I've said age was relative for many years, but I have achieved an age where chronic aches and pains dominate my existence. I am trying desperately to get in shape and have been for many years. I go for a run every day, but I have Achilles Tendinitis. The pain in the Achilles has been there for seven years; it comes and goes; must be calcified by now. But when I run and it hurts, it is terrible! I have been stretching the crap out of it lately. It does help, but it still hurts.