I had the exact same problem. Casual walking, fine. Fast walking, hiking, or jogging/running, painful. I alleviated a lot of my pain by doing three things: (1) do a long warm up and then stretching, (2) landing mid-foot when running, and (3) stretching after cool down. The change in running form made a huge difference. I was gettiing very discouraged and demoralized with the amount of pain I was feeling when I first started C25K. I started reading about running form and watching youtube videos. Then I adjusted my form and slowly, the pain went away. Good luck!