Sir, – Having read Anita MacAleavey's letter (June 3rd) about the VHI banner at the Dublin mini-marathon ("Run like you've left the immersion heater on"), I remembered I had put it on for some hot water to wash the dinner dishes. So I just had to go and check if I had. I hadn't. But then I'm a guy. – Yours, etc,
CHRISTIE COLHOUN,
Ballymena,
Co Antrim.
Sir, – It’s not worth getting heated up over. – Yours, etc,
LIAM MCNIFFE,
Kells,
Co Meath.
Sir, – Running because you’ve left the immersion on is so sexist and so 1970s. A modern and non-sexist equivalent might be “Run like you’ve left your mobile phone in the restaurant”. – Yours, etc,
DENIS BERGIN,
Birr,
Co Offaly.
A chara, – I recall two young women at the mini-marathon a few years each wearing a sign. One read, “In our minds, we are Kenyans...”; the other “...but in our legs, we are Irish!” – Is mise,
MALCOLM BYRNE,
Gorey,
Co Wexford.