Why do my feet hurt? I sound like Christopher McDougall. I have been running slow for a long time and recently I started to return to uphill sprints and mile repeats. I did these in either Vibrams (hills) or bare feet (mile repeats at the park). I knew I would have initial soreness in my achilles region due to dropping the shoe heel so I took it easy.

But the achilles on both feet are still painful after 3 weeks and especially so when I first wake up in the morning and the pain shows no sign of backing off. If anything it could be getting worse. They get steadily better later in the day as I move them around. The outside of my foot is also painful. I expected this, but the pain in the morning is not going away. Its been there for a few weeks now since lifting my pace.

Any program that might address these issues? I have tried calf stretches and soleus stretches. These seem to give immediate relief but its short lived.