Outer lower leg recurring pain, fibularis/peroneal area pain

I'm looking for ideas on what this might be, I have scoured the internet for different possibilities but I haven't been able to find any recurring lower leg pain issues that really fit my situation.

I am reasonably overweight and have flat feet, not exceptionally fit but reasonably fit. However when I run for any reasonable amount of time but particularly when I run with some intensity this pain occurs quite quickly and this happens on flat ground as well. More problematic for me however is I walk up a large hill every single day and about half of the time I have this really annoying pain in only my right lower leg about 2 inches above my ankle (hopefully will be able to upload an image but unsure), and it only continues to get worse as I keep using it. After relaxing and not putting stress on my leg for about 5 minutes it normally goes away. It doesn't normally happen when I am just walking around, can't remember it happening while walking around ever but unsure.

Sometimes when it is really quite bad, you can physically feel almost a small bunch up of muscle or something on the surface, I have not looked to see if its visually obvious but it definitely is there when felt.

I thought it could have been weak muscles or just being unfit and went walking and running almost daily for 3 weeks and saw no change and generally I walk 5 miles a day average so I don't really think it should be that. Also I grew up in Florida with no hills, unsure if thats pertinent.

I am planning on going to an orthopedist but I would like to not have to.

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