Eh, not exactly.

When I was a kid I used to tape cotton balls into the arches of my soccer cleats to relieve the pain.

Running is just as much fun as cycling, sometimes more. Sure at any given moment, lying on the couch hurts less. Sure if you're doing anything with poor form or poorly fitting equipment it's going to hurt (see all the threads about knee and crotch trouble among cyclists). Sure if you don't take care of your fascia it's going to give you trouble.

Running has a bad reputation among some people right now because in the boom of the 70s, a lot of people just went out with poorly fitting shoes, poor running form, and never took care of their connective tissue, and now they're paying for it. In 20 years I think there are going to be the same crop of people with bad knees, damaged nerves and blood vessels in their crotches, and severe osteoporosis, and they're going to be going on and on about how cycling is "bad for you."