Back in the USA

We have been back home for a little over a week now and it's been a whirlwind, hence the scant postings since returning. It has been so wonderful seeing everyone and receiving all your congratulations. It has also been a little overwhelming, all the media attention I've gotten and telling the story to everyone and trying not to forget any of the really interesting parts. Awesome, but overwhelming all the same!

I will attempt to post some photos from the swim here in a separate post in a few moments (but this blog is not terribly conducive to posting photos, so I may not put that many up here). If you want to see all of them, I can email you the link to my online Kodak gallery.

In the meanwhile, here are a few links of interest from local media and a very useful site that lists all the channel swims. According to this site maintained by the city of Dover, as of today, only 1,056 swimmers have completed 1,471 solo swims. With roughly 20% of those swimmer being American, that makes me one of probably a little over 200 Americans to make the journey. My swim, according to the statistics, was average in every sense, except to me, my family, and everyone who was supporting me during this adventure.
http://www.dover.uk.com/channelswimming/stats.php

Here are the links to some articles from the Waltham Daily News Tribune and Boston.com. (The Boston.com article- the first one below- was featured on the home page and definitely made the rounds among my friends on Facebook. Too cool- I felt like a real celebrity for the day.)

Enjoy!

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/waltham/2009/08/waltham_woman_conquers_the_mt.html

http://www.dailynewstribune.com/homepage/x772305259/Waltham-swimmer-conquers-English-Channel

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2009/08/09/walthams_elaine_kornbau_howley_swims_english_channel/