alex@alexmay.co.uk, Author at AlexMay.co.uk

Spring Update 2026

6th May 202627th May 2026alex@alexmay.co.ukblog, Exercise/Health/FoodLeave a Reply

Here’s the latest update, a chronology sort of blog post. The first section was written in Feb or early March, but before I could publish it, there was a worse period… so now it’s complete. The writing is a bit messy with some mixing of tenses due to this, oh well. And it’s written on a bit of a lag as ever — more like ‘here’s what happened back in March/April’. I’ve also put up a scrappy blog post more of my thoughts and reflections etc, It’s Mostly Just Strange, for those interested.

It’s mostly just strange

4th May 20264th May 2026alex@alexmay.co.ukblog, Exercise/Health/Food, Life PhilosophyLeave a Reply

Back in February I collected notes for a new blog post about my thoughts and psychological experience of illness in the last month or two. This was partly about sharing the experience, and partly about getting the same thoughts over and over again out of my head and onto digital paper.

April Update 2025

9th June 20254th May 2026alex@alexmay.co.ukLife Philosophy, Personal - nullLeave a Reply

I haven’t been able to keep up with messages and replying to people, or otherwise keeping anyone updated on what’s going on. I haven’t been able to reply to a message for a few months. so instead of trying to catch up on an impossible backlog, I thought I’d write an update blog and circulate it.

I didn’t die yesterday

16th September 202416th September 2024alex@alexmay.co.ukExercise/Health/Food, Life PhilosophyLeave a Reply

I didn’t die yesterday. This is of course true every day we wake up – but we don’t often think about it. But yesterday I came much closer than usual – how close, I don’t actually know, but close enough for concern and a reminder of mortality and to be grateful for being alive.

(Many people don’t realise) How Ill I am

1st August 20241st August 2024alex@alexmay.co.ukExercise/Health/FoodLeave a Reply

This post is a jumbled mixture of how ill I am, and reflecting on the severity and strangeness of the condition. How Ill I am I have post-acute covid syndrome (aka long covid). At the moment, I can’t walk out of the house, have a normal conversation, or sit at a table and eat a […]

2023+ Reflections: Achievement, Loss, Grief, Acceptance

1st August 20247th August 2024alex@alexmay.co.ukExercise/Health/Food, Life PhilosophyLeave a Reply

Around the beginning of December, I started to reflect back on the year. I typically write about it privately, in a blog sort of style. But this time round, I felt I should write it publicly. It also took a bit longer than I had hoped, but, here we are. Structure You might want to […]

My December 2023 Long Covid Experience

9th March 202410th March 2024alex@alexmay.co.ukExercise/Health/Food, Personal - nullLeave a Reply

In December, after a couple of months of health improvement, I got quite suddenly much worse, ending up severely ill for 5-10 days, feeling like I was more than halfway to dead This blog is about that experience. I am writing this in early January, recovered from the worst of it, though still very limited and fragile.

Everyday Life as Movement Practice

3rd September 20233rd September 2023alex@alexmay.co.ukExercise/Health/Food, Life Philosophy, ParkourLeave a Reply

Or: How training parkour has helped me manage being crippled Our entire existence is movement, in one form or another. Yet most of it is unconscious, without attention, just happening as our routine patterns. But how about if we treated the everyday as a movement practice? Recording: I recorded this post so that if you […]

My Current Experience with Long Covid, 8 months in

27th January 20233rd September 2023alex@alexmay.co.ukExercise/Health/FoodLeave a Reply

Content note: talks about death, disability, chronic illness, exercise and fitness I thought I would write a blog post about my experience with Long Covid, which is still debilitating and significantly affecting my life 8 months after infection. I *think* I am still gradually and slowly improving, though it may also have reached a plateau […]

PB-flapjack-cookies

15th November 202115th November 2021alex@alexmay.co.ukExercise/Health/FoodLeave a Reply

This is a recipe for some cookies which are low FODMAP, gluten free and dairy free, and hit the spot just right for me. Since developing some food intolerances (FODMAP), my food has been much more limited. With no wheat, that’s meant no cake or pastries; occasionally gluten free flour replacements can work but it’s […]