being overtaken on three occasions. On the final bend the Kenyan runners had all gone past her again and opened a small gap but Pavey battled back again down the home straight overtaking one of the Kenyan athletes and narrowly missing the Silver medal by 6/100th of a second.