After throwing away the cigarettes and following his wife's lead, San Diegan is now a long-distance hiker and runner

Dax Ross was dating a runner in college and used to smoke his cigarettes at her track meets. But since quitting several years ago, he's now so fit he's done rim-to-rim runs of the Grand Canyon and quickly hiked the John Muir Trail. My profile of Dax Ross for the Active San Diego feature of the Health section of U-T San Diego: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/feb/17/ross-hiker-trail-runner/