Broken blood vessels on face after exercising

ekaustin7

I just got back from the gym this morning and felt a faint burning sensation on my eyelids, right underneath my eyebrows. After looking in the mirror, I realized that I had several red "pin prick" marks that I'm guessing are broken blood vessels. This has never happened to me after working out and I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced it. I'm not particularly concerned about it, just curious about why it happens. My cardio workout wasn't anything too strenuous... just biking for an hour. However, I did do a series of ab holds afterwards that were pretty difficult, so I'm wondering if that may have caused these blood vessels to burst.

If this has ever happened to you, any insight on how to make them disappear (other than the obvious covering up with makeup)?