http://dribbletheworld.com We dribble marathons and road races to save lives. Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:10:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As we say goodbye to 2009 and welcome a new year (and decade!), DribbleTheWorld decided to take a quick look back at how God has so graciously blessed our efforts to rescue children in Africa who are orphaned by the AIDS epidemic by using basketball. We hope you're encouraged by the ... http://dribbletheworld.com/2010/01/ayearinrevie/ On December 12, 2009, Morgan Cook became our second female runner and (second runner in Florida-after Nate Logan in Tampa Bay!) as she dribbled through the streets of Orlando. Read on to see what she had to say about her experience! "When Dan, Ashley, and others dribbled their races, they were ... http://dribbletheworld.com/2009/12/reindeer_run/ With the winter weather approaching in Jersey, some of you might be wondering how we'll be able to dribble races in the cold weather and potential snow. How will people be able to hear about our desire to help children orphaned by AIDS and living in poverty worldwide with snow ... http://dribbletheworld.com/2009/12/dribbling-in-december/  Usually during a game, no one wants to hear the words ''double dribble'' but when it comes to our mission to DribbleTheWorld, we embrace the double dribble!  =] After Danny Mundo, his sister Melissa, Whitney and I participated in The 100 Mile Challenge , we wanted to be able to do more ... http://dribbletheworld.com/2009/11/double-dribbling-for-darfur/ Having dribbled the NYC Half Marathon in August, I thought that I was finished as far as running in events went- boy was I wrong! When Eric dribbled the ING NYC Marathon on November 1, 2009, I had no idea that we would be sprinting from Path Trains to train stations ... http://dribbletheworld.com/2009/11/a-new-perspective/ I haven't looked into the record books, but I've only heard of a handful of people dribbling 26.2 with a basketball. Yesterday, Eric Martin dribbled the New York City Marathon in 4:00:45!! THAT IS FAST! The previous DribbletheWorld.com record was 4:37:54 at the 2007 NYC Marathon. Other impressive times were 4:41:21 and 4:44:14--Eric shaved well ... http://dribbletheworld.com/2009/11/dribble-the-world-record-at-the-nyc-marathon/ If you read our last post on Malaria, you saw how devastating the disease is, killing an African child every 30 seconds. Yet, you also read that we know exactly how to stop this disease (we eradicated it from the US over 50 years ago!). Now, it's your turn to respond to this challenge and ... http://dribbletheworld.com/2009/10/the-end-of-malaria/ DribbletheWorld's goal of people all over the world dribbling races to rescue African orphans started with a crazy idea in Spring  of 2007: dribbling the New York City Marathon! (As you can tell, we like to start small and work our way up :)) Gian Paul Gonzalez took our dreams to ... http://dribbletheworld.com/2009/10/dribbletheworlds-third-straight-new-york-city-marathon/ Here are the final two organizations that we are seeking to support through The 100 Mile Challenge. Like we've said before, equipping yourself with the facts show that you care about those who are struggling in Darfur.  WorldVision and Bethesda Outreach: Humanitarian Work WorldVision is well aware of the crisis throughout all of ... http://dribbletheworld.com/2009/10/worldvisionandbethesda/ So where exactly did the 100 Mile Challenge take us?  10/14/2009 RouteFind more Runs in West New York, New Jersey To zoom in and out of the map and see it in different types of maps (like a satellite map!) click on this link:  The 100 Mile Challenge Course (Sorry, miles 1-5 and 90-100 tend to ... http://dribbletheworld.com/2009/10/100-mile-challenge-completed/