London Marathon ’s oldest runner has slammed organisers for not 'showering him with presents'.
Ken Jones, 85, has run every single one of the iconic races since it first began 38 years ago.
Over the weekend he was the oldest runner lining up out of more than 40,000 people taking part in the 26.2-mile route through the capital.
As Ken has run almost 1,000 London Marathon miles he believes that organisers should give him recognition for decades of dedication.
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He plans to retire from the event after completing his 40th and final race in 2020.
This comes after Ken completed the full marathon in 07:40:50 on Sunday.
He told Metro.co.uk : "I’d like the London Marathon to make more of a fuss of me, and shower me with gifts and presents and things like that.
"I’ve asked them to lay on a car for me and that’s not happening. But they’ll lay a car on for all the athletes."
He added: "I want to do it next year. I have got to make it next year, get the 40. That's long enough."
The former Metropolitan Police officer who lives in Strabane, Northern Ireland, claims that he spends close to £600 travelling to London every year.
This includes plane, train and taxi fares, as well as his hotel stay and bus tickets to travel around the city.
Ken is the oldest member of ‘The Ever Presents’, a group of runners who have taken part in every event of the London Marathon since it started in 1981.
He has seen it transform from a fringe event to one of the biggest races in the world.
Mr Jones, who has a personal best of two hours 55 minutes, said the second half of a marathon is "mind over matter".
He said: "You get to the point at 18 miles when you still have eight to go and you are feeling a bit tired.
"You have to say to yourself, get your mind to say 'I'm going to finish this, I'm going to get the medal'.
"You have got plenty to occupy your mind. You look around and enjoy what's going on."
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Mr Jones, who will be 86 on May 19, walks around the country lanes near his home four times a week and swims three times a week which he said has helped him to avoid injury.
He had been doing four-hour walks every Saturday for around six weeks to prepare for Sunday's Virgin Money London Marathon.
He said: "My motivation for running is to keep fit and happy. To feel good, that's it.
"I'm not overweight, I'm in good condition. The object is to keep healthy.
"I have got illnesses like everyone else. They come knocking at the door but they can't get in.
"I get things mildly wrong but nothing serious but I'm healthy, I fend off all this stuff."
Mr Jones started running with the Army during his National Service between 1951 and 1954.
"After I left the Army I joined a running club. They started to advise me what to do and put me in races. I started to enjoy it," he said.
A London Marathon spokesman said the pensioner did not ask them to provide him with a taxi to the start.
However he confirmed that Ken and the remaining Ever Presents will be honoured at next year’s milestone event.
The spokesman said: "It is the 40th London Marathon in 2020 and we will be celebrating this extraordinary group as part of the day."
The members of the 'Ever Presents' - who have a combined age of 729 - have finished every London Marathon since the event started in 1981.
There is such fierce competition to become last man standing that one has completed the race on crutches while another entered months after being paralysed by a stroke.
There were initially 42 runners in the exclusive club when it formed in 1995.
But over the past 24 years injuries, illness and even deaths have whittled the numbers down to 11, aged from 60 to 85.
The EPs oldest veteran, Ken Jones, 85, plans to retire after next year's race, which would be his 40th event.
This would leave only nine remaining members of the club.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of London over the weekend for the iconic marathon.
In the men's elite event Mo Farah finished in 5th place, a way behind Eluid Kipchoge, who run the second quickest time ever in a Marathon, winning in a stunning time of 2:02:38.
Meanwhile in the women's elite event Kenyan Brigid Kosgei overcame favourites Mary Keitany and Vivian Cheruiyot in a brilliant win.
And with the wheelchair and Para athletics events also taking place, it was an action packed day in the capital.
