blood in urine?

Long story short I experienced exactly what your talking about...the onset was that I ran farther than I ever had and it was later determined to be a footstrike issue.  It's best that you went to the doctor to check it out to make sure but I'm guessing all the tests are gonna come back normal as mine did.

The only explanation the doctor could give me was the article I pulled off the web and showed to him.  I think he gave up and settled for the article...which I don't have anymore to share with you.  To sum it up, it's very rare in long distance athletes but for those who have it you get it the most when you've pushed beyond your latic threshold for a long period of time and your kidneys basically can't process the muscle/blood that is all going through it...nothing harmful as bad as it may sound.

It's very difficult to find a doctor who will touch on the subject since it is so rare. 

They did a dip in the office said no infection and sent me off to the hospital to do the other blood tests you mentioned..check my kidneys and muscles and a better full ua.

Kidney stones were also suggested but I have no pain common with them.

I have heard of the muscle breakdown condition but that is mostly common with doing longer/harder type races maybe a 1/2 IM or an IM. I just did 2 sprints one on Sunday and another on Thursday. I'm not very fast but goal was to push myself. But the color was brown not red, she asked me that a couple of times. It was much darker early in the morning and by evening, urine was back to normal color.

I didn't hear from them over the weekend so I'm hoping it isn't anything bad. I'll call tomorrow and get the results.

Weird thing, I asked the PA if I could go for my 50 mile ride Saturday and she said she wouldn't answer that question. It annoyed me a lot.

AdventureBear,

I did test positive for protien in the urine when sent to the lab but when they sent me for an ultrasound of my kidneys they came up with nothing and in fact the tech doing the ultrasound said my kidneys looked as good as could be...they also checked another orgin (can't remember which) but all results turned out negative for any damage.  The last test I did was a 24 hour pee capture which came up with nothing out of the ordinary but by that time I wasn't working out cause I thought I was going to die.

That's why I say the doctor wrote it off as footstrike.  With all the testing done he couldn't come up with a reason for why it was there.  The best article describing my symptoms is the "Triathlete" magazine article on Rutger Beke here on EPO doping: http://www.triathletemag.com/story.cfm?story_id=10841&pageID=1727

It's funny too cause my doctor was lecturing me on steriod usage when I'm the type of guy who has a hard time just using protien powder shakes post workout.

Beke: EPO is a protein. Everybody has it in their body. The main problem is when I do high physical activity, race or hard training session, especially anaerobic, I produce a lot of proteins. The problem is that with everybody else, there is a filter in the kidneys that stops your proteins from ending up in your urine. When I do anaerobic exercise, the filter doesn’t work properly and all these proteins end up in my urine. Now the big problem is the anti-doping agencies doesn’t see that EPO proteins I produce are the same as synthetic. So I had to prove that mine are natural. Unfortunately, it took 10 months.

 Triathlete: Does that equal having a high hematocrit?
Beke: Yes. I have a high hematocrit, around 50. The highest I’ve ever had is 52.5. For the doping agencies, that also made me guilty. They said, “See, you have a high hematocrit.” But I’ve always had those test papers to prove a naturally high number. My father and brother also have the same problem. I had to prove they had the same problem. And my grandfather. He would have been a great athlete!

I spoke to my doctors partner as he is off today.

Kidney function normal, muscle enzymes normal, no protein in my urine, hm...they don't know what it is from as no infection, and tested yes it was blood in my urine.

Common with Marathoners, redo UA later in the week.

I guess all it all it is good news as it is nothing bad....but no real answers either.