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Originally Posted by vivek16

YIKES and running shoes (which i normally wear since i have old ones from cross country that are too used to run in comfortably) with those mesh tops are horrible. I would suggest getting some type of shoe with a stiff toe (steel or hard rubber) like found in hiking boots

Definitely no mesh. Steel toes are a little overkill for this application. Solid toe, no mesh, and if you wear open toe you're gone. (Though if you want a steel toe, you could always make some form of overshoe for those applications.)

I normally wear solid-toed cross-trainers, and have never had a problem. Hiking boots are kind of the exception for me--either long standing around or lots of risk of getting something dropped onto my foot.