I went for a 6 mile run at a bit above a race pace (for me) I woke up the next morning and the knees were bruised. The bruising is right above the kneecap below the quad muscle. While running I felt great that is why I picked up the pace. I was running on blacktop with shoes with less than 100 miles on them. Any ideas? I have the Racine HIM next weekend and am concerned if I should even run this week and risk damage before the race.
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I hope you get an answer for this as i have a friend who gets this as well.
I’m not a doctor.
But you need an appointment to go see yours. May be simple muscle bruising from overuse of the vastus medialus, but could be a sign of an underlying coagulation disorder (but this would likely have produced other signs and symptoms as well). Your doc will order a coag profile (simple blood test) and if it’s abnormal may be worth further workup.