Which sentence would be the most effective opening for a story about a mother of two who wanted to train and run a marathon? a) maria knew that she needed a change in her life, a new goal to work for--but what? b) the children were asleep while marie quietly tiptoed out the back door to go exercise. c) what am i doing--a mother of two and training to run a marathon in six months? i must have lost my mind. d) i woke up earlier than i'd ever woken up before and hit the alarm clock so my husband could go back to sleep.