Which sentence would be most effective opening? For a story about a mother of two who wanted to train and run a marathon. A Martha knew that she needed to change in her life a new goal to work for but what be the children were asleep while married quietly tiptoed out the back door to go exercise see what am I doing? A mother-of-two in training to run a marathon in 6 months. I must have lost my mind D. I woke up earlier than I'd never woken up before and hit the alarm clock. So my husband could go back to sleep.