Having an achilles injury got me thinking about the Greek myth. In times when they had to run long distances to spread news about, and only had sandals to run in, there must have been a load of people hobling around with bad achilles. So many in fact that they thought of a brand new 'myth' to explain this. No inserts to cure them or flash shoes. I guess it would have been an even bigger topic of discussion then than it is now.