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Started by Jessica Monroe on November 5, 2009
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Jessica Monroe said #1 Nov 5, 2009 at 6:21am

Does anyone have a recomendation for some vegan workout shoes that can handle high intensity workouts like step aerobics, cardio kickboxing, running, etc? I looked at the website for earth footwear and I had a hard time telling if their shoes are made for that kind of stuff. This is the one genre of shoes that I'm having a hard time finding vegan!

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Leena said #2 Nov 5, 2009 at 10:26am

Many running shoes are 'accidentally' vegan since leather and breathability don't go together and running shoes need to be breathable.

This site lists some specific vegan shoes, mostly New Balance:
http://www.thevegetariansite.com/cgi-bin/miva?Merchant2/merchant.mv+Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=S&Category_Code=athleticw

Mooshoes is an all vegan shoe store in NYC but they have a website and have a good listing of athletic shoes:
http://www.mooshoes.com/category.cfm/CurrentPage/1/vegan/womens-vegan-sneakers/


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Jessica Monroe said #3 Nov 5, 2009 at 4:03pm

Awesome, I will check those out! Thanks!

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Debs said #4 Nov 10, 2009 at 9:55am

New Balance is one option. I believe the shoes designed by Kelly Ripa for Ryka are also vegan.

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Jess Mokren said #5 Nov 12, 2009 at 8:59am

I bought the Earth vegan sneakers. Kinetics I think they were, and I love them. I have a pair for work and I also bought a pair for the gym. I have taken several aerobics classes in them and I have run the neighborhood. The only thing I recommend is getting them in a 1/2 size smaller than you would normally wear. I saw they fit true to size so I ordered an 8 but the second pair are a 7.5 and fit better. Good Luck

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