Run the Rockies: Classic Trail Runs in Colorado's Front Range (Cmc's Classics) [Paperback]

Steven Bragg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 17, 2004

A comprehensive reference guide to the Colorado Front Range for any level of trail runner.

*Contains many of the best outings in the state from the Colorado Mountain Club, the outdoor experts in the Rockies for nearly a century *Full-color guidebook, plus fully GPS enabled *The latest in a new series from the Colorado Mountain Club: CMC's Classics

Everyone knows that the Colorado Rockies contain some of the most spectacular trails in the country. Now the Colorado Mountain Club reveals some of its favorites for trail runners. Colorado Classics: Run the Rockies contains detailed information for 50 classic trail runs chosen for their proximity to the major population centers of the Front Range, as well as their incredible scenic qualities and appeal to runners of all abilities. Here you'll find everything you need to enjoy the best that the state has to offer: accurate access and route descriptions, must-have color maps and elevation profiles, running techniques, equipment checklists, safety tips and full-color photography. Fully GPS enabled means that you can use the newest navigational technology to keep you on the right trail.

Runners who want to spend more time running than reading can take advantage of the special "GO!" boxes with encapsulated route info. Color coding of ratings from beginner to expert take the guesswork out of choosing a run and an easy-to-understand system of symbols quickly identifies runs that are seasonal, or are dog friendly, or require fees.

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About the Author

Steven Bragg has been climbing peaks around the world and running trails for nearly two decades. He is the past president of the 10,000-member Colorado Mountain Club. An author of nearly a dozen books, he lives and works in the Denver, Colorado area.

Product Details

• Paperback: 194 pages
• Publisher: The Mountaineers Books (June 17, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972441352
• ISBN-13: 978-0972441353
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #174,822 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The primary question I receive is, why would anyone write so many accounting books? The story began in the early 1990s, when my former boss, Jan Roehl-Anderson, asked me to assist in taking over a book called Controllership from Jim Willson (correct spelling), who had been maintaining the book since the early 1950s. I liked the experience, and even found it relaxing (I must have issues!).

So... I had an idea for another book, called Just-in-Time Accounting, which the publisher accepted, and which got me on the track of doing management accounting books. Most accounting books up to that point had primarily dealt with accounting principles and not how to management the department, so this was a rich area for new books.

The Accounting Best Practices book, which is one of the top-selling accounting books in the country, started when I was bouncing around ideas for new books with one of my editors, John DeRemigis. He suggested the accounting best practices idea, and I said, "nah, there's not enough material." Four editions later and over 400+ pages long, it appears that he was right and I was wrong.

Writing became more intense in 2005, when John Wiley & Sons recommended me to the authors of the Wiley GAAP Guide as a new co-author. This is a seriously technical high-end accounting principles guide, and so was nothing like what I had written before. My first assignment was adding a hundred or so new examples to the book, which was absolutely frantic -- imagine becoming an expert on a really far-out accounting topic in one day, writing an esoteric example, and then hurrying on to an entirely different example the next day.

I have just finished writing Accounting Controls Best Practices, which is chock-full of control points for the most common accounting systems, as well as for best practices upgrades to those systems. And now, it is time for a break, if only for a week.

So... I am heading to the Western Pacific for some serious diving off a live aboard dive boat.

Steve Bragg

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book, March 14, 2011

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This review is from: Run the Rockies: Classic Trail Runs in Colorado's Front Range (Cmc's Classics) (Paperback)

I am training for a trail half-marathon and bought this book to find placed to run. It has all the information I need to get there and know what I'm getting in to before hand. Great book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, November 23, 2008

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The book is good for train runs on the front range. Service was good from this retailer also.