I started working out to supplement my running when I was doing marathon training. Although I still run, 30 years of pounding the pavement is starting to take its toll; hence, weight training is taking up the slack.

There is nothing like the feeling after a good hard workout, when you know you've given it everything you've got. Working out has gotten me through some really low points in my life (breast cancer x 3 - I had the BRCA 1 gene before Angelina Jolie was a blip on the radar). The only time I had a hard time working out consistently was during chemo - and even then, I would still work out when I felt up to it.

I credit bodybuilding for helping me maintain my sanity and for keeping me looking relatively young for my advanced age lol.