Thanks for posting this. I had the ‘pissing blood’ thing last week on an ultra run. Bladder Slap was mentioned as one possibility, though the doc reckons I was too well hydrated for that. Rather, this one got blamed on an infected thumb. Details here: http://tentsmuir.wordpress.com/2013/10/16/sormland-ultra-marathon-50km-trail-sweden/
Thanks for posting this. I had the ‘pissing blood’ thing last week on an ultra run. Bladder Slap was mentioned as one possibility, though the doc reckons I was too well hydrated for that. Rather, this one got blamed on an infected thumb. Details here: http://tentsmuir.wordpress.com/2013/10/16/sormland-ultra-marathon-50km-trail-sweden/
Like you it was the fact I’d gone further, faster and in hotter temps that confused me. The article which put my mind at rest (to some extent) is here: http://www.ultrarunning.com/ultra/9/9_1/running-rhabdomyolosis-an.shtml
With best wishes for pissing crystal hereafter…