HELP!!! Big toe pain

I am having toe pain at the base of my left big toe. It feels like it is in the joint. Every time I take a step it pops. There is no swelling, bruising, or redness. I also had no trauma to the area at all. It just started out of the blue. I had some tearing sharp pain in my arch on a run and then a few days later the arch was fine but the ball of my foot hurt. Now it is only my toe. It does not feel better as I walk on it and it always hurts when I put pressure on it. I have full mobility of the toe and it does not feel stiff. So what do you guys think think this is. I prey it's not a stress fracture. I have also read a little on gout and wonder if it could be that.