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The London Marathon bosses promised to conduct a thorough investigation after the event staff allegedly launched "horrendous" insults at the slowest runners and even labeled them "fat".
Liz Ayres, an enthusiast, confronted Race Director Hugh Brasher, live today about the brutal treatment inflicted on competitors who were reportedly screaming "to smash their mouths".
In a scathing attack, she directly accused Marathon officials of having scolded the slowest runners, many of whom had been crying in tears.
An excuse, Mr Brasher, told MailOnline that an internal investigation was underway to establish exactly what had happened at the end of Sunday's race.
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Liz Ayres, a pbadionate, confronted Race Director Hugh Brasher, live on the radio today, about the brutal treatment inflicted on competitors, many of whom were in tears.
Hugh Brasher promised to conduct a thorough investigation after street cleaners threw "horrible" insults at slower runners and even called them "fat"
In a nagging attack on the event's staff, Liz directly accused Marathon officials of chiding the slowest runners
Liz told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire program: "Some people told us," If you were not that big, you could run faster. "
"We had," it's a race, not a walk. "It was so awful, it was like" if you did not eat as much, your t-shirt would go. "
"These were people who wore the blue blazers of the London Marathon, they were officials.
"Entrepreneurs constantly vowed to leave the road and get things done.
She also attacked the contractors for the start of the cleaning operation of some parts of the course, including essential water points, still used by the slowest runners.
Liz, whose job was to run at the end of the race at an approximate speed of seven hours, said she had been inundated with hundreds of competitor posts from her previous years, sharing the same comments.
She also attacked the contractors for the start of the cleaning operation of some parts of the course, including essential water points, still used by the slowest runners.
Jack Glenny, 24, who competed in Sunday's race with his twin brother Joe, told MailOnline that he had one of the "proudest moments of his life" spoiled by ugly comments and bad management.
The billing manager said, "We felt extremely disappointed with the organization. We had to step aside to find a marshal's van. Workers removed barriers and posters all the time.
"We were reprimanded and told to" run, fat boy, run ", and then, when we crossed the line, having to move to remove scaffolding, I heard a manager say ** *** time took them to execute that! "
Thousands of people participated in the London Marathon last Sunday, but people at the back of the race would have been ridiculed by race officials and forced to run around the cleanup already under way.
& # 39; This m? Extremely dropped. We crossed the finish line after 7:04.
"For seven hours, you suffer constantly, you fight to raise funds for charities and for all this to go as you go, because of what we can only call bad management it is outrageous!
"One of the proudest moments of my life has been tarnished, and I would say it takes longer than the average marathoner.
"I would say we worked harder, it took us longer, so why do we deserve to be treated worse?"
He added that the fans were always excellent, but the officials seemed rather gloomy and began to clarify certain parts of the course before even getting there.
Jack said, "It was very discouraging and it feels like a nuisance.
"We had to get away from Marshall pickup trucks and, I know it sounds silly, but we were not even allowed to run in the middle of the mall.
"I know I'm a bit taller but that does not mean I do not deserve my moment.
"When we arrived at the finish, a woman gave us a medal and just said" that's it ".
"At this point, I'm almost crying and that's when I heard officials say to themselves" they should have started at 6 am "."
And Jack's fury has been evoked by many social media outlets, equally dismayed by the alleged lack of care of the competitors at the back of the race.
Kate Brittain, who took part in the marathon, had an experience similar to that of Liz and tweeted: "was aiming for 6.30 but had a bad blister.
She told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire program: "We had some who said," If you were not that big, you could run faster. "
"We could not walk on sidewalks because of people and they opened the roads.
"An official coach merged with us at one point and almost crushed us against the balustrades!"
Janie Swat said: "Disgusting behavior of some. The water ran out at some stations much earlier and at other stations, they threw it away.
"My friend could not have water in any station until kilometer 15 when I saw her. She was a runner of less than seven hours.
And Vanessa Moloney added, "An absolutely disgusting treatment for marathon runners, well done to all who took part, no matter how long it took, the race director should be ashamed."
Mr. Brasher said that a full investigation of his claims would be opened and that action would be taken thereafter.
Liz's fury was evoked by many social media outlets, who were also dismayed by the alleged lack of care of competitors at the back of the race.
He said: "We are working hard to provide the best possible experience to all runners of the London Marathon and we were very sorry to learn the experience of Elizabeth and a small number of runners Sunday.
"Our vision is an inspiring activity and we invite participants of all ages and abilities to our events.
"A senior member of our team called Elizabeth on Tuesday to find out more and we are looking into this in detail as part of a thorough investigation.
"We will talk to the people involved to find out what happened and we will also contact the riders who were part of the group under the rhythm of Elizabeth."
A record number of 42,549 runners took part in the Virgin Money London marathon on Sunday.
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