How's this for even pace???

Looking through my training diaries for the 1970's in a search for information about another runner's races, I came across these splits for the Scottish Marathon in 1974 (they're my own splits). 5 Miles: 28:56; 10 Miles: 60:02 (31:06); 15 Miles: 1:30:02 (30:00); 20 Miles 2:00:06 (30:04); 25 Miles: 2:31:52 (31:46); Finish: 2:40:02 (8:10). These were official times - slowed at the end because I was certainly sagging a bit and because of the drag up from Portobello to the 25 mile point and the rise at Jock's Lodge just before entering the Stadium. The time that year for the Helensburgh (16.25 Miles) was also pretty even for 90 minutes and a couple of seconds.
A big part of the cause for what were quite good runs were the training packs I was in. At the club it was Ian Donald, the Shields brothers and others who kept us all on pace, if you dropped then nobody waited for you. It was keep up or else. And at home in Lenzie it was a pack with Alistair McFarlane, Doug Gunstone and Bill Ramage plus anyone else who cared to join. Pack running helps. The great Aberdeen teams of the 70's and 80's had their brutal Sunday run where the guys had to keep up. The Vicky Park runners were told by Ian Binnie, "If you can't keep uo, don't come out!" It was the same in most clubs at their best - and runners came in and kept up for as long as they could, gradually holding in for longer as they got fitter. And as the rest raised their game, the top men found that they had to get quicker just to keep their place.
Where's the Clydesdale pack these days?