Portia Smith

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

🧊🏊‍♀️ Swim 67/2023 🏊‍♀️🧊 Dawn km swim at Fitzroy Pool with the steam rising from the lanes 🧊🏊‍♀️ Bit annoyed though that my @speedoausnz long hair swimming cap managed to tear when I adjusted it after only 3 wears. In comparison my @zoggsaunz cap has lasted happily for a year 🏊‍♀️🧊

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

@eddy_diamondd Hello Eddy - would love to but just returned by ticket to Dark Mofo as I’m so swamped at work 😕 Very sad but happy someone else is able to go in my stead hopefully!

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

👩‍💻🏊‍♀️ Swim 66/2022 🏊‍♀️👩‍💻Sunday arvo 1km @ FitzroyPool 👩‍💻🏊‍♀️I had a few hours of (difficult) work to do this weekend (Operation Track Changes continues) which I put off by going to brekky, catching up on my ironing, walking to Edinburgh Gardens to watch dogs play in the sun 🏊‍♀️👩‍💻

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

🏊‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Swim 65/2023 🤦‍♀️🏊‍♀️ It has been some time since I’ve got my chlorine fix. Blame travel/work/travelling for work. In fact, it has been so long that I forgot my cap &
goggles and was ever so thankful that I keep a crisis swim kit in my car 🏊‍♀️🤦‍♀️1km on a mild winter morning

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

Canberra!

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

Not going swimming with this hair!

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

💚🏊‍♀️ Swim 64/2023 🏊‍♀️💚 Baring it all @ Cobblers Beach in Sydney 💚🏊‍♀️ Hardly a proper swim but it was nice to get in the saltwater again 🏊‍♀️💚 #swim #swimming #swimsof2023 #nudebeach #cobblersbeach #sydneybeaches #winterswim #placesweswimsydney #🏊‍♀️💚

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

🏊‍♀️🌚Swim 63/2023 🌚🏊‍♀️ It is that time of the year when I swim in the dark because it is dark until about lunchtime and sometimes beyond 🏊‍♀️🌚 1km at Fitzroy Swimming Pool to celebrate humpday 🌚🏊‍♀️

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

🫨🏊‍♀️ Swim 62/2023 🫨🏊‍♀️ I slept through the earthquake last night which says a lot about how bloody tired I am 🏊‍♀️🫨 Up at 6 for a 1km swim at Fitzroy Pool though to start my week as I mean to go on 🫨🏊‍♀️

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

🏊‍♀️👵🏻Swim 61/2023 👵🏻🏊‍♀️ The @wrinklesschminkles team cursed me overnight as I woke up with such deep ugly bags under my eyes that I probably needed to triple patch my ageing face 🏊‍♀️👵🏻Got to the pool though and swam my usual 1km while enjoying the early morning skies 🏊‍♀️👵🏻

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

🏊‍♀️🐼 Swim 60/2023 🐼🏊‍♀️ Monday morning & I’m starting out my week the right way by cranking out another 1km while watching the sunrise 🏊‍♀️🐼 Don’t know why I have massive dark circles under my eyes as I had a very wholesome weekend. Putting it down to old age & my panda genes 🐼🏊‍♀️

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

🏊‍♀️🍂 Swim 59/2023 🍂🏊‍♀️ At the crossing outside Fitzroy Swimming Pool a fellow swimmer stretches out his hands to catch a falling elm leaf 🏊‍♀️🍂 We chat about the beauty of autumn and our appreciation of less busy lap lanes 🍂🏊‍♀️ Another 1km for me this Saturday afternoon 🏊‍♀️🍂

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

🏊‍♀️👩‍💻Swim 58/2023 👩‍💻🏊‍♀️ 1km in the cold wet miserable rain after work late Friday afternoon 🏊‍♀️👩‍💻 I did it though. I showed up 👩‍💻🏊‍♀️I look grumpy in the first picture as I spent my day wrangling a document with almost 700 track changes into shape 🏊‍♀️👩‍💻Happy Friday swimmers! 👩‍💻🏊‍♀️

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

🏊‍♀️🩱Swim 57/2023 🩱🏊‍♀️ Treated myself to a pair of @batoko togs in the jellyfish print & gave them a whirl tonight 🩱🏊‍♀️ The usual 1km at Fitzroy Swimming Pool -slightly wary as they’re not my usual racerback, but they were comfortable & stayed in place without slipping off 🏊‍♀️🩱

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

👸💫 The good news, I won’t have to hide my tresses under a beanie for a wee while now my hair is sorted… the bad news, I can’t get it wet so have to go to the gym and not the pool 💫👸

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

🏊‍♀️😶‍🌫️ Swim 56/2023 😶‍🌫️🏊‍♀️ It was foggy Northside this morning, so I chose not to schlep over the Westgate to Williamstown and instead cranked out a kilometre in the fog at Fitzroy swimming pool 🏊‍♀️😶‍🌫️ Coffee @charliesonreid to follow and a sesh at the hair salon to follow 😶‍🌫️🏊‍♀️

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

@jess_marnich Saturday!!! 😍🏊‍♀️

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

🏊‍♀️😱 Swim 55/2023 😱🏊‍♀️ Tonight I discovered that from 4-8 pm Gisborne Aquatic Centre has only one lap lane open & is full of screaming kiddies and their parents 🏊‍♀️😱 Swam
a kilometre, reminding myself that once upon a time I was also unable to swim & might have grizzled too 😱🏊‍♀️

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

🌙🏊‍♀️ Swim 54/2023 🏊‍♀️ 6.30 am on a Monday @ Fitzroy Swimming Pool -
It was raining. I swam a kilometre and thought deeply about purchasing a @dryrobe 🏊‍♀️🌙

[Portia Smith @foxwhelp01]

🏊‍♀️🥶 Swim 53/2023 🥶🏊‍♀️ Sunday was the coldest day of the year to date, with a dusting of snow in @visitmacedonranges 🏊‍♀️🥶 So of course I was @ Fitzroy swimming pool, smashing-out another kilometre between rain showers 🥶🏊‍♀️